Attractions & guided tours
Free Cancellation
Language:
English
,
Italian
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration:2 hours
Do this because
Explore the first museum in the world about microscopically small life
Live an educational experience for the whole family
Look closer and meet your microbes with a body scan
What to expect
The first microbe museum in the world, internationally awarded and located in the heart of Amsterdam. Zoom in and discover an invisible world full of microbes; the smallest yet most powerful lifeforms on Earth.Did you know that about 200 grams of yourself are made up of microbes and that there may be a trillion species of microbes living on Earth? To really understand the world, you can't skip the smallest organisms. Microbes are vital and incredibly fascinating.More than 700 species of bacteria live in your mouth alone. What happens when you kiss someone? Step into the Kiss-O-Meter and discover it for yourself.What do microbes eat? How long do they live? Every day at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm, the Micropia laboratory technicians tell interesting microbe facts in the museum and answer all your questions.After a visit to ARTIS-Micropia you will never look at yourself or the world around you in the same way again.
What's included
Entrance ticket
What to remember
Know in advance:
ARTIS-Micropia opens daily from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Temporary holiday opening hours (valid 25.12.2024- 01.01.2025):
24 December: 9 am - 5 pm
25 December: 9 am - 5 pm
26 December: 9 am - 5 pm
31 December: 9 am - 4 pm
1 January: 10 am - 5 pm
To make ARTIS-Micropia future-proof again, the museum will close from May 13 to June 10. The closure will be used for a necessary IT update to raise the technical status of the museum to a higher level and to optimize the audience experience
Provider
ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo
Booking Fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation Fee
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins
Where
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, 1018 CZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Meeting point:
Enter ARTIS-Micropia with your voucher at your selected timeslot.