Activities
Spring holiday
During the Spring holiday (February 15 to March 2), there is lots to discover at NEMO. During this vacation, NEMO is also open on Mondays.
Book your tickets in advance
We request all visitors to purchase or reserve a ticket with a specific start time in advance.
Extra activities
Be amazed by the demonstrations or experiment yourself at a workshop.
Making patterns
Nature is rich with all kinds of patterns. Think of a zebra’s stripes, the veins in leaves, cauliflowers and shells. In this workshop, you can experiment with cubes, circles and dots to create your own unique pattern. Or enjoy a game of Palago, where strategic thinking is key to being the first to complete a flowing pattern and win.
Race with a wooden figure
Choose a wooden figure and make it walk down a ramp. By gravity and balance, it swings down. What makes it go faster or slower? How do you make your figure go down the ramp the fastest?
Chain Reaction
Rolling office chairs, popping balloons and toppling dominoes. Welcome to the world of potential energy and kinetic energy. Chain Reaction is a demonstration of action/reaction and cause/effect. There are several shows each day.
Make the lamp light up
Get to work with electricity and experiment with making an electrical circuit yourself. Can you switch on the light bulb?
Build the fastest sledge
You don’t need snow to go sledging. But how do you make a sledge go as fast as possible? Should it be heavy or light? And what kind of surface do you need? Try out different materials, build a prototype and test your sledge on the big test track.
Hands-on chemistry
In the NEMO chemistry laboratory, visitors can become scientists in their own right – for a little while at least. Lab coat? Check! Safety glasses? Check! It’s time to get to work on your own experiments. You’ll discover the hidden properties of baking powder, vinegar and other household items.
Magic or science?
What happens to a balloon in liquid nitrogen? How do you make patterns with sound? Find out how wondrous science is in this spectacular demonstration with ice-cold and red-hot experiments.
This demonstration is in Dutch.
Build your own chain reaction
A chain reaction is a series of events. Each event triggers another. A very well-known example is a row of falling dominoes. And of course the big Chain Reaction in NEMO. During the Spring holiday you can now make a chain reaction yourself.
Science Live
Would you like to be a test subject in real scientific research? Then take part in Science Live. This spring holiday:
How do we learn from others?
How do we make decisions together? How do children learn to participate in conversations? And what guides our attention when we learn? Researchers of the University of Amsterdam want to uncover the roots of learning. Join their interactive research. In doing so, you'll help discover how we learn from the world around us!
For children ages 3 to 9, with parents or supervisors