News 2008 9th February - 27th April 2008 China Dino [Too big for the NHMM, thus displayed in Centre Céramique] Four giant, original dinosaur skeletons from the collections of the Beijing Natural History Museum are now on view in the Netherlands for the very first time, along with dinosaur eggs, complete nests, footprints and even the skeletons of baby dinosaurs that have just crawled out of their egg. ["The Dutch dino is displayed in the NHMM]. To the dinosite... 2005 December 2005 Maastrichtidelphys meurismeti Mammal from the Age of Dinosaurs found in Maastricht Black Seeds Archeobotanical findings from the Roman period in Maastricht! Visit our dedicated website with Roman recipies and researchgame! Primitive bird new in museum Important discovery in Maastricht: 66 million years old bird is first of a kind in Europe > minisite 2003 Spring 2003 Bèr has broken rib One of the ribs of mosasaur Bèr shows two strange bumps. Doctors at the Maastricht Academic Hospital diagnosed the bumps as the result of a fracture. 2002 Summer 2002 Best of The Web Award 2002 Our website wins the Museums and the Web contest 2002, category Best Innovative or Experimental Application! January 2002 Site of the day Our website earns prestigious title from Macromedia. January 2002 Check our guestbook! Our guestbook contains reactions from people all over the world. Take a look and let us know what you think of our website! 2001 May 2001 A book on the Cretaceous and a mini symposium The book so many have been waiting for, for so long, has come out. On Wednesday, May 9 the first copy was presented December 2001 Jan Douwe explores... On Monday, November 12, shooting for an episode in the series of television programmes entitled, 'Jan Douwe op zoek ....' (Jan Douwe explores ....) was finished. October 2001 Opening of new exhibit by royal couple. On Monday, October 22, His Royal Highness Prince Willem Alexander and Ms Máxima Zorreguieta were the first to pay a visit to the mosasaur discovered in 1998. October 2001 Mosaleum Bèr, the new Mosasaur, was placed in a specially designed house of glass, the socalled Mosaleum. 2000 - 2001 World tour of exhibit concluded 'Dinosaurs, ammonites & asteroids' travelled to Romania, USA, Oman and Poland. The on-line version is still available. close window