Universum Science Center

The Universum Bremen is a science museum in Bremen, Germany. Visitors are encouraged to interact with most of the approximately 250 exhibits. It receives on average 450,000 visitors annually.cite web|url=http://universum-bremen.de/uploads/tx_usctextpic/Universum_Bremen_in_brief.pdf|publisher=Universum Bremen|title=In brief - press release]

History

The Universum Bremen opened in September 2000 near to the University of Bremen, Germany.cite web|url=http://universum-bremen.de/en/home/about-us/idea-concept.html|publisher=Universum Bremen|title=Idea and Concept] Covering 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 between a whale and mussel. It was designed by the Bremen architect Thomas Klumpp.cite web|url=http://universum-bremen.de/en/home/about-us/development-architecture.html|publisher=Universum Bremen|title=Development and Architecture]

The company "Universum Managementges. mbH" runs the science center as a private enterprise. About 3.4 million people visited the Universum in the first seven years since it opened.Fact|date=July 2008

In 2007 the Universum opened a large outdoor area, the "EntdeckerPark", and a new building, the "SchauBox". In contrast to the curved metallic older building, the "SchauBox", developed by "Haslob Kruse and Partner", is cubic with a rust-red exterior. It is used for additional exhibitions, which change annually.

The "EntdeckerPark", the 5,000 m² outdoor area developed by "Planungsguppe Grün", offers a number of hands-on exhibits, landscape elements and a 27m-high tower, called the "Turm der Lüfte".

The concept of the exhibits and the interior design were realized by "Kunstraum GfK mbH", Hamburg and "Archimedia", Stuttgart.

References

External links

* [http://www.universum-bremen.de/index.php?lang=EN Official Homepage]
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