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
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Free of charge
Spotlightsin Naturalis
| Date | Spotlight |
|---|---|
| Saturday 06-04 | How can you transform species poor grass verges into a flourishing herbal environment for a versatility of species? That was the research question of researcher Lotte Vroomans. She will tell you more about her findings in her spotlight. (in Dutch) |
| Sunday 07-04 | Naturalis does not only have fossils of dinosaurs in the collection, but also of smaller mammals. Researcher Panos Skandalos studies these pictures from the past of small mammals. In his spotlight he tells you more about his research. (in English) |
| Saturday 13-04 | Merijn Moens investigates the distribution of bees in the Netherlands. With his research models an application is made that is called 'Bloeibogen'. Merijn tells how these 'Bloeibogen' can help with making your garden more bee friendly. (in Dutch) |
| Sunday 14-04 | Recently it was possible to vote for the insect of the year. Who will the winner be this year? Aglaia Bouma announces the results during this spotlight. (in Dutch) |
| Saturday 20-04 | This week is the national bee count. Do you also count bees for half an hour? Lotte Vroomans helps you with recognizing the different types of bees. (in Dutch) |
| Sunday 21-04 | This week is the national bee count. Do you also count bees for half an hour? Koos Biesmeijer helps you with recognizing the different types of bees. (in Dutch) |
| Sunday 28-04 | Naturalis has a huge collection among it is a herbarium with plants. Plants have played a big role with a lot of food that we now eat. Marieke Hendriksen has written 'Het grote dropboek' and will tell more about the history of licorice. (in Dutch) |
| Thursday 02-05 | In the Netherlands a lot of different plant and animal species occur. To recognize different species Annabelle de Vries is barcoding DNA of Dutch plant species. In this way even with tiny pieces, plant species can be determined. (in Dutch) |
| Saturday 04-05 | Yasmin Grooters works in the Dinolab with dinofossils and has helped digging them up in the United States. What is it like to work with such old dino fossils? Ask all your dinosaur questions to Yasmin in the spotlight. (in Dutch) |
| Sunday 05-05 | Rob van den Berg is geologist and collection manager of the stones, minerals and meteorites at Naturalis. During his spotlight he will tell how you can recognize a meteorite and explain what kind of meteorites we have in the collection. (in Dutch) |
| Thursday 09-05 | Robin van Dijk has been on an expeditionship to Antarctica for her research on plankton. What is it like to live and work on such a ship for weeks? Robin shares her experiences during this spotlight. (in Dutch) |
| Saturday 11-05 | Esmee Winkel is scientific illustrator for botany at Naturalis. How is a scientific drawing made? Esmee will show you step by step during her spotlight. (in Dutch) |
| Sunday 12-05 | Willem Renema does research on forams. Despite the fact that you can find forams on our beaches, they are hard to see because they are tiny. Would you like to learn more about these puzzling organisms? Join this spotlight! (in Dutch) |