Museum of science and technology, Netherlands
Science Museum, the New Metropolis (NEMO) museum of science and technology, Netherlands. The name Science Center Nemo was introduced in 2000. The museum has its origins in 1923, The building was designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano in 1997. The buildings that stand in the port of Amsterdam, NEMO emerges from the IJ river as a green building with a spectacular design. In 1923 when the "Museum of Labor" was opened by the artist Herman Heijenbrock on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam. In 1954 the name was changed to "Institute of Labor and Technology", and in 1997 it changed again to newMetropolis. The largest science center in the Netherlands with five floors of hands-on science exhibitions. It attracts more than 500,000 visitors yearly, it is the fifth most visited museum in the Netherlands. The main concepts on the first floor are DNA and chain reactions which include a room with giant dominoes with contraptions like a giant bell and a flying car. Als