History Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie

raamsteeg building

the location hofje called hof van zessen. in 1815 plans made build museum there (the first building called museum in leiden). opened in 1820, , until 1913, museum opened public on sundays. in 1913, museum moved new building, little room available exhibits, , in 1950, room closed. after that, there few opportunities guided tours, attending lectures, , temporary exhibitions.

in 1976, paper, towards new museum , produced. led museum taking on more of central curating role, lending pieces collection other museums. rijksmuseum van natuurlijke historie , rijksmuseum van geologie en mineralogie merged in 1984. permanent public exhibition still not present. came in 1986, when so-called national presentation in field of natural history commissioned dutch government. planning began new building, completed in 1990 , launched in 1998 naturalis .