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MuzeeAquarium: the sea above and below the water

In Delfzijl you can look at the sea from two directions: through a museum collection and through live animals in the aquarium. It is precisely this combination that makes a visit interesting.

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Start under water

The MuzeeAquarium describes an aquarium with animals from the Wadden Sea and the North Sea. Try choosing one animal to follow for a little longer. How does it move, and where does it stay? You don’t need to know its name yet to look closely.

The sea as a museum subject

Besides the aquarium, the offer includes natural history and cultural history collections. This shifts your attention from life in the water to the ways in which people collect, describe and depict the sea.

Compare two ways of looking

Take an impression from the aquarium with you into the museum galleries. Which question about the sea would you like to explore further there? An animal and a museum object don’t have to tell the same story to make each other more interesting.

Before you go

Check the current exhibition programme and the exceptions to the weekly schedule.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. MuzeeAquarium — source 1

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Source reference from a Grok research card; source content still to be verified independently.

  2. MuzeeAquarium — source 2

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Source reference from a Grok research card; source content still to be verified independently.

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