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Opening night of the 3rd Weekend of Anatomy in Amsterdam in the historical Theatrum Anatomicum of the Waag building: ‘The anatomical preparation of the future’
Date: Friday 15th of April
Time: 8pm
Price: €15,- pp including drinks

The opening event will be held in the Waag on Nieuwmarkt. This 15th-century building operated as anatomical theatre between 1691 and 1869. Famous Dutch anatomists, such as Frederik Ruysch, once conducted their dissections here. Today the Waag is home to the Waag Society, institute for art, science and technology. Waag Society is co-organizer of this opening event, that will focus on the following query: in a world that becomes more and more digital, and where natural biodiversity is declining and synthetic biodiversity exploding, what is the future of conventional anatomical collections? And what novel approaches to the anatomical preparation might be imagined? These questions will be debated using ‘Herman the Bull’, the Netherlands first transgenic mammal, as a starting point. Geneticist Paul Krimpenfort will talk about how Herman was created, while taxidermist Ellen Marcellis will tell us about how it became a specimen and what taxidermy decision were made.

To celebrate the opening of the Amsterdam Weekend of Anatomy, we will end the evening with drinks.

Special Lectures at Museum Vrolik
Date: Saturday 16th of April
Time: from 10am-12pm
Price: €8,- pp for all lectures

Traditionally we will start off Saturday with a series of lectures about the history of anatomy and anatomical collections. This year’s speakers will be:

• Norbert Middelkoop (Curator of History at Amsterdam Museum), who will tell us about the famous 17th century anatomy lessons.
• Bert de Roemer (Cultural Historian, University of Amsterdam), who will talk about the esthetics in Frederik Ruysch anatomical museum.
• Eduard Winter (Curator and director of Vienna’s pathological Museum Narrenturm), who will enlighten us about this great museum, its collection and the upcoming Vienna Anatomy Weekend.
• Eleanor Crook (Wax modeler and Sculptor), who will talk about anatomy and expressionism - the expression of the extremes.

Note: the lectures will be given in lecture room 2, close to the entrance of Museum Vrolik.

Guided tours through Museum Vrolik
Date: Saturday 16th of April and Sunday 17th of April
Time: available from 10am-5pm
Price: €8,- pp

You can visit museum Vrolik with a tour guide throughout The Amsterdam Weekend of Anatomy. On both Saturday and Sunday, the first tour will start at 10am and the last at 4pm. Tours are in Dutch and English if necessary. Duration is approximately one hour. When booking your tour (see below at Tickets), please select your day and tour time.

Note: Meeting point is at the front entrance of Museum Vrolik.

On Saturday there is an opportunity for celebratory drinks at the ‘Epstein Bar’, the student’s bar of the Society of Amsterdam medical students. Drinks are at the visitors own expense.

Special afternoon program: backstage tour and demonstrations in Museum Vrolik
Date: Saturday 16th of April and Sunday 17th of April, 
Time: from 1pm-5pm
Price Saturday: €15,- pp
Price Sunday: €10,- pp

The special afternoon program that’s held on both Saturday and Sunday, will offer visitors to experience the museum on a whole new level. This program offers a backstage tour to the Museum Vrolik’s storage rooms that are not generally accessible to the public. The following demonstrations are also part of the afternoon program:

• Demonstration Osteology - Osteology is the study of bones. Compare the bones of different animals. Visitors will also be invited to touch the animal bones and skulls.
• Demonstration in wet Specimen Restoration - In this demonstration, anatomical technician and specimen conservator Inge Dijkman will show the ways in which the Vrolik’s collection of wet specimens are maintained and restored.
• Tour to the unique collection of Dermatological waxes – This collection is stored at the department of dermatology in the AMC, and normally not accessible to the public.
• Expert history tour in Museum Vrolik The Curator of Museum Vrolik will guide you through the museum and talk about the history of some specimens of the famous 19th century collection. (Saturday only)

Note: The Sunday afternoon program will end at 4pm. Meeting point for both days will be the front entrance of Museum Vrolik.

After the Saturday afternoon program there is an opportunity for celebratory drinks at the ‘Epstein Bar’, the student’s bar of the Society of Amsterdam medical students. Drinks are at the visitors own expense.

Workshop Medical Wax Modelling: Make Your Own Wax Model with ceroplast Eleanor Crook
Date: Saturday 16th of April and Sunday 17th of April
Time: from 1pm-5pm
Price: €85,- pp including all materials

During The Weekend of Anatomy, experienced wax modeler and sculptor Eleanor Crook will teach a unique wax modelling workshop at Museum Vrolik. Crook has created anatomical and pathological waxes for several medical and science museums in Britain (e.g. the Science Museum and the Hunterian Museum), and is artist in residence at Gordon’s Museum at Guy’s Hospital, London. She has led many workshops in wax modelling, and this is the third time that she is joining us for the Amsterdam Weekend of Anatomy. All materials and tools are provided for this workshop, and each student will return home with their own beautiful wax model.

