This week, we have a very special guest in front of the Naturalis Newsroom camera: Edwin van Huis, the director of Naturalis. And he shares some exciting news with us!

Naturalis Biodiversity is not only a research institute with a museum, it is also the protector of the national Dutch natural history collection. This collection consists of collections, one of them being the Siebold Collection. This huge collection of Japanese plants, mammals, birds, fish, Kawahara Keiga drawings, and much, much more was brought to Leiden by Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold. Although Dutch people may not know him, this 17th century scientist who travelled to Japan and back has rock star status in Japan! Edwin van Huis has some fantastic news for these Japanese Siebold fans... Siebold goes Japan again!

This is episode 11 of Naturalis Newsroom: flash vids filmed in Naturalis Biodiversity Institute. Topic: our latest news!

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