Leiden, Netherlands

Museum Boerhaave

Museum Boerhaave, Leiden

The Dutch national museum of the history of science and medicine, founded in 1928 and named for physician Herman Boerhaave. Set in a former convent and plague hospital, it displays early microscopes, the Fahrenheit thermometer and a reconstructed anatomical theatre.

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Location

Coordinates: 52.16139, 4.48889

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