Huygens Museum

In Voorburg the Huygens Museum is housed in the home of the poet and statesman Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687). The house was built in 1639 to the design of Jacob van Campen, Pieter Post and Huygens himself. The museum contains mementos and other material on the life and work of Huygens and his son Christiaan, the scientist and inventor of the pendulum clock.