Museum De Valk

De Valk is a tower mill and museum in , . The current tower mill is the third mill built at this location. In 1611 the "De Valck" was built, and in 1667 it was replaced by a wooden post mill.
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  • Type: Windmill
  • Description: museum in Leiden, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “De Valk”, “Stedelijk molenmuseum De Valk”, and “Stedelijk Molenmuseum De Valk”
  • Address: 2e Binnenvestgracht 1, Leiden, 2312BZ
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wereldmuseum Leiden and Museum De Lakenhal.

Museum
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is a Rijksmuseum in the located in the university city of . As of 2014, the museum, along with , in Amsterdam, and Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, together make up the National Museum of World Cultures. is situated 300 metres southwest of Museum De Valk.

Museum
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is the city museum of fine art and history in , . Founded in 1874, its collection ranges from early works by Rembrandt van Rijn and Lucas van Leyden's Last Judgement to modern classics of De Stijl and artworks created by contemporary artists such as Claudy Jongstra, Atelier van Lieshout. is situated 190 metres southeast of Museum De Valk.

Garden
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is a garden, which is situated 120 metres northwest of Museum De Valk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include D’Oude Morsch and Binnenstad.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Museum De Valk

Latitude
52.16452° or 52° 9′ 52″ north
Longitude
4.48641° or 4° 29′ 11″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Inception
1743
Height
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
9F465F7P+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 287748083
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­windmill
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6950271
Wiki­data ID
Q2776719
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Museum De Valk” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “德·法尔克风车”
  • Dutch: “De Valk”
  • Dutch: “Molenmuseum De Valk”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 25655”
  • Dutch: “Stedelijk Molenmuseum De Valk”
  • German: “Museum De Valk (Leiden)”
  • Hungarian: “Museum De Valk”
  • Ukrainian: “Вітряк De Valk”
  • Ukrainian: “Міський музей вітряків”

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