All plant museums to visit in South Holland

Immerse yourself in the world of plants at 11 museums in South Holland dedicated to botany. These museums explore the diversity, biology, and importance of plant life.

Do you love plants and nature? Here are the must-visit botanical gardens in South Holland:

  1. Diergaarde Blijdorp1

    Diergaarde Blijdorp

     Rotterdam
    Diergaarde Blijdorp is one of the largest and oldest zoos in the Netherlands. It consists of several parts. The Oceanium is situated at the main entrance and contains many different fish. In addition, Diergaarde Blijdorp is divided into continents. It features the Arctic area, the North America area
  2. Naturalis Biodiversity Center2

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center

     Leiden
    Naturalis owns a large natural history collection of 37 million objects. The collection is partially exhibited in the museum and includes animals, plants, fossils and stones from around the world. All aspects of nature are covered in Naturalis. The visitor travels from the first life on Earth to the
  3. Hortus Botanicus Leiden3

    Hortus Botanicus Leiden

     Leiden
    Hortus Botanicus Leiden, of the Leiden University is the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, from 1590. The first plants were planted in 1594. Four centuries of collecting has resulted in a garden with a variety of exotic unknown plants. The Hortus features an Orangery from 1744, tropical gr
  4. Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum4

    Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum

     Rotterdam
    Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum used to be one of the ‘buitenplaatsen’ in Cralingen. Now there are gardens with fountains, herbaceous borders, a desert greenhouse and an aviary. There are thousands of perennials and bulbs, and hundreds of trees and shrubs. The old part of the garden has an English la
  5. TU Delft Hortus Botanicus5

    TU Delft Hortus Botanicus

     Delft
    The TU Delft Hortus Botanicus is home to thousands of plant species and includes an arboretum, a central garden and glass houses with tropical plants. The Hortus of the TU Delft is a technical garden where research on plants has taken place since 1917. Research projects related to plants are still u
  6. Natural History Museum Rotterdam6

    Natural History Museum Rotterdam

     Rotterdam
    The Natural History Museum Rotterdam is housed in Villa Dijkzigt, a monumental building from 1852. The museum organizes exhibitions on (urban) nature and natural history. The permanent collection includes mammals, birds, insects, plants and shells mainly from the region, but also partly from differe
  7. Westlands Museum7

    Westlands Museum

     Honselersdijk
    The Westlands Museum is dedicated to the history of Westland. The museum illustrates the story of the origins of the Westland, which starts in prehistoric times. The earliest traces of habitation date back to 3700 BC. Behind the museum is a historical garden with all types of greenhouses and crops f
  8. Online discount!Keukenhof8

    Keukenhof

     Lisse
    Keukenhof, located in Lisse, the Netherlands, is one of the largest flower gardens in the world with an area of 32 hectares. The official website reports that some 7 million flower bulbs are planted there every year. Although Keukenhof is best known for its tulips, it also features a variety of othe
  9. Museum De Zwarte Tulp9

    Museum De Zwarte Tulp

     Lisse
    Museum De Zwarte Tulp provides an overview of five centuries flower bulbs culture. The collection includes tools, interiors of bulb businesses, drawings, photos and videos. The museum shows the cycle of bulb to flower to bulb and shows how bulbs are grown and how new species are created. The tulip m
  10. Boomkwekerijmuseum10

    Boomkwekerijmuseum

     Boskoop
    The Boomkwekerijmuseum is dedicated to the history of tree nursery. It is located in Boskoop, which is the most important contiguous tree nursery area in the world. The collection includes old tools, equipment and baskets. The tree nursery house illustrates how a tree nursery family lived around 190
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    Holland Tulip Museum

     Lisse
    The Holland Tulip Museum in Lisse is a national tulip museum and was formerly known as the Black Tulip Museum. The museum focuses on all facets of the bulb flower. The tulip is the representative of all bulb flowers. The museum has a 67 meter wide panorama, also known as Panorama Tulip Land, which w