Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie

This happened on the initiative of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who saw the museum primarily as a research institute for the University of Leiden.

The location was originally a hofje called Hof van Zessen.

After that, there were a few opportunities for guided tours, attending lectures, and temporary exhibitions.

That came in 1986, when the so-called "National Presentation" in the field of natural history was commissioned by the Dutch government.

Planning began for a new building, which was completed in 1990 and launched in 1998 as "Naturalis".

The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (left) on the Rapenburg in 1880. The building on the right is the Physisch Kabinet which was used for demonstrations of physics and public lectures.
Raamsteeg building