SieboldHuis
Museum Museum housing Siebold's Japanese collections and artifacts
A Leiden house museum preserving Philipp Franz von Siebold’s Japan collections, with ethnographic objects, botanical specimens and period rooms. Visitors study early Western-Japanese exchange and museum displays.
The SieboldHuis is a small museum in Leiden, South Holland, devoted to the life and collections of Philipp Franz von Siebold, a 19th-century physician and naturalist who worked on Japan. The museum displays artifacts and material relating to Siebold’s work and to historical contacts between Europe and Japan.
Exhibits focus on objects, illustrations and specimens that illustrate 19th-century natural history and cultural exchange. The museum is housed in a historic canal-front building in Leiden and is oriented to specialist and general-interest visitors alike.
The collection preserves material linked to Siebold’s time in Japan and his later work in Europe; it is presented in a domestic-scale museum rather than a large national institution.
The museum is located in the city of Leiden in South Holland, within the historic centre and close to other university and museum sites.
- Visitor tip: Check opening hours and temporary closures before visiting; the museum is compact and best experienced in a single hour or two.
How to Get to SieboldHuis #
SieboldHuis is in central Leiden at Rapenburg 19. It is a 10-15 minute walk from Leiden Centraal (about 1.2 km). From the station, follow signs toward the city center and the university; the canal-front street Rapenburg is hard to miss.
Tips for Visiting SieboldHuis #
- Enter via the Rapenburg canal-side side entrance to see the house façade facing the university canal.
- Allow an hour to see the reconstructed study room and the herbarium displays-Siebold's specimen cabinets are compact but dense with stories.
- Check for temporary exhibitions; the small museum frequently loans items to larger botanical shows.
Best Time to Visit SieboldHuis #
SieboldHuis is best visited outside the busiest summer months if a quiet, contemplative experience is preferred; it is a small museum and can be seen in under an hour.
Weather & Climate near SieboldHuis #
SieboldHuis's climate is classified as Oceanic - Oceanic climate with mild summers (peaking in August) and cold winters (coldest in February). Temperatures range from 0°C to 21°C. Moderate rainfall (840 mm/year).
January
January is cold with highs of 6°C and lows of 1°C. Moderate rainfall (70 mm), mostly overcast skies, and breezy conditions.
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February
February is the coolest month with highs of 6°C and lows of 0°C. Moderate rainfall (50 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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March
March is cold with highs of 9°C and lows of 2°C. Moderate rainfall (62 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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April
April is cold with highs of 12°C and lows of 4°C. Moderate rainfall (48 mm) and partly cloudy skies.
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May
May is cool with highs of 16°C and lows of 8°C. Moderate rainfall (48 mm) and partly cloudy skies.
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June
June is cool with highs of 19°C and lows of 10°C. Moderate rainfall (70 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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July
July is cool with highs of 21°C and lows of 13°C. Moderate rainfall (70 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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August
August is cool with highs of 21°C and lows of 13°C. Moderate rainfall (65 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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September
September is cool with highs of 18°C and lows of 11°C. Regular rainfall (90 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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October
October is cool with highs of 14°C and lows of 7°C. Regular rainfall (91 mm) and mostly overcast skies.
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November
November is cold with highs of 10°C and lows of 4°C. The wettest month with 95 mm of rain and mostly overcast skies.
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December
December is cold with highs of 7°C and lows of 2°C. Regular rainfall (81 mm), mostly overcast skies, and breezy conditions.
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