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Geology walk POST X De Bastei
Date: 30.11.25 14:00-16:00
Location: Museum De Bastei
Adress: Lange Baan 4, 6511 XJ, Nijmegen
Language: Nederlands
Price: Included in your museum ticket for Museum De Bastei, see here for more information.

What stories are hidden in the streets, walls and gables of Nijmegen? How does matter move through time? And how did the exhibition The Middle Realm come about? 

Nijmegen is home to a remarkable collection of stones – not only in the depot of Museum De Bastei and within the walls of the exhibition at POST, but also scattered throughout public spaces. On Sunday 30 November, during Steengoed, you can join this unique walk from Museum De Bastei to POST. Accompanied by geologist Piet Thijssen, we will discover how the history of the city can be traced in its rocks.

Arriving at POST, you will visit the exhibition The Middle Realm together with curator public program Martine van Lubeek. n The Middle Realm, artist Simone Albers focuses on the earth as a living system in which traces of the past are stored. To this end, she examines archaeological, geological and palaeontological collections as bearers of this history.

PLEASE NOTE: The walk starts at 14:00 at Museum De Bastei at Lange Baan 4 in Nijmegen. The programme lasts until 16:00 and ends at POST, Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 63–A in Nijmegen.


Piet Thijssen
Piet Thijssen is a geologist specialising in the description of rocks. In the 1990s, he retrained in geographic information systems (GIS) and currently works at the Basisregistratie Adressen en Gebouwen (BAG). Since 2003, he has also been a volunteer at De Bastei (formerly the Natuurmuseum Nijmegen), where he examines rocks and drill samples.

Simone Albers
Simone Albers' art consists of colourful paintings, sculptures and installations focusing on the connection between humans and more-than-human environments. She explores how we are part of this world and our interaction with it. Her artworks invite us to break free from a frame of mind in which humans take centre stage. They generate an open gaze to contemplate the vibrant, complex and dynamic nature of the world.

Albers studied Fine Art at ArtEZ University of the Arts Arnhem. Her work has featured in solo presentations at the Valkhof Museum (2017), Kunstenlab (2023) and Galerie Maurits van de Laar (2023), among others. In 2019, her work was nominated for the Royal Prize for Free Painting and in 2022 she won the Sieger White Award, after which her book Myriad Ways of Being ~ Being of Myriad Ways was published by Jap Sam Books.