The museum depicts the natural history of South Limburg. Modern displays offer an insight into both the recent and distant past. The museum holds more than 550,000 natural objects. The collection comprises more than 11,000 species.

The Collection
Among the museum's highlights are the remains of enormous Mosasaurs and Giant Turtles found in marlstone in the St. Pietersberg caverns. Fossils of all shapes and sizes show how the area of southern Limburg has changed in the course of the last 300 million years. The natural features of the modern-day landscape are explained using startling visual projections, computers and aquariums. The collection of rough and cut gemstones, the 'Cabinet' (a period room from the beginning of the 20th century), the museum cafe and botanical garden displaying local plant varieties also add to the museum's compelling appeal.

Permanent Exhibitions
The permanent exhibits illustrate the present-day natural landscape of southern Limburg and is divided in three main themes: looking back in time (geology), playing in the present (biology) and from past to present (dynamics). 

Opening hours
Monday - Friday, from 10 AM till 5 PM
Saturday and Sunday, from 2 PM till 5 PM

Closed on January 1, Saturday before Carnaval, Easter day, Whitsunday and December 25.

Location
Natural History Museum
De Bosquetplein 6-7
6211 KJ Maastricht
Tel: +31 (0)43- 3505490
Email: museum@maastricht.nl
www.nhmmaastricht.nl