NEMO Science Museum

Museum Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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What to expect

The NEMO Science Museum is a science center with five floors of hands-on science exhibitions, making it the largest science center in the Netherlands. It contains various exhibits, including a giant domino set, DNA experiments, a ball factory, and a display on the water cycle. The museum also features a giant science lab where visitors can conduct experiments, a section on the human mind with memory tests and sense testers, and a children's play area on the fifth floor with a great view of the city surroundings. Children under the age of 13 are only permitted to visit the museum if accompanied by an adult

Plan your family visit to the NEMO Science Museum with these blog insights 👇

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the NEMO Science Museum, situated in a distinctive green ship-shaped building. It offers engaging exhibits on science and technology and encourages visitors to explore and experiment

Highlights: The kids loved the hands-on and interactive exhibits. We all had fun exploring and experimenting with science and technology ✨

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Activities: We spent our first morning exploring the extraordinary multi floor interactive haven

Highlights: Our daughter loved the electricity and gravity area, whilst our toddler boy loved the water mechanics ✨

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Activities: They spent a rainy afternoon exploring the NEMO Science Museum, an interactive science museum for children, through interactive exhibits

Highlights: They enjoyed the museum's interactive exhibits, which allowed them to learn about science in a fun and engaging way ✨

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Activities: We visited the museum and performed hands-on science experiments

Highlights: The kids loved wearing lab coats and goggles and performing their own hands-on science experiments ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We walked through the museum in the morning hours and then had lunch in the restaurant before leaving the museum. Kids can do experiments such as building a bridge, purifying water and making soap bubbles

Highlights: Kids can do lots of experiments in the field of science. On the top floor is another restaurant where you can eat and drink something, and there is also a small area outside with experiments on the subject of energy ✨

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(Tip!) NEMO Amsterdam review: family-friendly museum!
This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the museum and did dozens of experiments with our daughter, including seeing how a lightning bulb works, blowing huge bubbles, and communicating with each other remotely

Highlights: We had a super good time at this science museum in Amsterdam. We visited the museum at the beginning of the day and did not leave the museum until after lunch ✨

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the NEMO Science Museum and were able to experience the five stories of interactive exhibits, demonstrations, and performances. We enjoyed the noisy, explosive demonstration of rocket-making and -launching, standing inside giant bubbles, and waiting to get a shock from the electrocution machine

Highlights: The kids enjoyed the noisy, explosive demonstration of rocket-making and -launching, standing inside giant bubbles, and waiting to get a shock from the electrocution machine. Zac, although technically too young for NEMO, also enjoyed the bubbles and various other gadgets and displays, especially the Machine Park ball factory ✨