Hidrodoe is a science museum

Science museum

A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...

 dedicated to water

Water

Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...

 and located in the Netepark Herentals

Herentals

Herentals is a city and municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Herentals proper and the towns of Morkhoven and Noorderwijk. On January 1, 2006 Herentals had a total population of 26,071...

, Belgium

Belgium

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. The central part of Hidrodoe consists of Waterworld where the visitor can have experiences and perform experiments with regard to water. The Waterworld itself comprises the Drop, the What Is Water Zone, the History Cave, the Landscape and the Aqua Station.

History

Hidrodoe was founded by Pidpa (Provinciale en Intercommunale Drinkwatermaatschappij van de Provincie Antwerpen) the water supply company of the Antwerp

Antwerp (province)

Antwerp is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp which comprises the Port of Antwerp...

 province. Hidrodoe was declared open to the public on the World Day for Water

World Day for Water

'World Water Day' has been observed on March 22 since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as World Day for Water....

2003.

Source

• Record aantal bezoekers voor Hidrodoe (Dutch)
• Hidrodoe (Pidpa)
• Hidrodoe (Flanders)