During the Spotlights of Naturalis, our experts share the latest knowledge, they show real collection pieces and talk passionately about their work in the museum.
Locatie
Live Science
Leeftijd
From 8 years old
Prijs
Free of charge
Spotlightsin Naturalis
| Date | Spotlight |
|---|---|
| Saturday 21-12 | It is hard to miss: the big Triceratops model at the entrance of the Triceratops exhibition. The model is made by Remy Bakker. He talks about his work as model builder and the interesting scientific insights that he learns while making models of animals that do not exist anymore. Spotlight in Dutch. |
| Sunday 22-12 | In the dinolab of the LiveScience hall dinosaur fossils are preparared live in front of the audience. Yasmin Grooters knows like nobody else what it takes to prepare those bones. She tells more about her work in her spotlight. Spotlight in Dutch. |
| Monday 23-12 | Roel van der Schoot does research on corals. Coral often interacts with other animals and plants in the ocean. When species work together, do they become stronger? Roel explains it to you. Spotlight in Dutch. |
| Saturday 28-12 | A lot of plants and flowers are dependent of pollinators, like bees and other flying insects. Are plants actually pollinated around Christmas? And how does this work? Koos Biesmeijer talks about it. Spotlight in Dutch. |
| Sunday 29-12 | It is a well known fact: dinosaurs became extinct by the impact of a meteorite. But what exactly happened? And why did dinosaurs became extinct but humans did not? Rob van den Berg provides an explanation in this special Triceratops spotlight. Spotlight in Dutch. |
| Wednesday 01-01 | The five Triceratopses of the new exhibition are excavated by staff of Naturalis. What happens during such an excavation? And which dinosaurs is Naturalis now excavating? Edwin van Huis explains it to you. Spotlight in Dutch. |
| Saturday 04-01 | In the mailbox of natuurvraag@naturalis.nl and during Nature questions very special finds regularly come along. Alice van Duijn focuses on visitors' finds and talks about the most remarkable finds of 2024 in her spotlight. Spotlight in Dutch. |
| Saturday 05-01 | When you think of Christmas, you think of... reindeer! These ungulates do not roam the Netherlands in the wild, but they once did. David Douw knows all about it. Spotlight in Dutch. |