Exploring technology in Eindhoven and Amsterdam
The Philips Museum has an autumn programme; NEMO offers experiments and activities about technology.
The Philips Museum in Eindhoven connects history and technology. On 15 October, its calendar lists the programmes 75 jaar TV and De Lamp; it also lists Mission Eureka and the Lampjes Speurtocht every day.
Dutch Design Week also appears on the calendar from 17 through 25 October. The Philips Museum is at Emmasingel 31, around ten minutes on foot from Eindhoven Centraal station.
The Philips Museum normally opens Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm and also on Mondays during national school holidays. Adult admission is €13.50 including an audio tour; tickets for children aged four to seventeen cost €7, while Museumkaart holders enter free.
NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam has an autumn holiday programme from 10 through 25 October, with extra workshops, an AI Challenge about telling real from fake, and the Chain Reaction, a demonstration of potential and kinetic energy. The AI Challenge takes place at 11.30 am, 1.30 pm and 3.30 pm in the auditorium on the second floor.
NEMO says Game On remains on view through 25 October. The museum is also open on Mondays 12, 19 and 26 October. Tickets have a timed entry slot, and weekdays after 2 pm are often quieter. The address is Oosterdok 2, Amsterdam.
Timed-entry tickets are available for NEMO during the autumn school holiday. Advance booking is recommended.