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Paul Voogt Director Public Programs Naturalis history Established 1820 1998 Naturalis open 2010 founding Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity
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Paul VoogtDirector Public Programs
Naturalishistory
! Established 1820
! 1998 Naturalis open
! 2010 founding Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity
NCB Naturalisscope
Merging natural history collections of the Netherlands
! Zoological Museum Amsterdam
! National Herbarium
! Leiden
! Wageningen
! University of Utrecht
Activities
! Collections
! Research
! Public programs
NCB NaturalisPublic Programs
• Exhibitions– Permanent exhibitions
– 5 temporary exhibitions a year
– 266.000 visitors in 2009
• Various websites– Specialized websites with many different partners
– 5.000.000 visits in 2009
• Educational programs– Successful educational programs for all types of schools
– 41.000 students in 2009
• Events– Lectures / conferences / debates
Naturalis " NCB Naturalis2010
Bringing together world-class Dutch natural history collections
• 37 million objects and specimens
• Highlights include SE Asia (hotspots of biological & geological diversity), Netherlands and W. Europe (strong human influence and relatively well researched), herbariums from Renaissance/Age of Enlightenment, Dutch and Indonesian paleontology etc.
Collections currently spread across 4 universities and Naturalis National Museum of Natural History
• Academic yield for each university institute too low
• Under-use of National Museum of Natural History’s collection and research potential
Collection-based research developing strongly through:
• New concepts, analytical and computing capacity
• DNA barcoding
• Biodiversity information technology
NCB NaturalisNew building
NCBNaturalis
is
Enthousiasm
Interest
Create!support
Entertain
Wonder
But!NCBNaturalis!is!also
Authentic
NCBNaturalis!as!expert
Open
The!collection!is!at!the!heart!of!
NCBNaturalis
Open!depot!!!!!!Open!museum
Taken!from!the!storage,!just!for!you!!
Mounting
Mounting!in!public
How!to!build!an!exhibition?
Assistance!with!restauration
sticking!!dragonflies
cleaning!pigeons
Select!the!fossilized!mice!teeth
Help!the!Researcher
Start!!
Pilots
Integration!of!collections!in!the!exhibition!area
Help……….??!
Flying!Squad!Helps!making!dreams!come!true
