The Museum Vrolik
is centered on the tremendous number of objects collected by Gerardus
Vrolik (1775-1859) and his son, Willem Vrolik (1801-1863) —
both of whom served as professors of anatomy at Athenaeum Illustre, the
forerunner to the University of Amsterdam. Gerardus began amassing his
thousands of
anatomical, botanical and zoological specimens in 1795, which Willem
later continued to add onto and distill into academic categories. This
private collection came to be known as
Museum Vrolikianum.
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| Photo credit: © Matt Crowley |
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