Description of the attraction
The NEMO Museum is the largest science museum in the Netherlands. The museum sees its main task in the fact that any visitor - both old and young - could learn for themselves something new, unusual and useful in the field of science and technology, so that after visiting the museum, people look at the world around them with different eyes.
The history of the museum begins in the 20s and 30s of the XX century, when a small Museum of Labor appeared in Amsterdam. In 1997, the museum moved to a purpose-built building designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, the founder of the high-tech style. Then the museum became known as New Metropol, and the name Science Center NEMO appeared in 2000. The building resembles a ship in shape, it is surprisingly in harmony with the historical center of the city, and reminds that the history of Amsterdam and the Netherlands is closely connected with ships and navigation, because for many centuries the Dutch were the best sailors.
NEMO is not like a museum in the usual sense, most of its exhibits are intended to be touched, turned and explored. The museum's expositions tell about DNA and a chain reaction, about radiation and the origin of life on Earth, about how the human brain works and about the water cycle in nature. Almost all exhibits are interactive. It is especially recommended to come here with children, but adults will not resist the temptation to blow a giant soap bubble or try their hand at logistics. And children, like real scientists, in white coats and goggles, make glue from potatoes or use soap to change the color of red cabbage.
A beautiful view of the old town opens from the roof of the museum - this is the highest point in this part of Amsterdam.
