Een nieuwe presentatievoor Naturalis

15/10/16Ilse van Zeeland

• Located in Leiden, Netherlands

• 37 million specimens in our collection

• 340.000 visitors last year

• 60.000 school visits last year

• 5000 m2 exhibitions

• 130 scientists (300 guest scientists)

• 600 employees total

• 2018 (end) opening new museum

Naturalis Biodivercity center

New museum building

Strategy

Ambition In 2018 Naturalis will be Fun – Innovative - Families

Every contact with Naturalis strengthens my enthousiasm - Knowledge -Weatlh of natureKey promise

Naturalis combines best of a museum, a science centre and an experience.

Johan en Annekedoelgroep

Frenk en Diana doelgroep

Museum is closed now

Collections have moved

Temporary collection depot

9 exhibitions & 2 experiences

Ontstaan van leven Mens

1. LiveScience

2. The encounter

3. I want you!

4. Mamoth and Ice age

5. Man

6. What a power! + earthquake experience

7. Beginnings of life

8. Because i loved (death)

9. I love Dino’s + REXperience

10. Temproary exhibitions

9 Zalen & 2 experiences

1. LiveScience 5

2. The encounter 1

3. I want you! 6

4. Mamoth and Ice age 3

5. Man

6. What a power! + earthquake experience 4

7. Beginnings of life

8. Because i loved (death)

9. I love Dino’s + REXperience 2

10. Temproary exhibitions

9 Zalen & 2 experiences

The encounter

The encounter: small collections

The encounter: video projections

I love dino’s

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T. rex

Expedition 2013

Expedition 2013 – second expedition

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Trix in T rex in town

T. rex in Town - travelling exhibition by Naturalis

Dinolab

where are you from?

9

Mamoth: pepper’s ghost

Principal pepper’s ghost

What a power!

What a power! Panorama/ diarama

What a power! : storytelling

What a power! Minimal collection

What a power! : treasure room

What a power!: earthquake experience

LiveScience

LiveScience: showing what we do!

Collection: decor

Collections : decor

Collection: how do we store it

Collection: taxidermy gone wrong

Collection: taxidermy gone wrong

Collection: taxidermy in action

Collection: insects

Collection: people at work

Collection: reference material

Collection: scientific illustration

I want you!

I want you!

I want you!

I want you!

Different ‘roles’ of collection

1. The power of the real object (Trix)2. Technical collection display (Mamoth) for engaging content

exploration3. Collection shown in context 4. Collection as illustrative tool (i want you; illustrating content

(processes/behavior)5. Collection as decor (livescience)6. Collection “in action” (liveScience)

- taxidermy session- cleaning fossils (dinolab)- photography/ digitazation of collections- Scientific illustrations- determination of found objects