There is loads to discover during the Weekend of Science in NEMO. Build a spinning top or a chain reaction, participate in scientific research, or compose your own music.
Admission to NEMO is free during the Weekend of Science. A free online ticket is required.
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.
Pick a pin and build a spinning top in any shape you like. Give it a spin and see what happens!
With different shapes, you can create an infinite number of patterns.
You usually use a mirror to look at yourself. You can also use it to conduct all kinds of surprising experiments.
In Game On, you’ll discover the world behind video games. Find out how games help us play, learn and socialise. And have a go yourself on arcade machines and game consoles, from Pac-Man to Guitar Hero. Who will you choose to challenge?
Open from 11.00 am in the Theatre on floor 2.
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.
Welcome to the world of action and reaction and cause and effect.
Discover how everything is connected and how even the smallest organisms play a major role in life on our planet.
Why do we cry when we’re sad? Why do we sometimes suddenly burst out laughing? And why is it sometimes impossible to stop? Researcher Anouschka van Dijk from NSCR takes you into the world of crying and laughter. Discover what happens in your body, why laughter can be contagious, and whether animals can laugh and cry too. An interactive talk where laughing out loud is absolutely allowed!
On Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 and 14:30 in the Auditorium on floor 2.
Are you a team player, or do you prefer to do your own thing? With behavioural scientist Robert Weijers (Utrecht University), you’ll build one digital park together with a stranger somewhere else on the digital festival site. Lay out paths, choose the nicest benches and plant a few tall trees. Can you work well together, or will you get in each other’s way?
On Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00 in the Museum Café on floor 2.
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.