Atlantis Children's Museum

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The ATLANTIS Children's Museum in Duisburg was a children's museum and the largest museum of its kind in Germany.

history

The museum was housed in the Werhahnmühle , an old flour mill on Duisburg's inner harbor . The historic building was converted with funding from the EU and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia . The museum was opened on January 8, 2004 and closed on November 4, 2007 in Duisburg for financial reasons.

The conception was based on the model of American children's museums : "hands on" and "minds on". The children are supposed to discover their environment in a playful way under pedagogical guidance. The museum had three main themes: under the city, in the city and above the city. In this way, the children should have new experiences and learn to see their environment from a different perspective. On April 19, 2008, the Legoland Discovery Center Duisburg opened in the museum. The management of the children's museum decided to move to a location in the neighboring town of Oberhausen .

Explorado

After the Discovery Center moved to Oberhausen, Cologne-based AWC AG opened the Explorado children's museum in May 2013 on the premises of the Werhahnmühle , which uses exhibits from the Atlantis collection and the former Legoland cinema, for example. The operator is now Explorado Operations GmbH, Cologne.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OB: Atlantis no longer exists , April 24, 2008, accessed on May 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ So smart is fun! The Duisburg Explorado becomes a place of playful discovery. at explorado.eu, accessed on July 28, 2013.

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 25 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 13 ″  E