Saturday June 25th during the Museumnacht in Leiden, the Netherlands, Museum Boerhaave presents ‘Circus Academia’, an evening with and about humor in science. There is the unique opportunity to see, hear and even meet four Dutch Ig Nobel Prize Winners: Ilja van Beest (Medicine, 2010), Annelies van Bronswijk (Biology, 2008), Bart Knols (Biology, 2006) and Kees Moeliker (Biology, 2003).
First (20:00-21.00h) they will be interviewed in the Museum Cafe for a live broadcast of the science talkshow Hoezo Radio on Radio 1. Then (22:30 – 23.00h) each of the four winners will explain, in about seven minutes, how and why they won their Ig Nobel Prize.
Location: Museum Boerhaave, Lange St. Agnietenstraat 10, 2312 WC Leiden, The Netherlands. Entrance to all participating museums Euro 14,50.