Fundatiehuis (Teyler)

The Fundatiehuis (English: Foundation House) is the former family home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst on the Damstraat 21 in Haarlem, Netherlands.

After his death it became the seat of the Teylers Stichting and through its front door, visitors could reach the Oval room.

The first inhabitant after Pieter teyler died, was the local artist Vincent Jansz van der Vinne.

The building was built in 1715 for the wealthy commissioner of the Haarlem City Justice department, Hendrik Adriaan van der Marck.

The Teylers did not seem to take great pains to remodel the house, as the plaster work in the hallway downstairs still shows the Van der Marck family coat of arms.

Fossil Room I Fossil Room II Instrument Room R. van Stolk Room Luminescene Room Oval Room Print Room Coin and Medal Room Paintings Gallery I Paintings Gallery II Book Room Exhibition Gallery Foundation House
Until the Spaarne wing was built in 1885, access to the Oval Room was gained through the front door of his Fundatiehuis. On either side of it, the same Ionic capitals were installed as in the Oval Room -giving visitors a foretaste of the architecture they would find inside.
Original cabinet containing the banker's possessions in Teyler's "comptoir".
The 'Grote Herenkamer' (Large Boardroom) in the room behind the courtyard adjoining the Oval room. Decorated in neoclassical style by Leendert Viervant the Younger in 1782. This room was used for Board meetings of Teylers Stichting . Above the fireplace a flower painting by Wybrand Hendriks has been installed.
Door with five locks