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ARTIS and the Rijksmuseum reveal the invisible life on The Night Watch

10 September 2026 • ARTIS-Micropia

What lives on The Night Watch? ARTIS and the Rijksmuseum are joining forces to reveal the invisible life found on The Night Watch. From 11 November, the installation The Night Watch Lives will be on display at ARTIS-Micropia. Centred around a life-size reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, the installation reveals which microorganisms live on the painting.

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ARTIS-Micropia celebrates tenth anniversary with microbe cake

30 September 2024 • ARTIS-Micropia

ARTIS-Micropia is ten years old today and is celebrating with cake. Especially for this anniversary, the microbe museum had a cake baked by Patisserie Holtkamp Amsterdam.

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