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Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Naturalis Biodiversity Center is a national museum of natural history and a research center on biodiversity in , . It was named the European Museum of the Year 2021.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: contact@naturalis.nl
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: natural history museum and research center in the Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Naturalis”, “Naturalis Bio Center”, “Naturalis Biodiversity Centre”, “Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden”, “NBC”, and “RMNH”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leiden University Medical Center and Wereldmuseum Leiden.

Hospital
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or LUMC is the university hospital affiliated with Leiden University, of which it forms the medical faculty. It is located in Leiden, Netherlands. is situated 330 metres northeast of Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

Museum
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is a Rijksmuseum in the located in the university city of . As of 2014, the museum, along with , in Amsterdam, and Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, together make up the National Museum of World Cultures. is situated 670 metres east of Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

Railway station
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Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in , a university city in the . In 2019, it was the nation's sixth-busiest station in terms of passenger numbers, with 82,689 daily passengers. is situated 660 metres east of Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include D’Oude Morsch and Pieterswijk.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Latitude
52.16489° or 52° 9′ 54″ north
Longitude
4.47289° or 4° 28′ 22″ east
Open location code
9F465F7F+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 409096508
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Naturalis Biodiversity Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز التنوع البيولوجي الطبيعي”
  • Belarusian: “Натураліс”
  • Catalan: “Centre de Biodiversitat Naturalis”
  • Catalan: “Naturalis”
  • Chinese: “自然生物多樣性中心”
  • Chinese: “莱顿自然生物多样性中心”
  • Czech: “Nizozemské centrum pro biodiverzitu Naturalis”
  • Danish: “Naturalis”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum”
  • Dutch: “Naturalis Biodiversity Center”
  • Dutch: “Naturalis”
  • Dutch: “NBC”
  • Dutch: “Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis”
  • Dutch: “RMNH”
  • Esperanto: “Naturalis”
  • French: “Centre de biodiversité Naturalis”
  • Galician: “NBC”
  • German: “Naturalis”
  • German: “RMNH”
  • Italian: “Naturalis Biodiversity Center”
  • Italian: “Naturalis”
  • Japanese: “ナチュラリス生物多様性センター”
  • Latin: “Museum Historiae Naturalis Lugduno-Batavum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naturalis Biodiversity Center”
  • Norwegian: “Naturalis Biodiversity Center”
  • Papiamento: “Naturalis Biodiversity Center”
  • Persian: “مرکز تنوع زیستی ناتورالیس”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Lejdzie”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de História Natural de Leida”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de História Natural de Leiden”
  • Russian: “Naturalis”
  • Russian: “Натуралис”
  • Slovenian: “Center za biotsko raznovrstnost Naturalis”
  • Slovenian: “Naturalis Biodiversity Center”
  • Slovenian: “NBC”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Biodiversidad Naturalis”
  • Spanish: “NBC”
  • Ukrainian: “Naturalis”
  • Ukrainian: “Натураліс”
  • Ukrainian: “Центр біорізноманіття «Натураліс»”
  • Western Frisian: “Naturalis”
  • “Naturalis Biodiversity Center”
  • “NBC”

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