Museon — Attraction in The Hague

I'm not usually a fan of art museums, but this science museum had me entranced for HOURS, I really couldn't say enough to recommend this place. Here are some points to consider:

My sister and I stumbled onto this place as an accident during a rainy day. We needed something to do while the weather wasn't great, and we saw this walking down the road. It was a PERFECT was to spend a rainy day as all of the exhibits are inside and not weather dependent. There is A LOT to see. I'd recommend a whole day, open-to-close, in this museum. There were 3 exhibits when I was there: 1, A medieval themed exhibit on kings and medieval soldiers; 2, I national geographic exhibit on photographed animals (including life-sized animals that were taxidermied, information on population statistics, endangered ratings, and very high resolution photos); 3, A massive science exhibit on how to help the environment and the human population as a whole. #3 was certainly my favorite as it is VERY interactive. I mean you literally interact with every single station. It's fantastic and incredibly informative. The attached cafe is really cute. They sell coffee, sweet or savory pastries, and some fruit. They didn't seem to do whole meals, and they didn't restock the cafe well toward the end of the day, so if you do plan on spending the whole day here, I recommend bringing your own food. Although they didn't have brochures in English, all of the exhibits had translations from Dutch to English and I believe German.

All-in-all, I definitely recommend spending a day here, either by yourself or with the...

Museon is a museum for science and culture in The Hague, Netherlands. It has collections in the domains of geology, biology, archaeology, history, science and ethnology.

The museum was initiated in 1904 by the newspaper director Frits van Paasschen, who wanted to establish a museum where children could learn about industry. Although science and technology became important domains for the museum, the original idea has never been realized. Under the museum's first director, the geologist Herman van Cappelle, the collection policy moved towards natural history and ethnology. Van Paasschen's idea of a museum with a strong education mission however was implemented from the very beginning, expressed by the museum's previous name ‘Museum for Education’. From the start the museum organised lessons for school classes, based on the visual tools that are provided by the museum's collection. Around 1910 the museum was also the first organisation in The Netherlands that programmed educational movies, an initiative that led to the foundation of the first school cinema in the country.

Starting as a private museum the ‘Museum for Education’ was taken over by the municipality of The Hague in 1920. In 1933, biologist Niko Tinbergen, provided the museum with a collection of objects from the Inuit in Greenland. The museum moved several times, until the municipality had its present building built in 1985, by the design by architect WG Quist. The name Museon also dates from 1985. In 1997 the museum was...

Fantastic place to take young to teenage kids to learn about The Hague and the world at large. Divided into sections on various topics - including human evolution, the north pole, vulcanism and plate-tectonics, energy and sound - and sporting an area for changing temporary exhibits, a day at the Museon is sure to be a lot of fun, both for kids and adults alike. The museum has a broad collection of both natural and cultural objects (both archaeological and anthropological, as well as present-day) to tell many interesting and societally relevant stories, made all the more accessible to young children through the means of well thought-through interactive displays (both digital and analogue).

It is this that sets the Museon apart from a traditional natural history, archaeology or anthropology museum. For the well thought-out displays targeted at kids there will never be a dull moment, with kids continuously ready to explore the next section. It is undoubtedly for this reason that the Museon is also a popular place for local school classes to visit on educational outings, although the museum organises frequent publically-attendable, child-oriented workshops too. And then there are, of course, the impressive sperm whale and Allosaurus (replica) skeletons that are not to be missed.

All in all, the Museon is guaranteed to provide an exciting and...