Oval Room

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The Oval Room is the historic neoclassical central gallery of Teylers Museum in Haarlem, renowned as one of the oldest purpose-built museum spaces in the Netherlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic interior
museum gallery
neoclassical architecture
architect Leendert Viervant NERFINISHED
Leendert Viervant the Younger NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Neoclassicism NERFINISHED
associatedWith Enlightenment
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst NERFINISHED
category museum interiors in the Netherlands
neoclassical architecture in the Netherlands
collectionDisplay artworks
fossils
minerals
scientific instruments
commissionedBy Teylers Foundation NERFINISHED
Teylers Stichting NERFINISHED
coordinateLocation 52.380°N 4.640°E
country Netherlands
era 18th century
floorCount 2
hasPart cabinet display cases
central oval hall
skylight
upper gallery
heritageDesignation rijksmonument
heritageDesignationCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED
inception 1784
lighting natural light from above
locatedIn Haarlem NERFINISHED
Netherlands
North Holland
material glass
plaster
wood
namedAfter oval floor plan
opened 1784
originalFunction space for art and science collections
study room for scholars
partOf Teylers Museum NERFINISHED
roofType lantern roof
significance early example of museum architecture
one of the oldest purpose-built museum spaces in the Netherlands
use central gallery
exhibition space
visitorAccess open to the public

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Teylers Museum hasPart Oval Room