Visiting TwentseWelle
Posted by baiu on 03/02/2009
A Museum of the Human Adventure, where the Cultural and Natural History come together
The museum
Located in Het Roozendaal, Enschede, TwentseWelle tells the story of Twente. The museum combines the cultural and natural history in a package. It tells the history of people, animals, science and technology, and climate from pre-historical ages until modern days. It has various collections such as photographs, fossils, artefacts, machines, dioramas, movies, and prototypes of the future. Since the opening of the Roombeek area in 2008, TwentseWelle have offered a new museum concept. It implements the term ‘learning by doing and playing’ for children, as simulation videos and games let them experience what they never did at school.
No English
Despite the variety of its collection, the museum lacks information in English. Its booklets and brochures for the visitors are only written in Dutch and German. The explanations, instructions and subtitles of the dioramas and movies are, too. However, visitor hosts/hostesses can be reached in the ‘Grote Verhaal’, after the main entrance. They will answer any question clearly and practically. Overall, TwentseWelle makes Enschede an ‘art and cultural’ city in the Netherlands. A fair mark would be 7 out of 10. Check the website for more information about special events and reservation.
This article was published on Sax Magazine, January 2009
http://www.sax.nu/Portals/5/docs/saxweb.pdf
