Rijksmuseum Van Natuurlijke Historie
History
The location was originally a hofje called Hof van Zessen. In 1815 plans were made to build a museum there (the first building called a "museum" in Leiden). It opened in 1820, and until 1913, the museum normally opened to the public on Sundays. In 1913, the museum moved to a new building, with very little room available for exhibits, and in 1950, this room was also closed. After that, there were a few opportunities for guided tours, attending lectures, and temporary exhibitions.
In 1976, a paper, "Towards a New Museum", was produced. This led to the museum taking on more of a central curating role, lending pieces from its collection to other museums. The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie and the Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie merged in 1984. A permanent public exhibition was still not present. That came in 1986, when the so-called "National Presentation" in the field of natural history was commissioned by the Dutch government. Planning began for a new building, which was completed in 1990 and launched in 1998 as "Naturalis".
Buildings and interior
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1820-1913: Building Papengracht/Rapenburg
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1913-1990: Building Doezastraat/corner Raamsteeg
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1913-1990: Raamsteeg side
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1913-1990: "Dry warehouse", near the Van der Werffpark
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Hall with two elephant skeletons
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Pesthuis Leiden
Former Directors
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck 1820 - 1858
- Hermann Schlegel 1858 - 1884
- Fredericus Anna Jentink 1884 - 1913
- Eduard Daniel van Oort 1913 - 1933
- Hilbrand Boschma 1933 - 1958
- Leo Brongersma 1958 - 1972
- Willem Vervoort 1972 - 1982
- Jacobus Theodorus Wiebes 1982 - 1989
- T. de Caluwé (?) 1989 - 1991
- W. van der Weiden 1991 - 2003
Contributing scientists
- Marinus Boeseman
- Heinrich Boie
- Johann Büttikofer
- Rudolf van Eecke
- Berend George Escher
- Matthijs Freudenthal
- Otto Finsch
- Agatha Gijzen
- Wilhem de Haan
- James Edmund Harting
- Koos den Hartog
- Jan Adrianus Herklots
- Lipke Holthuis
- Johan Coenraad van Hasselt
- George Junge
- Heinrich Kuhl
- Jacob van der Land
- Heinrich Christian Macklot
- Johannes Govertus de Man
- Karl Martin
- Gerlof Fokko Mees
- Salomon Müller
- Dirk Noordam
- Coenraad Ritsema
- Willem Roelofs
- Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen
- Jacobus van der Vecht
- Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven
- G. van der Zanden
Contributing artists
Contributing to collections
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck
- Pieter Bleeker
- Eugène Dubois
- Curt Eisner
- Oliver Erichson Janson
- Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn
- Thure Kumlien
- Pierre Millière
- Hendrik Pel
- Walter Karl Johann Roepke
- Hermann von Rosenberg
- Gerard van Rossem
- Philipp Franz von Siebold
- Hermanus Gerardus Maria Teunissen
- François Le Vaillant
Varia
- Stephen Jay Gould depicts his visit to the Raamsteeg building in Dinosaur in a Haystack in his essay "Four Antelopes of the Apocalypse".
