Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie
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The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie [1] (National Museum of Natural History) was a museum in Leiden, The Netherlands. It was founded in 1820 by Royal Decree, formed from a merger of several existing collections. This happened at the instigation of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who saw the museum primarily as a research institute. There was also a relationship with the University of Leiden. The total collection was already quite large and has grown further over the next 150 years, mainly through regular foreign expeditions and by obtaining private collections from inheritances.
A public museum was however, not present until 1976, although from 1820 to 1913 was 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. Since then, there have been only a few visitors, on for guided tours, lectures and rare, temporary exhibitions.
In 1976, a paper, "Towards a New Museum", was produced. This led to that 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 [2]. A permanent public exhibition was still not present. That came only when in 1986 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".
- ^ 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
Former Directors
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck 1820 - 1858
- Hermann Schlegel 1858 - 1884
- F.A. Jentink 1884 - 1913
- Eduard Daniel van Oort 1913 - 1933 [1]
- H. Boschma 1933 - 1958 [2]
- L.D. Brongersma 1958 - 1972 [3]
- W. Vervoort 1972 - 1982 [4]
- J.T. Wiebes 1982 - 1989 [5]
- T. de Caluwé (?) 1989 - 1991
- W. van der Weiden 1991 - 2003
Contributing scientists
- Heinrich Boie [6]
- Johann Büttikofer [7]
- Rudolf van Eecke
- Berend George Escher
- Otto Finsch
- Agatha Gijzen [8]
- Wilhem de Haan
- James Edmund Harting
- Koos den Hartog [9]
- Lipke Holthuis [10]
- Jacob Coenraad van Hasselt [11]
- Heinrich Kuhl [12]
- Jacob van der Land [13]
- Heinrich Christian Macklot [14]
- Johannes Govertus de Man
- Karl Martin [15]
- Gerlof Fokko Mees
- Salomon Müller
- Dirk Noordam [16]
- Willem Roelofs
- Jacobus van der Vecht [17]
- Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven
- G. van der Zanden [18]
Contributing artists
- John Gerrard Keulemans
- Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek
- Joseph Smit
- Joseph Wolf
Contributing to collections
- Pieter Bleeker[19] [20]
- Eugène Dubois[21]
- Curt Eisner[22]
- Oliver Erichson Janson[23]
- Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn[24]
- Thure Kumlien
- Pierre Millière
- Walter Karl Johann Roepke
- Hermann von Rosenberg
- Gerard van Rossem [25]
- Philipp Franz von Siebold[26][27][28] [29]
- Hermanus Gerardus Maria Teunissen [30]
- François Le Vaillant
references
- ^ 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. 177-201PDF
- ^ 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. 1-15PDF
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Bruggen A.C. van (1996) In memorium Dr. Agatha Gijzen (1904-1995), eminent museum historian and zoo biologist Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 70 p. 235-247PDF
- ^ Land J. van der (2003) In memoriam Jacobus Cornelis (Koos) den Hartog (1942-2000), marine naturalist Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 345 p. 9-17PDF
- ^ 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. 269-272PDF
- ^ 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. 303-308PDF
- ^ 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
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