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75 children, aged from 10 to 14, experienced an adventure that they will never forget: ESERO Portugal gave them the opportunity to actually spend the night at the Pavilion of Knowledge, in a space environment especially built to celebrate the 20th of July 1969, when men first set foot upon the Moon. These lucky kids were assigned the mission of projecting a lunar village, with their own hands, and live a true space mission for one day. They were selected by their own teachers for having already presented space-related projects in their schools.
We just published “Behind the Exhibit: Displaying Science and Technology at World’s Fairs and Museums in the Twentieth Century”, a book that examines scientific heritage and narratives in national and international exhibitions and science museums in the twentieth century.
Elisabeth Rasekoala, Chemical Engineer, and president of African Gong, wins the Nat Award, granted by the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona, for her struggle in favor of diversity, socio-cultural and gender inclusion in the dissemination, learning and practice of science in Africa.
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave was elected European Museum of the Year on Saturday evening. Founded in 1977, this is the oldest and most prestigious museum award in Europe. The international jury praised the completely renewed science and medicine museum in Leiden, the Netherlands.
End of 2008, we were contracted to design and build initial exhibitry for experimenta, which opened a year later in Heilbronn, Germany. In Dezember 2015 we were then entrusted with the conceptual design and development of ForscherLand (Researcher‘s Land) for the modernised experimenta, working closely with the client‘s project team and project partners. This contract was followed by the order to also design and fabricate this gallery.
NorthernLight has designed a unique kaleidoscopic experience for the Horticultural Expo in Beijing (April-October 2019). The installation – part of the Dutch government’s official presentation – provides a spectacular sneak preview of what visitors can expect during the Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere, the Netherlands.
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Nomad are proud to be selected as Ingenium's partner to develop and tour an exciting new international travelling exhibition 'One Sky, Many Worlds: Indigenous Voices in Astronomy'. This ground-breaking new exhibition will illustrate in a spectacular immersive display environment how for tens of thousands of years Indigenous people have been building a relationship with the night sky.
A fun, imaginative tinkering lab developed by Montréal Science Centre in Canada.
At focusTerra in Switzerland. Visitors take a journey to explore in the new temporary exhibition, based on the research by scientists of ETH Zurich.