NEMO is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It is located in Amsterdam. The architecture is by Renzo Piano. NEMO is located right next to the Amsterdam central station and the Maritime museum.
The museum has grown from humble beginnings in 1923 when the "Museum van den Arbeid" (Museum of Labor) was opened by the artist Herman Heijenbrock on the Rozengracht in Amsterdam. In 1954 the name was changed to the "NINT" ("Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek" or Dutch Institute of Labor and Technology), and in 1997 it changed again to "newMetropolis". The name "science center NEMO" was introduced in 2000.

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