Universum Science Center
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The Universum Bremen is a science museum. The visitors get encouraged to interact with most of the approximately 250 exhibits. The concept and the interior design were realized by Kunstraum GfK mbH, Hamburg.
History
In September 2000 the Universum Bremen opened nearby the University of Bremen, Germany. Spread over 4,000 m² the exhibition contains exhibits related to one of the three topics mankind, earth and the cosmos. The science center building, with its 40,000 stainless steel scales, resembles a mixture of a whale and mussel. It was developed by the Bremen architect Thomas Klumpp.
The company Universum Managementges. mbH conducts the science center as a private enterprise. About 3.4 million people visited the Universum in the first seven years since it opened.
In 2007 the Universum was supplemented with a large outdoor area, the EntdeckerPark, and a new building, the SchauBox. In contrast to the silver, shiny and round older building the SchauBox, developed by Haslob Kruse + Partner, is cubic with a rust-red exterior. It is used for additional, annually changing exhibitions.
The EntdeckerPark, the 5.000 m² outdoor area developed by Planungsguppe Grün, offers lots of hands-on exhibits, landscape elements and a 27 m high tower, called the Turm der Lüfte.
[edit] External links
- Official Homepage
- Universum Science Center in the Structurae database
