Teylers Oval Room
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The Oval Room in the Teylers Museum was the first part of the museum that was opened in 1784. It could be entered through the garden of the fundatiehuis, the former home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
Picture taken during a rare tour of the gallery
Painting by the museum art curator Wybrand Hendriks in 1800 of the interior of the Oval Room, showing the elektriseermachine of Martin van Marum
design by Viervant
View from the Fundatiehuis of the observatory on the top of the Oval room
Teylers Stichting
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The Teylers Stichting is a Dutch foundation founded with the heritage of the Dutch 18th century cloth merchant and banker Pieter Teyler van der Hulst to support the people in need and encourage worshi
Wybrand Hendriks, Group portrait of the Board of Teylers Foundation, with their secretary and the architect Leendert Viervant, 1786, oil on canvas; 311 x 258 cm. In order of appearance are depicted: Willem van der Vlugt Sr., Antoni Kuits,Gerard Hugaart, Adriaan van Zeebergh, Jan Herdingh and Koenraad Hovens, secretary to the Board. The standing figure is the architect Leendert Viervant the Younger
Memorial to the first Directors of Teylers Stichting in the Oval Room, 1784
The Teylers Fundatiehuis (Foundation House), where the Teylers Stichting resides.