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Bibliotheca Thysiana

The Bibliotheca Thysiana was erected in 1655 to house the book collection of the lawyer Johannes Thysius. Upon his early death, he left a legacy of 20,000 guilders for the building of a public library with a custodian's dwelling.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rijksmuseum van Oudheden and SieboldHuis.

Museum
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The is the national archaeological of the , located in . It grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology. is situated 110 metres southeast of Bibliotheca Thysiana.

Museum
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Japan Museum is a museum located at the Rapenburg in Leiden, Netherlands. It displays items that were collected by Philipp Franz von Siebold between 1823 and 1829 during his stay at , the Dutch trade colony nearby in Japan.

Library
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Leiden University Libraries is the set of libraries of Leiden University, founded in 1575 in , Netherlands. Holdings include some five million volumes, one million e-books, ninety thousand e-journals, two thousand current paper journals, and three thousand cuneiform tablets. is situated 300 metres southwest of Bibliotheca Thysiana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pieterswijk and D’Oude Morsch.

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Bibliotheca Thysiana

Latitude
52.15919° or 52° 9′ 33″ north
Longitude
4.48466° or 4° 29′ 5″ east
Operator
Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden University
Open location code
9F465F5M+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2774030478
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
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Wiki­data ID
Q2901261
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to French—“Bibliotheca Thysiana” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “萊頓私人圖書館”
  • Dutch: “Bibliotheca Thysiana”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 25479”
  • French: “Bibliotheca Thysiana”

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