In 2023, the book “The Fossil Marine Mammals of the Netherlands” was published through North Sea Fossils. This book was written by Klaas Post and Noud Peters. The North Sea has been populated for millions of years by numerous species of baleen whales, toothed whales, seals, and walruses. The search for fossil remains of marine […]
To create a single skeleton, thousands of bones pass through the hands of our experts. North Sea Fossils supplies composite skeletons. This means that the bones in the skeleton come from multiple individuals. Only bones from individuals of the same age and height are selected. This creates a 100% scientifically accurate skeleton. We also always […]
In 2019, North Sea Fossils was given the opportunity to build a complete permanent exhibition for Historyland in Hellevoetsluis. We jumped at the chance, of course. The exhibition takes visitors of all ages back millions of years to a period when sperm whales and basking sharks measuring eighteen meters long ruled the roost. All inspired […]
In 2015 the world renowned modern conceptual artist Danh Vo visited our warehouse in Urk with his team of collaborators and selected hundreds of kilograms of fossil material, including bones of Woolly Mammoths and whales. Vo, born in Vietnam in 1975, is interested in objects and other material, sometimes many thousands of years old, which […]
The Westerschelde estuary near the border of the Netherlands and Belgium is known forits fossil contents since the 17th century. Fossil bones are located at great depth in this busy shipping lane and are therefore very hard to collect and study. In 2013-2018, North Sea Fossisl and the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, working closely with […]