Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie

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The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke HistorieL.B. Holthuis, Leiden, 1995; 1820 - 1958: Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; 172 p. [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/268714 PDF] (National Museum of Natural History) was a museum on the Rapenburg in Leiden, the Netherlands. It was founded in 1820 by Royal Decree from a merger of several existing collections including Temminck's own collection. This happened on the initiative of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who saw the museum primarily as a research institute for the University of Leiden. The total collection was already quite large at the time, and continued to grow from foreign expeditions and by obtaining private collections from inheritances. The location is currently used by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

History

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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.L.D. Brongersma, Leiden, 1978; Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie, 1878-1978, Scripta Geologica Vol. 48 pp. 37-96 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317542 PDF] 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

File:Natuurlijkehistorie 1880.jpg|1820-1913: Building Papengracht/Rapenburg

File:Rijksmuseum voor Natuurlijke Historie - Leiden - 20135867 - RCE.jpg|1913-1990: Building Doezastraat/corner Raamsteeg

File:Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden.JPG|1913-1990: Raamsteeg side

File:Droge magazijn - Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden.JPG|1913-1990: "Dry warehouse", near the Van der Werffpark

File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - Hall of former Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden with two elefant skeletons.jpg|Hall with two elephant skeletons

File:Binnenplaats noord-oost hoek - Leiden - 20135392 - RCE.jpg|Pesthuis Leiden

Former Directors

Coenraad Jacob Temminck 1820 - 1858
Hermann Schlegel 1858 - 1884
Fredericus Anna Jentink 1884 - 1913
Eduard Daniel van Oort 1913 - 1933Bayer Ch. (1933) In Memoriam E.D. van Oort 1876 - 1933 Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 16 p. 263-265 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318980 PDF]
Hilbrand Boschma 1933 - 1958Vervoort W. (1977) Prof. Dr. Hilbrand Boschma 22 April 1893 - 22 July 1976 : Obituary and bibliography Zoologische Bijdragen Vol. 22 p. 3-28 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317204 PDF]
Leo Brongersma 1958 - 1972Hoogmoed M.S. (1995) In memoriam Prof. Dr. Leo Daniel Brongersma (1907-1994) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 69 p. 177-201 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318180 PDF]
Willem Vervoort 1972 - 1982Bruggen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317882 PDF]
Jacobus Theodorus Wiebes 1982 - 1989Bruggen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/216033 PDF]
T. de Caluwé (?) 1989 - 1991
W. van der Weiden 1991 - 2003

Contributing scientists

Marinus BoesemanOijen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/198392 PDF]
Heinrich BoieFransen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
Johann BüttikoferFransen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
Rudolf van Eecke
Berend George Escher
Matthijs FreudenthalL.D. Brongersma, Leiden, 1978; Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie, 1878-1978, Scripta Geologica Vol. 48 pp. 37-96 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317542 PDF]
Otto Finsch
Agatha GijzenBruggen A.C. van (1996) {{sic|In memo|rium|hide=y|expected=In Memoriam}} Dr. Agatha Gijzen (1904-1995), eminent museum historian and zoo biologist Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 70 p. 235-247 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318966 PDF]
Wilhem de Haan
James Edmund Harting
Koos den HartogLand J. van der (2003) In memoriam Jacobus Cornelis (Koos) den Hartog (1942-2000), marine naturalist Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 345 p. 9-17 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/220289 PDF]
Jan Adrianus Herklots
Lipke HolthuisFransen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/286655 PDF]
Johan Coenraad van HasseltFransen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
George Junge
Heinrich KuhlFransen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
Jacob van der LandBruggen A.C. van der (2001) Dr Jacob van der Land, marine biologist extraordinaryZoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 334 p. 7-20 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/219445 PDF]
Heinrich Christian MacklotFransen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
Johannes Govertus de Man
Karl MartinFransen 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
Gerlof Fokko Mees
Salomon Müller
Dirk NoordamNoordam-Kowalska A.L. (2004) In memoriam Dirk Noordam Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 346 p. 1-4 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/214702 PDF]
Coenraad Ritsema
Willem Roelofs
Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen
Jacobus van der VechtAchterberg C. van (1992) Obituary and bibliography of Jacobus van der Vecht (1906-1992) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 66 p. 295-302 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318209 PDF]
Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven
G. van der ZandenAchterberg C. van (1999) Obituary Obituary and bibliography of G. van der Zanden (1915-1999) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 73 p. 269-272 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/215266 PDF]

Contributing artists

Contributing to collections

Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Pieter BleekerWhitehead 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317728 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
Eugène DuboisVos J. de (2004) The Dubois collection: a new look at an old collection Scripta Geologica Special Issue 4 p. 267-285 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317307 PDF]
Curt EisnerEisner C. (1966) Parnassiidae-Typen in der Sammlung J. C. Eisner, Zoologische Verhandelingen 81 p. 1-81 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317792 PDF]
Oliver Erichson JansonDe 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318770 PDF]
Franz Wilhelm JunghuhnWinkler 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/215476 PDF]
Thure Kumlien
Pierre Millière
Hendrik Pel
Walter Karl Johann Roepke
Hermann von Rosenberg
Gerard van RossemAchterberg C. van (1992) Obituary and bibliography of Gerard van Rossem (1919-1990) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 66 p. 303-308 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318924 PDF]
Philipp Franz von SieboldDekker 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/219934 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/214679 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/215476 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 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317736 PDF]
Hermanus Gerardus Maria TeunissenAchterberg C. (1992) Obituary and bibliography of Hermanus Gerardus Maria Teunissen (1914-1922) Zoologische Mededelingen Vol. 66 p. 309-311 [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318297 PDF]
François Le Vaillant