What is it?
Discovery Museum organises a stimulus-friendly museum visit to give people who are stimulus-sensitive the opportunity to also enjoy a visit to Discovery Museum.
When?
The following stimulus-friendly museum visits are planned for 2025:
Monday 7 July 2025
- You can then visit us between 11am and 2pm or between 2pm and 5pm.
Sunday 2 November 2025
- Tickets are not yet available.
For whom?
The stimulus-friendly museum visit is for people who are stimulus-sensitive and their companion(s). Anyone who is sensitive to stimuli is welcome. The stimulus-friendly opening is organised for all ages. You do not have to prove that you would benefit from a stimulus-friendly museum visit.
What can you expect?
- Exclusive opening for people with sensitivity to stimuli
- Stimulus-friendly entrance and quiet reception
- It is possible to walk through the exhibition independently during the opening
- The exhibition will be made stimulus-friendly: light and sound will be muted, stimuli will be made recognisable through signage
- A rest room is available
- Fewer visitors will be present
Preparation
To prepare for your visit, we have drawn up a step-by-step plan and preparation document. Both documents are available in Dutch.
With the step-by-step plan you can prepare your visit to Discovery Museum step by step: from your departure at home, your visit to Discovery Museum until your departure at Discovery Museum: Stappenplan prikkelvriendelijk museumbezoek (available in Dutch)
The preparation document lists all the exhibits at Discovery Museum and which stimuli you can expect at each exhibit: Voorbereidingsdocument prikkelvriendelijk museumbezoek (available in Dutch)
In addition, you can watch the film below which gives you a digital tour of Discovery Museum so that you can get a good impression of a visit to Discovery Museum beforehand.
More information?
Contact boekingen@discoverymuseum.nl or 045-567 60 50. We can be reached from Tuesday to Friday during office hours.
Accessibility
Parking is free at the P+R lot of Kerkrade Centrum station, navigate to Hambosweg 60 in Kerkrade.
More information on Discovery Museum’s accessibility can be found here.