Naturalis

 At last... our first visit to Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

One of the world's top five natural history collections

I noticed the impressive architecture...

but I was dying and focused to get a good glimpse of the vast collection.

Taxidermy is an art form by itself.  Have a look at this Caracal...

Dinosaur Era gallery 

Life gallery 

The aardvark is one of my many favourites...

My favourite place to be is Live Science :

a fraction of the huge ladybug collection by Oskar and Cécile Vogt...

Lot of drawers with specimen...

A giant deer molar just like the one the kenderman recently found at the beach...

Closing time... two of the last ones to leave... but we'll be back!

Natural History Museum of Maastricht

Last Sunday we visited the Natural History Museum of Maastricht
(Wikipedia also in english available here)

What an impressive entrance!!! The work of artist Han van Wetering

kenderman's favourite of the day : a fern fossil...

Mosasaurus of Maastricht

as long as I remember my family searched and found lots of small shark teeth fossils

one of my favourites of the day... the Lynx

 Not for the faint-hearted!

And don't get me wrong... I do prefer living animals

but I'm fascinated by the mummies...

Another piece of art by nature...

and some bugs...

What a magnificent room!!! Windows surround us...
I could live here happily ever after (big smile)