"You don't see them, but they are there.They are on you, they are in you, and you alone have over a hundred thousand billion of them.They are there when you eat, when you breathe and when you kiss.
They are everywhere, on your hands and in your stomach.And they interfere with everything.They determine what our world looks like:what you smell and what you taste;whether you get sick, or better.
They can save or destroy us.Microbes, the smallest and most powerful organisms on our planet.We know very little about them yet, but can learn a lot from them.
About our health, alternative energy sources and who knows what else.When you take a closer look, a new world opens up to you.More beautiful and extraordinary than you could ever imagine. Welcome to Micropia, the only microbe museum in the world, right in the heart of Amsterdam
DISCOVER: The Groote Museum is a new museum of ARTIS. Here you will experience the connection with yourself, your body and all other life in the world.
From communicating plants to a competition with a chimpanzee or a scent tunnel where recognition and emotion alternate: you go on a personal expedition, crisscrossing the museum.