The Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, since 2002 the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities, is the oldest society for the sciences in the Netherlands. It was established in 1752 in Haarlem as a gentleman's club that met in the city hall to discuss science and to promote the study of the arts and sciences. Members pooled money to buy books and specimens, and under Martin van Marum a museum of zoological specimens was shown to the public until it was dissolved in 1866. The society has been housed since 1841 in Hodshon Huis on the Spaarne, close to Teylers Museum, which was founded in 1784. Membership is by invitation only, and the historic building is open by appointment.
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located on the east side of the Spaarne in downtown Haarlem, Netherlands
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In 1791 he became a member of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
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