Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis
	Mammoth skeleton on display in the old museum
	Location in South Holland in the Netherlands
Established	9 August 1820
Location	Darwinweg 2; Leiden, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°09′53″N 4°28′24″E / 52.16472°N 4.47333°E
Type	National museum; Natural history museum; Research center
Collections	Zoology, botany, geology
Collection size	43 million objects
Visitors	339,550 (2015)
Director	Edwin van Huis
Public transit access	Leiden Centraal/LUMC
Nearest parking	On site (paid)
Website	www.naturalis.nl

Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Dutch: Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis) is a national museum of natural history and a research center on biodiversity in Leiden, Netherlands. It was named the European Museum of the Year 2021.^[5]^[6] Although its current name and organization are relatively recent, the history of Naturalis can be traced back to the early 1800s. Its collection includes approximately 42 million specimens, making it one of the largest natural history collections in the world.^[7]

^ ^a ^b Getting there, Naturalis. Retrieved on 20 December 2014.
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^ (in Dutch) Maaike Lek, "Naturalis ontvangt voor derde jaar op rij recordaantal bezoekers", Sleutelstad.nl, 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ Management and Trustees Archived 20 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Naturalis. Retrieved on 20 December 2014.
^ "Leiden museum Naturalis is European museum of the year". Retrieved 25 June 2022.
^ "Naturalis Wins European Museum of the Year Award". 15 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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