Het ZomerLab at Pampus (6-12 years)

Discover why Pampus has been nominated for Greenest Museum of the Netherlands 2026. In the Summer Lab, children explore, build, test, and experiment with water, energy, food, and reuse. A cheerful place of discovery where they playfully experience how a self-sufficient island works. Open from Tuesday to Thursday throughout the summer holidays. In the Summer Lab, children get to work themselves! How do you make clean drinking water? Can you cook using solar energy? And what do you do with the harvest from the vegetable garden? In the SummerLab, children discover how a self-sufficient island works. Not by watching, but by building, testing, and experimenting themselves. It was precisely this combination of heritage, nature, and sustainability that led to Pampus being nominated for the title of Greenest Museum of the Netherlands 2026. In the SummerLab, children aged 6 to 12 get to work themselves with food, water, wind, sun, and reuse. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Lab is freely accessible, and children can experiment together with their parents or guardians. On Wednesdays, supervision is present, and children make their own pickled vegetables that they can take home. Discover food from the island What grows on Pampus? And how do you preserve a harvest without waste? Every Wednesday, children preserve vegetables themselves. Purify your own water Can you get water clean again? Do a test and discover why clean drinking water is indispensable on an island. Play with wind and sun Discover how natural energy works and experiment with the power of wind and sun. Give materials a second life Create something new from used materials, such as a small windmill made from recycled material, and discover how smart reuse can be. Good to know For children aged 6 to 12. Parents or guardians remain present. There is room for about 10 children at a time. Participation is included with a regular visit to Pampus. You can find the Summer Lab in the Bergloods.