See also
References
- ^ L.B. Holthuis, Leiden, 1995; 1820 - 1958: Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; 172 p. PDF
- ^ L.D. Brongersma, Leiden, 1978; Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie, 1878-1978, Scripta Geologica Vol. 48 pp. 37-96 PDF
- ^ Bayer Ch. (1933) In Memoriam E.D. van Oort 1876 - 1933 Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 16 p. 263-265 PDF
- ^ Vervoort W. (1977) Prof. Dr. Hilbrand Boschma 22 April 1893 - 22 July 1976 : Obituary and bibliography Zoologische Bijdragen Vol. 22 p. 3-28 PDF
- ^ Hoogmoed M.S. (1995) In memoriam Prof. Dr. Leo Daniel Brongersma (1907-1994) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 69 p. 177-201 PDF
- ^ Bruggen A.C. van (1995) Willem Vervoort, eminent zoologist and museum director, a sketch of his life and work on the occasion of his 80th birthday in 1997 Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 323 p. 1-15 PDF
- ^ Bruggen A.C. van, C. van Achterberg (2000) In memoriam Prof. Dr J.T. Wiebes (1931-1999), evolutionary biologist and systematic entomologist Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 74 p. 18-24 PDF
- ^ Oijen M.J.P. van, W. de Ligny (2006) Marinus Boeseman, 1916-2006, a biography and a list of his publications Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 80-4 p. 1-8 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 214-215 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 219-220 PDF
- ^ L.D. Brongersma, Leiden, 1978; Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie, 1878-1978, Scripta Geologica Vol. 48 pp. 37-96 PDF
- ^ Bruggen A.C. van (1996) In memorium Dr. Agatha Gijzen (1904-1995), eminent museum historian and zoo biologist Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 70 p. 235-247 PDF
- ^ Land J. van der (2003) In memoriam Jacobus Cornelis (Koos) den Hartog (1942-2000), marine naturalist Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 345 p. 9-17 PDF
- ^ Fransen Ch., M. van Oijen (2008) L.B. Holthuis, ‘The institutional Memory’ of the Leiden Museum - Obituary Contributions to Zoology Vol. 77-3 p. 201-204 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 239-240 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 256-258 PDF
- ^ Bruggen A.C. van der (2001) Dr Jacob van der Land, marine biologist extraordinaryZoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 334 p. 7-20 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 259-260 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 261-262 PDF
- ^ Noordam-Kowalska A.L. (2004) In memoriam Dirk Noordam Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 346 p. 1-4 PDF
- ^ Achterberg C. van (1992) Obituary and bibliography of Jacobus van der Vecht (1906-1992) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 66 p. 295-302 PDF
- ^ Achterberg C. van (1999) Obituary Obituary and bibliography of G. van der Zanden (1915-1999) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 73 p. 269-272 PDF
- ^ Whitehead P.J.P., M. Boeseman, A.C. Wheeler (1966) The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific Elopoid and Clupeoid Fishes, Zoologische Verhandelingen, Vol. 84 p. 1-152 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 212-214 PDF
- ^ Vos J. de (2004) The Dubois collection: a new look at an old collection Scripta Geologica Special Issue 4 p. 267-285 PDF
- ^ Eisner C. (1966) Parnassiidae-Typen in der Sammlung J. C. Eisner, Zoologische Verhandelingen 81 p. 1-81 PDF
- ^ De Jong C. (1970) A catalogue of the species of the genus Lomaptera (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae) in the Leiden and Amsterdam Musea, Zoologische Mededelingen 44 p. 251-278 PDF
- ^ Winkler Prins C.F. (2004) Geological collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum (Leiden, The Netherlands): cultural heritage of the geosciences and mining Scripta Geologica Special Issue 4 p. 293-304 PDF
- ^ Achterberg C. van (1992) Obituary and bibliography of Gerard van Rossem (1919-1990) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 66 p. 303-308 PDF
- ^ Dekker R.W.R.J., E.C. Dickinson, H. Morioka (2001) Systematic notes on Asian birds. 18. Some nomenclatural issues relating to Japanese taxa described in the Planches Coloriées (1820-1839) and Fauna Japonica, Aves (1844-1850) Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 335 p. 199-214 PDF
- ^ Dekker R.W.R.J. (2004) Type specimens of birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden. Part 2. Passerines: Eurylaimidae – Eopsaltriidae (Peters’s sequence) NNM Technical Bulletin 6 p. 1-142 PDF
- ^ Winkler Prins C.F. (2004) Geological collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum (Leiden, The Netherlands): cultural heritage of the geosciences and mining Scripta Geologica Special Issue 4 p. 293-307 PDF
- ^ Fransen C.H.J.M., L.B. Holthuis, J.P.H.M. Adema(1997) Type-catalogue of the Decapod Crustacea in the collections of the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, with appendices of pre-1900 collectors and material Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 311 p. 297-298 PDF
- ^ Achterberg C. (1992) Obituary and bibliography of Hermanus Gerardus Maria Teunissen (1914-1922) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 66 p. 309-311 PDF