Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden is the Dutch national museum for the history of science and medicine. Its collection spans centuries of scientific instruments, anatomical specimens and medical equipment - including objects once owned by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Christiaan Huygens. The museum is housed in a seventeenth-century former hospice and hosts both permanent galleries and changing exhibitions.
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Scientists and artists investigate how we determine truth in an era of misinformation and artificial intelligence.
Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave examining how artists and scientists approach the question of truth through different methods and perspectives.
An exhibition about water and the history of science at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden.
Former museum director Dirk van Delft presents his biography of Nobel Prize-winning physiologist Willem Einthoven.
An exhibition examining the future of the human body through biotechnology, medical innovation, and the intersection of technology and human physiology.
Astronaut André Kuipers shares his experiences from space missions and discusses the history of moon landings at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave.
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave presents a summer holiday programme for children featuring hands-on activities and explorations of the museum's collections.