Best places: Museums in Haarlem, Netherlands

18th-century riverside windmill with scenic views, an educational museum & guided tours.

Museum with guided tours of a onetime family home used to hide Jews during World War II.

Displays on art & science, from paintings and prints to fossils & scientific instruments.

Gallery in a 17th-century building dedicated to portrait painter Frans Hals & the Dutch Old Masters.

👍👍 Visited the NZH Transport Museum today. What an incredibly fun experience! Beautiful old trams, buses, images and lots of information! Nice to be on buses again that I traveled with very often in my youth! What makes this museum so special are the volunteers. Lots of knowledge, enthusiastic about e...

Small museum in lower level of 17th-c. Vleeshal building presenting local archaeology exhibits.

Neoclassical government building dating to the 18th century, with some rooms open for public tours.

👍👍 A hall full of music: While barrel organs are not always appreciated on the street, they come into their own here in Haarlem. A collection of organs whose history goes back up to 100 years, and which are also excellently maintained. This way you hear and see the barrel organ not only as traditional...

Interactive exhibits on psychiatry in a 16th-century former mental institution & leper home.

16th-century hospital building, now housing a museum of local history with a model city.

Art museum in a historic space with a focus on modern & contemporary works, photography & video art.

Flat-fronted traditional building housing ABC foundation, with exhibits & events about architecture.

👍👍 great gallery, exhibition of interesting art that send you to a new dimension. there are often new exhibitions. the exhibition is right in the center, wonderfully located under the magnificent old cathedral, and it's free. wonderful place.