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Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht: learning to ask your own questions

The Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht, UMU, is a family museum about scientific research. Interactive rooms and the Oude Hortus offer different ways of looking and discovering.

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Research as action

With an interactive display you can not only read an answer but also try out what happens. Take time to repeat an action and name the differences. It is precisely asking the next question that makes the subject interesting.

The garden at a different pace

The Oude Hortus adds a historic botanical garden to the museum. After the rooms, it offers a different setting to look around in. Check which ticket combination suits your visit if you want to see only the garden or both parts.

Holiday Mondays with an exception

The regular schedule runs from Tuesday to Sunday. During certain school holidays extra Mondays are open, but this does not apply to the summer holidays. Some December days also have earlier closing.

Before you go

Check your ticket choice and the extra Mondays; the summer holidays do not follow that Monday arrangement.

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. Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht — source 1

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Research reference supplied; source content and claims still to be verified independently.

  2. Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht — source 2

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Research reference supplied; source content and claims still to be verified independently.

  3. Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht — source 3

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Research reference supplied; source content and claims still to be verified independently.

  4. Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht — source 4

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Research reference supplied; source content and claims still to be verified independently.

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