Events

    • Sharing Days: Documentary 'Talking stones' on Utrecht street poetry

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      Documentary maker Suzanne van Leendert collected personal stories from Utrechters about poems on walls . The result is Sprekende stenen (2024), a beautiful film that not only gives a nice picture of the many poems, but also of the amazing diversity of inhabitants and personal stories. After the film screening, there will be a Q&A with creator Suzanne.

    • Sharing Days: University museum: scientist for 1 day! 

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      The University Museum Utrecht is the museum for everyone who is curious. Do your own research and find out what's in the mystery box, design prototypes at Doctor It Out, investigate whether fossils are real or fake and take part in all kinds of small investigations.

    • Sharing Days: Picnicking in UMU's hidden garden

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      During Sharing Days, come picnic in the Old Hortus: the hidden garden of the University Museum.

    • Sharing Days: Street poetry walk

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      We'll take you past facades, pavements and bollards. Who put them there? Why? What do we know about the poet? We will tell you more about the phenomenon of 'street poetry' in a broader sense. And why does it exist? Walk along and discover Utrecht.

    • Sharing Days: Street poetry cycle tour

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      Did you know that more than 200 street poems can be found in Utrecht? Discover all the language on facades, pavements, posts and more. In an interactive way, you will learn more about the phenomenon of 'street poetry' and see Utrecht from a new perspective.

    • Sharing Days: Yoga with your (grand)child (8+)

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      Stand like a tree and lay down like a cobra. Discover with your (grand)child who can keep his balance best. In this special yoga class will be in the garden of the Utrecht University Museum.

    • Sharing Days: De Oude Hortus - botanical drawing

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      Come botanical drawing in the greenhouse and see plants up close! Together with artist and horticulturist Laura Groeneveld, you will bring the special plants of the Old Hortus to life on paper. Discover the artist in yourself!

    • Sharing Days: De Oude Hortus - Animals in the pond (8+)

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      Tadpoles, posthorn snails, boatmen. What do these little animals eat, how can they breathe and how old do they get? Catch them with a landing net and learn to look and think like a biologist!

    • Sharing Days: Yoga with your (grand)child (8+)

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      Stand like a tree and lay down like a cobra. Discover with your (grand)child who can keep his balance best. In this special yoga class will be in the garden of the Utrecht University Museum.

    • Sharing Days: Walk through Utrecht's LGBTQ+ history led by Marijke Huisman

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      Utrecht's long colourful history naturally includes a queer history: from centuries of persecution via an emancipation struggle to the present. Dr Marijke Huisman, university lecturer in Public History, takes you on a walking tour through the 'pink' history of the city of Utrecht.
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