Nemo Amsterdam, Dutch Science Centre Building Photos, RPBW Architecture in Holland, Architect
Nemo Amsterdam Building : Dutch Science Centre
Oosterdok Development, The Netherlands design by Renzo Piano Architcet, RPBW, Italy / France
post updated 27 April 2024
Location: Oosterdok, Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date built: 1997
Design: Renzo Piano Building Workshop – headquartered in Italy
Location: east of city centre, just south of the main station.
Nemo Amsterdam
NEMO Science Museum building:
photograph © Adrian Welch
Nemo Amsterdam
NEMO Science Museum (from latin for ‘nobody’) is a science center in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The modern building is located at the Oosterdok in Amsterdam-Centrum, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg.
The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands.
photos © Adrian Welch
It attracts annually over 500,000 visitors, which makes it the fifth most visited museum in the Netherlands. The museum has its origins in 1923, when the Museum van den Arbeid (English: Museum of Labor) was opened by the artist Herman Heijenbrock on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam.
In 1954 the name was changed to the Nint or Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek (English: Dutch Institute for Labor and Technology), and in 1997 it changed again to newMetropolis. The name Science Center Nemo was introduced in 2000. In 2016, the name was changed to NEMO Science Museum.
Nemo Amsterdam architect : Renzo Piano
Address:
Oosterdok 2
1011 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contact:
020 5313233
Location: Oosterdok 2, 1011 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands, western Europe
Website: NEMO Science Museum
Architecture in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam Buildings – historic building information
New Buildings in the Dutch Capital City
Major New Amsterdam Architecture Designs – architectural selection below:
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photo © Jannes Linders
ING Cedar Bank HQ in Cumulus Park
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Design: Studio Modijefsky
photograph : Maarten Willemstein
Karavaan Restaurant in Kwakersplein
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Dutch Architectural Designs
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Netherlands Architecture Designs – chronological list
Rotterdam Building Developments – chronological list
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Website: NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam