Lipsius

Lipsius is an university building in Leiden, Bollenstreek, South Holland which is located on Cleveringaplaats. Lipsius is situated nearby to the bridge Reuvensbrug, as well as near Paterbrug.

Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 7:30 AM—10:00 PM
May 5th and October 3rd: closed
December 25th—January 1st: closed
Type: University building
Address: Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden, 2311BD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leiden University Library and Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

Leiden University Library

Library

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Leiden University Libraries is the set of libraries of Leiden University, founded in 1575 in Leiden, 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. Leiden University Library is situated 100 metres west of Lipsius.

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Museum

Photo: Goodness Shamrock, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 210 metres east of Lipsius.

SieboldHuis

Museum

Photo: Niels, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Japan Museum SieboldHuis 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 Dejima, the Dutch trade colony nearby Nagasaki in Japan. SieboldHuis is situated 250 metres northeast of Lipsius.