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Teylers Oval Room

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The Oval Room in the Teylers Museum was the first part of the museum (though it was not called a museum yet) that was opened in 1784. [1]

21 relations: Cabinet of curiosities, Church (building), Electrostatic generator, Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Fundatiehuis (Teyler), George Adams (instrument maker, elder), Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Ionic order, Leendert Viervant the Younger, Neoclassicism, Netherlands, Oak, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Pine, Seat of local government, Spaarne, Teylers astronomical observatory, Teylers Museum, Top of the Mont Blanc, Weesp.

Cabinet of curiosities

Cabinets of curiosities (also known in German loanwords as Kunstkabinett, Kunstkammer or Wunderkammer; also Cabinets of Wonder, and wonder-rooms) were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined.

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Church (building)

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services.

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Electrostatic generator

An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electromechanical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current.

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Fersman Mineralogical Museum

Fersman Mineralogical Museum (Минералогический музей им.) is one of the largest mineral museums of the world, located in Moscow, Russia.

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Fundatiehuis (Teyler)

The Fundatiehuis (English: Foundation Housee) is the former family home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst on the Damstraat 21 in Haarlem, Netherlands.

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George Adams (instrument maker, elder)

George Adams (c. 1709–1773) was an English instrument maker and science writer.

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Horace-Bénédict de Saussure

Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (after the picture by Juehl, in the Library at Geneva) Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a Swiss geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.

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Ionic order

The Ionic order forms one of the three classical orders of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian.

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Leendert Viervant the Younger

Leendert Viervant de Jonge (Leendert Viervant the Younger) (Arnhem, 5 March 1752 – 4 July 1801, Amsterdam), on Leendert Viervant.

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Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism (from Greek νέος nèos, "new" and Latin classicus, "of the highest rank") is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of classical antiquity.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.

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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.

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Pieter Teyler van der Hulst

Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (25 March 1702 – 8 April 1778) was a wealthy Dutch Mennonite merchant and banker, who died childless, leaving a legacy of two million florins (in today's terms: about EUR 80 million) to the pursuit of religion, arts and science in his hometown, that led to the formation of Teyler's Museum.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.

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Seat of local government

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, (in the UK or Australia) a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or (more rarely) a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.

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Spaarne

The Spaarne is a river, in North Holland, Netherlands.

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Teylers astronomical observatory

The Teylers astronomical observatory (Dutch: Teylers Sterrenwacht) is an astronomical observatory built in 1784 on the roof of the Oval Room of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem.

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Teylers Museum

Teylers Museum is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands.

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Top of the Mont Blanc

The top of the Mont Blanc is a museum piece on display in the Oval Room of Teylers Museum.

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Weesp

Weesp is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teylers_Oval_Room

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