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North Holland · Nature

Micropia makes invisible life visible

On the Artisplein, Micropia offers an interactive display about microscopic life. Here you can explore the role microbes play in the body, food and the environment.

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Seeing through technology

A microbe cannot be seen directly with the naked eye. With each image, note the magnification, staining method and whether the material is live or recorded before you compare size or movement.

Microbes as a community

The display shows beneficial and harmful relationships. Choose one example from the body and one from food and name the conditions under which the microbe works.

Museum and park are different

Micropia is located at ARTIS but has its own entrance and hours. The park opening from 09.00 does not mean the museum is open then; Micropia opens daily at 10.00.

Before you go

Daily 10.00–17.00; on New Year’s Eve the complex closes earlier. Do not use the longer hours of ARTIS-Park.

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. Research card 0910 — Micropia

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified reference from a supplied research card; content, authority and currency still to be checked independently.

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