Four science museums, four ways to be curious
From the AI Challenge at NEMO to historical science in Leiden and Haarlem: a route through doing, looking and asking questions.
In October 2026, four museums each give science a different form. NEMO in Amsterdam lets visitors experiment, Museon-Omniversum in The Hague combines museum and film, Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden deals with the history of science, and Teylers Museum in Haarlem explores how knowledge comes about.
From 10 to 25 October inclusive, NEMO has an autumn holiday programme with extra workshops, a Chain Reaction and an AI Challenge about real and fake. The exhibition Game On about video games runs until 25 October inclusive.
During school holidays NEMO is also open on Mondays, according to the visit page. Tickets have a start time. The museum's site also mentions a Science Tour with a rocket launched with a bicycle pump.
Museon-Omniversum has been the joint name of two institutions in The Hague since 2022. The Museon was founded in 1904 as an educational museum; Omniversum opened in 1984 as a large-format cinema. A day ticket gives access to exhibitions, activities and one dome film.
The address in The Hague is Stadhouderslaan 37. Museon-Omniversum is open daily from 9:30 to 17:00. An online day ticket costs €17.95 for adults and €14.95 for children aged four to eleven inclusive; at the box office the ticket costs fifty cents more.
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is the national museum for science and medicine. Since 1991 it has been housed in a former monastery which, according to the museum, was founded in 1414. In the eighteenth century Herman Boerhaave taught here at the sickbed.
Teylers Museum opened in 1784 with the Oval Room. The former home of Pieter Teyler is now part of the museum. In Zeker weten?, on view until 29 August 2027 inclusive, it deals with five basic principles of science.