Artis
Mission / Objectives
Natura Artis Magistra is about the cohesion of life. Natura stands for nature; Artis stands for the culture through which we define the world around us and Magistra stands for the relationship between nature and culture.
Our mission statement represents the long term purpose for Artis. Artis strives to be a garden of knowledge -- a knowledge garden with animals, with plants, with museums, with historical buildings and a planetarium. Artis is a park through which you can stroll, where you can reflect and where you can experience and encounter the unexpected. Artis collects and displays nature, both living and extinct, attempting to understand and interpret it. People store their interpretations in language, science and values -- in culture. Artis aims to stimulate thoughts on the relationship between nature and culture. Artis is about the cohesion of life.
Core-activities
Four strategic objectives are derived from the mission:
- Fulfilling a social role in the community, through education about the relationship between man and nature;
- Protecting and maintaining endangered species of animals and plants;
- Acting as a partner and a forum for organisations and institutions with similar goals
- Safeguarding our heritage, both regarding landscape and architecture
Part of other networks
European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), Nederlandse Vereniging van Dierentuinen (NVD), World Association of Zoos and Aquaria (WAZA), Professor occupying an endowed chair Culture, Landscape and Nature at the University of Amsterdam (the Artis Professor).
Address
Natura Artis Magistra
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, 1018CZ
P.O. Box 20164, 1000 HD
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Contactperson: E.Wisse Smit
P: +31 20 5233496
F: + 31 20 5233481
E: e.wissesmit@artis.nl
W: www.artis.nl
