Mining Engineering - Wandelroute TU Noord
Today: Science Centre Delft, open to the public Address: Mijnbouwstraat 120 Year of construction: 1912 Architect: J.A.W. Vrijman
Mining and Petroleum Engineering
Former University building for the Technical Institute of Mining and Petroleum Engineering in Delft. The building dates from 1912 and is designed by the government architect responsible for designing the buildings of educational institutions, J.A.W. Vrijman. He designed the building in the Renaissance Revival style.
Mineralogical-Geological Museum
The building also serves as the Mineralogical-Geological Museum for a large collection of minerals, rocks, fossils and ores from the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. The collection is displayed in the original showcases placed along the corridors of the building and in a special showroom on the first floor (east side of the building). The boundary of the premises was originally marked by iron railings. The sculpture at the entrance is signed ‘Augt. Alexander fec. 1911’. The s…
Mining and Petroleum Engineering
Former University building for the Technical Institute of Mining and Petroleum Engineering in Delft. The building dates from 1912 and is designed by the government architect responsible for designing the buildings of educational institutions, J.A.W. Vrijman. He designed the building in the Renaissance Revival style.
Mineralogical-Geological Museum
The building also serves as the Mineralogical-Geological Museum for a large collection of minerals, rocks, fossils and ores from the Netherlands, the Dutch East Indies, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. The collection is displayed in the original showcases placed along the corridors of the building and in a special showroom on the first floor (east side of the building). The boundary of the premises was originally marked by iron railings. The sculpture at the entrance is signed ‘Augt. Alexander fec. 1911’. The stained glass in the main staircase commemorates the 1940-45 period and is signed ‘J.S. te Delft’. In the 1960s, a renovation of the building was carried out under the supervision of the Construction and Maintenance Office of the Delft Institute of Technology, during which the attic storey was also renovated.
Science Centre Delft
Today this is a unique gathering place of all the research activities performed at TU Delft. As a visitor, you get the opportunity to experience the research installations of TU Delft researchers and students at first hand. There are also various collections and exhibits on display such as the room of Professor Beijerinck, the first Professor of Microbiology in Delft.
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