This year, we are celebrating 200 years of photography in Belgium. Photos are commonplace today, but in the 19th century, this was still an exceptional phenomenon. This stamp issue zooms in on the early years of photography in...
There is a new animated film from 2025 titled 'Mary Anning', a Swiss-Belgian production directed by Marcel Barelli, which tells the true story of the brave young paleontologist Mary Anning, who searches for fossils on the English coast as a child and in doing so changes science....
Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university has seven faculties (six in Leiden and one in The Hague), with 33.701 students enrolled in 2025. Everything related to...
During the summer of 2023, dinosaurs will once again be on display in exhibitions in Leiden, Leeuwarden, Rotterdam, and Vlaardingen. Come visit with your children or grandchildren and explore the fascinating period of the dinosaurs' habitat. Come face to face...
Naturalis has won the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA). The natural history museum in Leiden is described by the jury as 'a very inventive museum with beautiful exhibitions'. The museum, officially called the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, received the award under...
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