Culture in Leiden
Leiden has 12 museums, wind mills and churches. All well worth a visit.
The priceless and unique collections on show there enjoy international fame. The National Antiquity Museum, with its Egyption, Greek and Roman collections, the National Museum for Cultural Anthropology with its treasures from different cultures, the Boerhaave Museum, unveiling the history of medical science, the De Lakenhal Municipal Museum, exhibiting works by Rembrandt, Lucas van Leiden and Jan Steen and of course Naturalis, the National Presentation of Natural History, are only a selection of all the treasures the Leiden museums have on display.
