Event calendar

• Visit the Young Rembrandt Studio

  Visit the Young Rembrandt Studio

  Meet the young Rembrandt in a beautiful 7-minute 3D video experience in the house where...

  until 21 March 2027

• Plants & Planets

  Plants & Planets

  In Plants & Planets you will travel through time and space: from the Big Bang to th...

  until 7 February 2027

• Time for Papua

  Time for Papua

  Visit Time for Papua: an impressive presentation of 400 objects, selected from the worl...

  until 3 January 2027

• Giselle Kuster - The Leiden Years

  Giselle Kuster - The Leiden Years

  This summer you can see the most famous paintings of artist Giselle Kuster at Museum De...

  16 October, 17 October and 7 more days

• Garden of Delights – The Seventeenth Century in Bloom

  Garden of Delights – The Seventeenth Century in Bloom

  Museum De Lakenhal and The Phoebus Foundation present the exhibition *Garden of Delight...

  until 28 March 2027

• Light over Deshima

  Light over Deshima

  What did Japan look like when photography was still in its infancy?

  until 28 February 2027

• Mini-Exhibition: A Language of the Hands

  Mini-Exhibition: A Language of the Hands

  A Language of the Hands - Embodied Knowledge and Transmitted Memory in Indonesian Buton...

  16 October, 19 October and 9 more days

• The forest of Suriname

  The forest of Suriname

  Naturalis has a new exhibition: The Forest of Suriname. Discover the nature of Suriname...

  until 2 May 2027

• Giant creatures

  Giant creatures

  This autumn, 12 gigantic little creatures have arrived at the Hortus—for instance, a ca...

  until 30 November

• Día de Muertos at the Worldmuseum in Leiden

  Día de Muertos at the Worldmuseum in Leiden

  Come and experience the Day of the Dead at the Worldmuseum. During this Mexican celebra...

  until 25 October

• Galleria - twelve exhibitions in one

  Galleria - twelve exhibitions in one

  "Galleria" is a summer museum experience, showcasing twelve small exhibitions under one...

  until 1 November

• K-pop: A Snapshot

  K-pop: A Snapshot

  K-pop in the picture. From underground music scene to global visual culture K-pop.

  until 31 December

• Leiden International Film Festival

  Leiden International Film Festival

  11 days filled with premieres, special film events, parties and more: that’s the Leiden...

  until 18 October

• Waterland Boerhaave

  Waterland Boerhaave

  Waterland Boerhaave is a scientific playground in the monumental courtyard of the museu...

  until 25 October

• Truth? The art of doubt

  Truth? The art of doubt

  In Truth? The art of doubt, scientists and artists explore how we determine what is true.

  until 3 January 2027

• Discover the 13 museums in Leiden

  Discover the 13 museums in Leiden

  Marvel at the treasures of science, learn all about the life of the Young Rembrandt, im...

  until 2 January 2028

• Comedy Night International

  Comedy Night International

  Get ready for an evening full of English-language humor and diversity at our Comedy Nig...

  Saturday 17 October

• FACING FACES

  FACING FACES

  Koen de Vries’ portraits are like an excavation of all the impressions that shaped huma...

  until 16 January 2027

• Hanuman travels the world

  Hanuman travels the world

  Dr. Priya Swamy, Curator Globalization and South  Asia, Wereldmuseum.  This lecture hig...

  Sunday 18 October

• Nottingham High School

  Nottingham High School

  Nottingham High School presents its concert band, choir, and chamber ensembles.

  Tuesday 20 October

• CORPUS Kids Academy – The Poop Factory

  CORPUS Kids Academy – The Poop Factory

  During this edition of the CORPUS Kids Academy, children discover how the digestive sys...

  Wednesday 21 October

• Pilgrim Museum Introductory Tour

  Pilgrim Museum Introductory Tour

  Every Wednesday afternoon, curator Sarah Moine takes you on a tour of the Pilgrim Museu...

  21 October, 28 October and 9 more days

• Practicum Musicae Drop-In Concert

  Practicum Musicae Drop-In Concert

  Dual-degree students from Leiden University and the Royal Conservatory are now presenti...

  Thursday 22 October

• CORPUS Kids Academy - Stuttering

  CORPUS Kids Academy - Stuttering

  Sometimes words want to move forward but take a different path. Stuttering takes center...

  Thursday 22 October