Anyone been to the Heinz Nixdort Museum ?

Has anyone been to this museum, I have done a search on this site but nothing has shown up.

Is this a good museum for a child, or a boring one. ?

thank you

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No one?? Wow I didn%26#39;t realize this would be such an unheard of place.

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Paderborn isn%26#39;t exactly overrun by foreign tourists.

There are different %26quot;play islands%26quot; for children below and over 12 years old.

http://www.hnf.de/spiele/index.html

The museum offers also guided tours in English and guided tours for kids. Latter will be certainly interesting for kids.

BUT - the guided tours in English seem to be just the %26quot;normal%26quot; tours. Not the one for kids. And also with the play islands it%26#39;s a question how far one will get without German.

More interesting than the more or less modern computers is for kids the %26quot;history of counting/computing%26quot; wich is also covered by the museum.

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To further add to abalada%26#39;s comments, the signs in most German museums will be only in German. Therefore, if you don%26#39;t know how to read German visit only ones that you really don%26#39;t have to read the text to enjoy. (There are several enjoyable fossil museums I%26#39;ve visited which are in this category, musical instrument museums, car museums, as probably are all art museums.) Some museums will also have headphones and tapes in English that you can listen to, but signs only in German.

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thank you for your helpful replies. I am not sure if this is a museum that my son would like, he has lots of trouble with learning( a disability) and this may just not entertain him at all. In fact ,, the math and counting machines will seem like torture items to him! LOL I appreciate your help though.

My hubby and son will be visiting relatives, which explains why they are going to Hanover.

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