Naturalis (Leiden)

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The National Museum of Natural History, or Naturalis, is the national natural history museum for the Netherlands, based in Leiden. It originated from the merger of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (abbreviated RMNH) and the Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie (abbreviated RGM) in 1984. In 1986 it was decided that the museum had to become a public museum and a new building was built. The new building cost about 60 million euro, making it after the Rijksmuseum the most expensive museum building in the Netherlands.

Link: www.naturalis.nl/asp/page.asp?alias=naturalis.en&view=n...

The museum is open from Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 5pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm. On Monday it is closed. The entry fee is €4,50 for people aged 4 to 17 and €8,00 for people aged 18 and above.
www.naturalis.nl