About
Join the family activity De Dokterstas at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 10:00 to 17:00. Explore your body with a doctor's bag and learn about illness and medical history.
What to expect
This family guided tour lets you go through Rijksmuseum Boerhaave with your own doctor's bag and learn about the body and medical history.
- Listen to your own heartbeat
- Try to work as precisely as a surgeon
- Learn about known researchers and their discoveries
- See Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's world-famous microscope
- Explore illness in Herman Boerhaave's time (1668-1738)
Questions
When does Family activity De Dokterstas start and end?
Family activity De Dokterstas runs Saturday, 31 October 2026, 10:00 until 17:00.
Where is Family activity De Dokterstas?
Family activity De Dokterstas takes place at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Lange Sint Agnietenstraat 10, Leiden.
What is De Dokterstas?
It is a family activity at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave. You go through the museum with your own doctor's bag and learn about your body and medical history.
How do I book?
Register via the link: museum.nl
Can I use my Museumkaart?
Yes.
Entry is with a Museumkaart or a bought ticket.
The Museumkaart is valid.
What did doctors do in Boerhaave's time?
In Herman Boerhaave's time (1668-1738), the thermometer was barely invented.
The activity looks at how doctors knew what was wrong.
It also looks at why we get sick.
Kids
Getting there
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Lange Sint Agnietenstraat 10, 2312 WC Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL
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