Brochure - Leiden

Are you looking for a programme for an interesting client event or a partner
programme for your conference, or maybe you would like to surprise your
visitors with a unique experience? Leiden’s Academy City arrangement
offers you the ideal solution. An experienced city guide will take you and
your guests on a tour of Leiden’s hidden treasures - places that are not
generally open to the general public. Experience for yourself why Leiden is
the City of Discoveries!
Academy City: a first-class programme
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Programme:
Start with a champagne reception
and a luxurious lunch in one of
the many beautiful locations in
Leiden, followed by a city walk,
stopping on the way for refreshments;
make a visit to one of
Leiden’s many historic sights and
enjoy a sumptuous four or five
course dinner in the restaurant of
your choice.
You can make your choice from
the visits listed alongside:
Bibliotheca Thysiana
Thysian Library
Gravensteen
The Gravensteen is one of the oldest
and most interesting buildings
in Leiden. For centuries it was a
prison. The oldest dungeon, used
in around 1200 by the Counts of
Holland (who lived in the adjacent
building), can still be seen at the
foot of the robust square tower in
the centre of the complex.
SieboldHuis
The SieboldHuis offers the best
of ancient and modern Japan in
a charming and historic Dutch
house: prints, lacquer work and
ceramics, fossils, herbaria, mounted
animals, coins, clothing, old
maps and hundreds of other treasures
collected in Japan between
1823 and 1830 by German doctor
Philipp Franz von Siebold.
Academic Historical Museum
The Academic Historical Museum
dates back more than seventyfive
years and is located in the
Academy Building. The Academy
Building, originally constructed
in the early sixteenth century as
the convent church of an order of
Dominican nuns, has been part
of Leiden University since 1581.
The rich history of the university is
Luxurious lunch or dinner
displayed in the different historic
rooms of the Academy Building,
such as the Sudatorium and the
Senate Room.
University Library
Leiden University has always considered
it of essential importance
to have a well-stocked library.
Almost from the outset, librarians
pursued an assertive acquisition
policy, that has continued to
the present day. Professors and
private individuals, both in the
past and the present, contribute
De Hortus botanicus Leiden
The Hortus botanicus Leiden
to enriching the library with their
donations.
Hortus botanicus Leiden
Leiden’s Hortus botanicus is the
living plant museum and the green
treasure house of Leiden University.
Since 1590, plants from all
corners of the world - and in particular
from Asia - have been grown
here for research and teaching.
Thysiana Library
The Thysiana Library, bequeathed
by Leiden scholar Joannes
Thysius (1622-1653), is the only
library in the Netherlands from
the seventeenth century that
is still preserved in its original
building. The collection comprises
some 2,500 books and many
thousands of pamphlets covering
all fields of knowledge dating
from the fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.
If you would like to conclude
this special day in style, there
are many excellent options for
overnight accommodation. See:
www.leiden.nl for a total offer.
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