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NEMO (museum)
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Science Center NEMO
The green NEMO building
The NEMO building is designed by Renzo Piano
Established 1923
Location Oosterdok 2
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Type Science center
Visitors
502,990 (2011)[1]
Ranked 5th nationally (2012)
Director Michiel Buchel[1]
President Annemieke Roobeek[1]
Public transit access Amsterdam Centraal[2]
Nearest car park Parkeergarage Oosterdok[3]
Website www.e-nemo.nl
Science Center NEMO is a science center in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located at the Oosterdok in Amsterdam-Centrum, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It attracts annually over 500,000 visitors, which makes it the fourth most visited museum in the Netherlands.
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Exhibitions
3 References
4 External links
History[edit]
The museum has grown from humble beginnings in 1923 when the Museum van den Arbeid (English: Museum of Labor) was opened by the artist Herman Heijenbrock on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam. In 1954 the name was changed to the NINT or Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek (English: Dutch Institute of Labor and Technology), and in 1997 it changed again to newMetropolis. The name Science Center NEMO was introduced in 2000.[4]
Exhibitions[edit]
Set-up of the 'chain reaction' on the first floor of the museum
Exhibition about animal brains on the fourth floor of the museum
Inside the lobby there is a small cafeteria and a gift shop which sells small scale copies of some of the attractions at NEMO like the giant domino set and the DNA experiments.
The main concepts on the first floor are DNA and chain reactions which include a room with giant dominoes with contraptions like a giant bell and a flying car. Also
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Science Center NEMO
The green NEMO building
The NEMO building is designed by Renzo Piano
Established 1923
Location Oosterdok 2
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Type Science center
Visitors
502,990 (2011)[1]
Ranked 5th nationally (2012)
Director Michiel Buchel[1]
President Annemieke Roobeek[1]
Public transit access Amsterdam Centraal[2]
Nearest car park Parkeergarage Oosterdok[3]
Website www.e-nemo.nl
Science Center NEMO is a science center in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located at the Oosterdok in Amsterdam-Centrum, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It attracts annually over 500,000 visitors, which makes it the fourth most visited museum in the Netherlands.
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Exhibitions
3 References
4 External links
History[edit]
The museum has grown from humble beginnings in 1923 when the Museum van den Arbeid (English: Museum of Labor) was opened by the artist Herman Heijenbrock on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam. In 1954 the name was changed to the NINT or Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek (English: Dutch Institute of Labor and Technology), and in 1997 it changed again to newMetropolis. The name Science Center NEMO was introduced in 2000.[4]
Exhibitions[edit]
Set-up of the 'chain reaction' on the first floor of the museum
Exhibition about animal brains on the fourth floor of the museum
Inside the lobby there is a small cafeteria and a gift shop which sells small scale copies of some of the attractions at NEMO like the giant domino set and the DNA experiments.
The main concepts on the first floor are DNA and chain reactions which include a room with giant dominoes with contraptions like a giant bell and a flying car. Also