The
Collection of
Freshwater Micro-organisms
Curator:
Wim van Egmond
Every small pool of fresh water contains the most astonishing life forms. What looks like filthy scum floating on a pond becomes breathtakingly beautiful under the microscope. Explore this mysterious world ruled by flagella, cilia and pseudopodia.
Use
the thumbnails or click on the pictures to roam the museum from one portrait
to the next! As in the real microworld many organisms are hidden.