Utrechtse muurformules

How many people in Utrecht know about the groundbreaking discoveries made in their city? And that these are made by people who walked through the same streets as them?

To give those discoveries more fame, multiple places in Utrecht will showcase mural paintings about these scientific disoveries.

The map below shows where you can find the paintings.

In the gallery below you can see what mural paintings you can admire. Click on the image to discover who the scientist was, what they discovered and what their links to Utrecht were.

Foto van de muurschildering met diverse details uit het werk van Prof. Donders, zoals de wetenschappelijke verklaring van bijziendheid.

24 July 2023

Professor Donders studies the eye

What does the mural show? This mural depicts Franciscus Cornelis Donders, the pioneer of ophthalmology in the Netherlands. He is famous for his studies of ...

23 November 2021

Caroline Bleeker produces the phase contrast microscope

What do we see here? Scientific research requires accurate instruments, such as microscopes. These instruments are often developed by scientists and ...

09 November 2021

Prof. Van ‘t Hoff studies Stereochemistry

What do we see here? This mural depicts Jacobus Henricus (Henri) van ‘t Hoff, who started the field of Stereochemistry during his PhD research in Utrecht. ...

28 May 2021

Professor Buys Ballot investigates the Doppler Effect

What do we see here? This mural painting shows physicist and meteorologist Christophorus Buys Ballot (1817-1890) who proved the existence of the ...

Mural painting of professor Leonard Ornstein

18 May 2021

Leonard Ornstein investigates the random walk

What do we see here? This mural painting shows the drunkard walk, an example of the random walk professor Leonard Ornstein (1880-1941) investigated. You ...