Visit NEMO Science Museum for free during the Weekend of Science. There is loads to discover. Build a spinning top or a chain reaction, participate in scientific research, or compose your own music.
Lab coat? Check! Safety glasses? Check! Carry out surprising tests and experiments using everyday objects.
Knock over dominoes, set a seesaw in motion, launch a catapult, and ring a bell.
Your alarm clock, toaster, telephone: would you recognise everyday devices if they were taken apart?
Get started with electricity and make an electrical circuit. Can you make the light bulb glow?
Pick a pin and build a spinning top in any shape you like. Give it a spin and see what happens!
In the SoundLAB of Muziekgebouw, you can explore all kinds of cool instruments. Which instruments sound good together? And when does sound actually become music? Play the instruments and create a whole new piece of music together.
On Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 5:00 in the Maker Space on floor 2.
Our bodies consist of billions of cells. Every cell contains DNA, which is your unique genetic code. But what exactly is DNA? And what happens when an error creeps into that code, causing a group of “wrong” cells to grow? Pediatrician Mirjam Belderbos from the Princess Máxima Centre for Pediatric Oncology will explain more about this in an interactive children's lecture. Afterwards, you will get to work as a researcher yourself with three experiments.
On Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 and 3:00 in the Theatre on floor 2.
Welcome to the world of action and reaction and cause and effect.
A spectacular demonstration with ice-cold and red-hot experiments.
Discover that everything on Earth is interconnected, by using satellite data.
Our memory is not always as reliable as we think. Everyone forgets something sometimes, but did you know that we can also “remember” things that never happened? Participate in a large-scale study by the Open University and discover what type of memory you have.
On Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 5:00 in Science Live on floor 1.
The Weekend of Science is held each year in the first weekend of October. For one weekend, museums, research institutes, laboratories, universities and businesses open their doors to the public. NEMO is responsible for organising this national event.