Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden: Photos, Reviews & Location

Former hospital displaying scientific & medical objects dating back to 16th century.

At a glance

#11 of 20 Tourist attractions in Leiden #5 of 15 Museums in Leiden

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.50

0.2 km from the center of Leiden

Rating breakdown

5 ★62%
4 ★31%
3 ★4%
2 ★1%
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Lange Sint Agnietenstraat 10, 2312 WC Leiden, Netherlands

rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl

+31 71 751 9999

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Quick facts

What is the rating of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave?: Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is rated 4.5 out of 5 based on 4,705 reviews.
How does Rijksmuseum Boerhaave rank in Leiden?: Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is #11 of 20 Tourist attractions in Leiden by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is Rijksmuseum Boerhaave located?: Lange Sint Agnietenstraat 10, 2312 WC Leiden, Netherlands — 0.2 km from the center of Leiden.
How can I contact Rijksmuseum Boerhaave?: Phone: +31 71 751 9999 · Website: rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl

Reviews (9)

Claire Dwyer 2023 Sep 09

What a museum! You can easily spend more than 2 hours hear visiting the normal exhibitions and the temporary ones. Really enjoyed the anatomical theatre and the medical section. Interesting, interactive and modern museum that is worth a visit.

Daniël 2023 Jul 04

Very interesting place to visit, showcasing all manner of instruments from the fifteen-hundreds and onwards that people used to advance their knowledge of our planet and its inhabitants, and to develop many fields of science.

If you’re interested at all in biology, astronomy, math, chemistry or other sciences, this is definitely a great visit. You can see everything in about an hour if you wanted, but easily spend a half or full day if you want to take everything in with all the detail available.

Eva Friedrichová 2023 Jun 24

One of the best museums I've ever visited! The exposures were beautifully done, interactive, interesting. I've been there around three hours and enjoyed the whole time. You can definitelly come with older kids (cca 8+) and for the small ones, there is a nice water playground in the yard (you need to go there through the building but I think there's no need for buying the museum tickets).

F. Nobels 2023 Jun 09

Amazing science museum in the centre of Leiden. The exhibition takes you along different parts of the history of science. The museum starts with a nice show about the dissection of humans, followed by telescopes and maps of the world. There are also rooms about diseases and open questions in science. The temporary exhibition currently is about microorganisms and observing them with microscopes. There is also a great exhibition about math with many interactive games to play. The museum accepts the museumcard and is kids friendly. Parking close to the museum is not possible.

icegini 2023 May 01

A small but very nice and interesting museum in the centre of Leiden. Some quite interesting points if information and some are shown very originally.

Andreas Five 2023 May 01

Exceptional science museum - no wonder they received an award. Well organised and presented it's really a little jewel where you expect none given the inauspicious façade of the building. Well worth a visit, especially if you got kids.

Ben M 2023 May 01

A beautiful building and a beautifully curated collection. Not a bad price for entry at all and the museum seemed to be and endless maze of rooms all filled with different things. There's a nice little cafe inside as well as a garden and a whole interactive children's area.
The current temporary exhibition (microscopic discoveries) was a brilliant addition for a few months.
Definitely try to see the presentation in the old surgical theatre at the beginning, it explains nicely the museum itself.
I'd say try to add some seating around the building, as someone with a bad back it would have been nice to have a little spot to sit down.
All in all, for 14 euros, definitely worth it.

Nshan Avagyan 2023 Apr 06

An interesting museum. Part of the exposition is devoted to archaeology. Various fossils of marine animals, fish and land animals are shown. Part 2 of the exposition is devoted to the development of science and technology of the golden period of the Dutch sea expeditions. And part 3. permanent exhibitions are an art gallery where paintings by different authors and different periods of the Golden Age are collected. Museum galleries with a glass dome are particularly impressive. All the museum exhibits were collected by the person whose name the museum bears. It is difficult to call this museum conceptual, so 4 stars.