NEMO Science Center, Science museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
NEMO Science Center is an interactive science museum at Oosterdok, housed in a ship-shaped building with a green copper facade. Five floors contain experiment stations on topics like electricity, water, light and DNA where visitors can get involved directly.
The museum started in 1923 as Museum van de Arbeid on Rozengracht street, founded by artist Herman Heijenbrock to display industrial progress. It later moved to Oosterdok and relocated to a new building designed by Renzo Piano in 1997.
The name NEMO comes from the Latin word for nobody, suggesting that science belongs to everyone who enters the building. Families walk through labs where children mix substances, build machines and test physical forces by touching everything they find.
The building at Oosterdok is wheelchair accessible with elevators to all floors. Visitors should plan several hours to explore the different themed areas and take part in the experiments.
The roof of the building slopes upward like a ramp and can be walked on by anyone for free, even without entering the museum. At the top there are chairs, water features and a wide view over the harbor and old town.
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