Pieterskerkhof

Pieterskerkhof is in Leiden, Bollenstreek, South Holland. Pieterskerkhof is situated nearby to the university building Gravensteen, as well as near the building Huis van Leyden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rijksmuseum van Oudheden and Pieterskerk.

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Museum

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The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden is the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden. It grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden is situated 140 metres northwest of Pieterskerkhof.

Pieterskerk

Church

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The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic Dutch Protestant church in Leiden dedicated to Saint Peter. It is known today as the church of the Pilgrim Fathers, where the pastor John Robinson was buried. It is also the burial place of the scientist Willebrord Snellius.

Pilgrim Museum Leiden

Museum

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The Pilgrim Museum Leiden is a small museum in Leiden, dedicated to the Pilgrims who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower. It was founded in 1997 by American historian Jeremy Bangs.