Five tips for The Night of Discoveries
Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University are taking part. There is lots to do, but what exactly? Here are five tips to get you started.
The Night of Discoveries will be held on 14 September at the Academy Building, the Hortus botanicus, the PJ Veth building, Pieterskerk Leiden, Gravensteen and the Old Observatory. To see the full programme and buy tickets, visit the festival website.
Art through the eyes of children: enhancing children’s museum experience
We know that children view art differently from adults. How does the use of descriptions for adults affect their experience, and how can we improve it? Psychologist Francesco Walker shares new findings from exciting collaborations with major Dutch museums. Also read our reportage about Walker’s research in the Rijksmuseum. Where: Academy Building. When: 20.30 – 21.00
Interactive escape box
Discover Leiden University’s rich history while playing this interactive escape box created by members of Young Academy Leiden. Will your team rise to the challenge and solve the brainteasers and riddles? Each of the eight puzzles relates to a groundbreaking discovery by Leiden scientists and will bring you closer to the solution: a key event in the university’s history. Expected time: 30 minutes. Where: Old Observatory
Biomimicry
Over the past 3.8 billion years, life on earth has sought solutions that give an evolutionary advantage. What we now see are the successful strategies. Which of nature’s techniques can we apply to our problems? Based on the many examples we have developed new ideas of our own. Experience for yourself how these work in an interactive presentation. What would you develop based on what you have now discovered? Where: Hortus botanicus
Muzikale kwaliteiten van papegaaien
Biologist Michelle Spierings will give a public lecture about the musical abilities of various animals and what this tells us about our own musicality. For long it was thought that humans were the only musical animals but we are discovering more and more about the musical skills of other species. For example, birds that can sing and dance, and monkeys that have a better sense of rhythm than we thought. This not only teaches us about what other animals can do but can also tells us a lot about the origins of our own musicality. Where: Old Observatory. When: 22.00 – 22.30
ArtxScience
Stem cells. What exactly are they? What do they look like? And what can you do with them? reNEW is an international collaboration in which LUMC and other researchers are working to change the lives of patients with chronic diseases. Stunning artworks generated during their research will take you on a journey to the world of stem cell research.
The most impressive artworks will be entered in the reNEW ARTxSCIENCE competition. Vote for your favourite at the end of the session. Where: Hortus botanicus