'Our Natural Selection': Let Your Smartphone Guide You to Six Must-Sees in Our Museum

17/08/2016

Our Natural Selection: short animation videos tell the story of six must-see exhibits in our Museum. (Image: RBINS)

Turn your smartphone into a video guide with the free izi.TRAVEL-app and check the 'Our Natural Selection' Tour. Animations and archive photos tell you the story of 6 of our must-see exhibits. Get to know them in a whole different way!

Featured in 'Our Natural Selection': the humpback whale in the entrance hall, the world famous Iguanodon of Bernissart, our “Sea rex” – a 12,5m long mosasaur! –, the primitive horse from Messel, the magnificent Mammoth from Lier and, last but not least, the Spy Man, a Belgian Neanderthal.

To watch these short videos on your smartphone or tablet, simply download them using the free izi.TRAVEL-app (there is a WiFi hotspot in our entrance hall). The app will lead you on a tour around the Museum for some 30 minutes and is available in EN, FR or NL. You can also watch teh videos on the website of izi.TRAVEL website or on YouTube.

Links:

izi.TRAVEL app

The videos on the website of izi.TRAVEL

Videos

News

Science

26/11/2024

Ancient Egyptians Deformed Sheep Horns

Researchers from the Institute of Natural Sciences and the University of Oxford have found the oldest evidence of livestock whose horns were deliberately deformed. The ancient Egyptians forced the corkscrew-shaped horns of sheep, which naturally grow sideways, to stand upright.

Science

07/11/2024

Introducing Sphaeroptica: a new tool for visualizing insects in 3D

A new software tool called Sphaeroptica is offering scientists a better way to visualize and analyse 3D images of insects and other arthropods in natural history collections.

Science

08/10/2024

Belgian Neanderthals made tools from bird bones

Cut marks on bird bones from the Scladina cave, near Namur, indicate that Neanderthals ate various bird species and made tools from some of the bones.

Science

26/11/2024

Ancient Egyptians Deformed Sheep Horns

Science

07/11/2024

Introducing Sphaeroptica: a new tool for visualizing insects in 3D

A new software tool called Sphaeroptica is offering scientists a better way to visualize and analyse 3D images of insects and other arthropods in natural history collections.

Science

08/10/2024

Belgian Neanderthals made tools from bird bones

Cut marks on bird bones from the Scladina cave, near Namur, indicate that Neanderthals ate various bird species and made tools from some of the bones.

Museum

08/04/2024

Nocturnes 2024

Once again this year, the Institute of Natural Sciences opens its doors for the 23rd edition of Brusselsmuseums' Nocturnes. We are expecting you on Thursday 23 May from 5pm onwards! Visit our wondrous exhibits and discover an array of exciting activities curated exclusively for this evening.