NEMO (museum)
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NEMO is the largest science center
Science center
A science center or science centre is a science museum that emphasizes a hands-on approach, featuring interactive exhibits that encourage visitors to experiment and explore....
in the Netherlands. It is located in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. The architecture is by Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano is an Italian architect. He is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonning Prize...
. NEMO is located right next to the Amsterdam central station and the Maritime museum.
History
The museum has grown from humble beginnings in 1923 when the "Museum van den Arbeid" (Museum of Labor) was opened by the artist Herman HeijenbrockHerman Heijenbrock
Herman Heijenbrock , was a Dutch writer, painter, pastel draughtsman, and lithographer. He founded the "Museum van den Arbeid" in 1923, that later grew into the Amsterdam Science museum called NEMO.-Biography:...
on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam. In 1954 the name was changed to the "NINT" ("Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek" or Dutch Institute of Labor and Technology), and in 1997 it changed again to "newMetropolis". The name "science center NEMO" was introduced in 2000.
Lobby
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 DNADNA
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experiments.
First Floor
The main concepts on the first floor are DNADNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
and Chain Reactions which include a room with giant dominoes with contraptions like a giant bell and a flying car. Also on the first floor is a show on the half-hour, which features a large chain reaction
Chain reaction
A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events....
circuit.
Second Floor
On the second Floor is a ball factory where small plastic balls are sent on a circuit where participants are to group them in weight, size and color and then send them to a packing facility where the balls go into a small metal box. There are five stations at which the people stick magnetic barcodes on the boxes and send them off to start the circuit again.On the second level there is also a small cafeteria and a movie and performance hall where various acts and movies about science are shown. The second floor also features a display on the water cycle
Water cycle
The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle or H2O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Water can change states among liquid, vapor, and solid at various places in the water cycle...
a display on electricity and a display on metals and buildings.
Third Floor
The third floor has a giant science lab in which people can do science experiments such as testing vitamin C in certain substances and looking at DNADNA
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. There is also a small section on money and business.