Note: Meeting point for the workshop medical wax modelling is at the back of Museum Vrolik.

On Saturday there is an opportunity for celebratory drinks at the ‘Epstein Bar’, the student’s bar of the Society of Amsterdam medical students. Drinks are at the visitors own expense.

Workshop carbon dust drawing of specimens from the Vrolik collection with Board Certified Medical Illustrator Marie Dauenheimer
Date: Saturday 16th of April and Sunday 17th of April,
Time: from 1pm-5pm
Price: €35,- pp including all materials

New this year will be a carbon dust drawing workshop with illustrator Marie Dauenheimer. She is a Board Certified Medical Illustrator, who specializes in creating medical illustrations and animations for educational materials. Carbon dust is a technique perfected in the late 19th century, and was an essential component of medical illustration education. It allows the artist to create luminous, textural, three-dimensional drawings by layering carbon dust on prepared paper. The workshop at Museum Vrolik will teach the participants the history and use of this historical medium, and guide each student in the creation of a finished work that is based on real anatomical specimens from the collection of Museum Vrolik. Each participant will return home with his or her own unique drawing.

Note: Meeting point is at lecture hall 2, near Museum Vrolik.

On Saturday there is an opportunity for celebratory drinks at the ‘Epstein Bar’, the student’s bar of the Society of Amsterdam medical students. Drinks are at the visitors own expense.

Special Museum tours and tips
Dates: Sunday 17th of April,
Times: from 10am-5pm
Prices: Varied, see below

This year four museums and organizations other than Museum Vrolik will open their doors for participants of the Amsterdam Weekend of Anatomy. Some have organized special tours for the occasion

• 10am-1pm: Special Collections of the Amsterdam University Library . Curator of historical medical books, Dr. Paul Dijstelberge will show some of the Library’s most special and precious anatomical atlases and books on pathological anatomy. The Department of Special Collections owns one of the largest collections of old and rare books. Among these are many medical books dating from the 16th century to the end of the 19th century, including some copies of Vesalius famous De Humani Corporis Fabrica.
  Price: € 15,- pp
• 10am-5pm: Amsterdam Hermitage. Visit the exhibition ‘Hollanders van de Gouden Eeuw’ in Amsterdam Hermitage on your own account. For this special exhibition The Amsterdam Museum has lent its famous collection of eight 17th century Amsterdam Anatomy Lessons to this museum. Among these are the two Anatomy Lessons of Frederik Ruysch (1670 and 1683), by Adriaen Backer and Jan van Neck, and the Anatomy Lesson of Jan Deyman by Rembrandt (1656). In his Saturday morning lecture, Norbert Middelkoop will provide a handout about all the anatomy lessons, for the participants to use as a special guide during their own visit to the Hermitage.
  Price: to be paid at the entrance of the museum - handouts are provided during morning lectures on Saturday.
• 1pm-4pm: Funeral Museum Tot Zover. A guided tour through a museum focusing on the funerary culture in its widest sense. It is located in the late 19th century Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats. Special attention will be given to the museums interesting current exhibition on early 20th century funerary photography.
  Price: € 15,- pp including entrance
• 2pm-5pm: The Waag . It is the home of the old anatomical theatre where famous Dutch anatomists such as Frederik Ruysch once performed dissections. The 15th century building was also home to the surgeon’s guild and the stone mason’s guild. Evidence of their presence can still be seen in the interior of the beautiful building, where a guided tour will be given. It now houses the Waag Society, a institute devoted to bridging the gap between science art and (modern) technology. As such, the building is still used for the same purpose as it was three hundred years ago!
  Price: € 10,- pp including entrance

Order and select your tickets, date and times

Important further information:

• Lunch and coffee are not included. Both can be purchased at the supermarket in AMC (Albert Hein To Go – closed on Sundays), in the AMC restaurants (Restaurants ‘Meiberg’ and ‘Pit’) or at Starbucks. All of these facilities can be found at one of the two central squares within the AMC hospital building.
• Payment is only possible by making an advance transfer by bank.
• After we receive payment, you will receive a notification of your payment and event selection by e-mail. Take these notification with you to the Anatomy Weekend!
• During The Amsterdam Weekend of Anatomy, Museum Vrolik can only be reached through the main entrance of the AMC hospital.
• Activities are primarily in English, and in Dutch when necessary. The special lectures are given in English only.

Event locations:

• Waag/Waag Society: Nieuwmarkt 4, 1012 CR Amsterdam
• Museum Vrolik, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam
• Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam (Bijzondere Collecties van de Universiteit van Amsterdam): Oude Turfmarkt 129, 1012 GC Amsterdam
• Hermitage Amsterdam: Amstel 51, 1018 EJ Amsterdam
• Dutch Funeral Museum ‘Tot Zover’: Kruislaan 124, 1097 GA Amsterdam