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.
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Live Science
Leeftijd
From 8 years old
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Free of charge
Spotlightsin Naturalis
| Date | Spotlight | |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 10-07 | Rob van den Berg, geologist and senior collection manager at Naturalis, shares his expertise on tracking down and excavating dinosaurs. Until this summer you can admire a herd of Triceratops at Naturalis. | |
| Saturday 12-07 | Nowhere else but at Naturalis can you come face to face with five triceratops. But how do you excavate a dinosaur? And how are dinosaur bones prepared? One of the fossil preparators will tell you all about their work in the Dinolab. | |
| Sunday 13-07 | Maaike de Voogd is an expert on millipedes and centipedes and will share everything you need to know about these fascinating creatures. | |
| Thursday 17-07 | The shell collection at Naturalis has grown over 200 years into one of the largest in the world. Arike Gill, the curator of this collection, will tell you all about her work. | |
| Saturday 19-07 | Roderick Bouman studies the evolution of plants. In his spotlight, he shares how the world’s largest parasitic plant, the rafflesia, found its way to 19th-century Leiden. | |
| Sunday 20-07 | Willem Renema researches how coral reefs originate and why they are so biodiverse. His research focuses on foraminifera: tiny single-celled organisms with calcareous shells that reveal much about marine ecosystems. | |
| Thursday 24-07 | Koos Biesmeijer is Scientific Director at Naturalis and an ecologist. He leads various research groups and will talk about the state of honeybees and other vital pollinators. | |
| Saturday 26-07 | How can we make Leiden’s historic city centre greener and keep it liveable for the future? Raymond van Steijn is project leader of the Erfgoed Deal project and will explain the approach needed to achieve this. | |
| Thursday 31-07 | The Expedition Urban Nature Leiden 2025 project aimed to record as many species as possible within the city limits. Recently completed, the project registered over 2,265 species of plants, animals and fungi. Frederic Lens will share the most remarkable findings and explain which special species were discovered. | |
| Saturday 02-08 | Manon de Visser is biologist and contributor to the recently published children’s book The Mysterious Fish Thief – and other adventures of young nature heroes, will talk about the chapter on the Togo slippery frog – a critically endangered species from Africa. | |
| Sunday 03-08 | Leonie Baier investigates how bats perceive their surroundings through sound and how their behaviour has been shaped by evolution. Using advanced acoustic equipment, she tracks these animals to help protect their natural habitats more effectively. | |
| Thursday 14-08 | Naturalis houses an impressive herbarium collection. In her spotlight, Annabelle de Vries will guide you through her research on this unique plant collection. How do you accurately identify a species? DNA research plays a crucial role, enabling us to pinpoint species and extract valuable information from plants. | |
| Sunday 17-08 | Kasper Hendriks investigates why some plants become woody while others do not. During his spotlight, he will share what drives this process. | |
| Thursday 21-08 | Luna van der Loos researches the biodiversity of seaweeds. She will share her findings and invite you to take part in a workshop afterwards: learn how to collect, dry and preserve seaweeds in a herbarium. | |
| Saturday 23-08 | Willem Renema researches how coral reefs originate and why they are so biodiverse. His research focuses on foraminifera: tiny single-celled organisms with calcareous shells that reveal much about marine ecosystems. | |
| Thursday 28-08 | Arike Gill is manager of Naturalis’ worm collection, will give you a look inside this remarkable collection and reveal what discoveries lie within. | |
| Saturday 30-08 | Luc Willemse is senior collection manager of Orthoptera (grasshoppers and their relatives) at Naturalis. He will share insights into these fascinating insects, his work, and how researchers have collected and preserved insects in the past and present. |