Leyden - Van der Werf Park

Behind the Natural History Museum lies the small Van der Werf Park, with a monument commemorating Van der Werf, burgomaster of Leiden at the time of the Spanish siege. The park was laid out in an area devastated by the explosion in 1807 of an ammunition ship which, contrary to regulations, had been moored in the center of the town. On the east side of the park is the Institute of Geology.