The Greenhouses have been awarded the Best Family Experience in Town 2015

Yesterday it was revealed who the Best Family Experience in Aarhus is on AOA, Alt Om Aarhus (All About Aarhus). And the people of Aarhus chose to vote green: The Greenhouses are now the Best Family Experience in Town 2015.

In recent months, it has been extra exciting to work at the Greenhouses, which are part of the Science Museums at Aarhus University, as the Greenhouses have been nominated among the 5 Best Family Experiences in Aarhus, in the distinguished company of Dokk1, Tivoli Friheden, Den Gamle By and Storcenter Nord. On the employees' T-shirts, badges and via social media, visitors have been encouraged to vote for the Greenhouses under the slogan Vote Green - Vote for the Greenhouses. And yesterday the excitement was unleashed at the AOA Award Show in the Scandinavian Center: The Greenhouses are now officially the Best Family Experience in Town 2015. 

Award Show in Scandinavian Center: The Greenhouses are now officially the Best Family Experience in Town 2015. 

“We are proud and grateful for the appointment. We see it as a great recognition, and that we have struck the right cord with the Greenhouses as a place where we have both a strong focus on communication, as well as plants and good experiences," says Bent Lorenzen, director of the Science Museums, Aarhus University. "Our total number of visitors is more than 300,000 guests since we opened our doors in 2014, so we generally feel that we are off to a good start." 

In the Greenhouses, in addition to exciting plants and nature, you will also find digital and analogue information in every corner - for the whole family. From the keys in the wardrobes, which contain little stories about plants, to digital screens set up in the houses.

“We believe that knowledge about nature is a prerequisite for preserving it,” says Finn Borchsenius, who is the academic leader at the Greenhouses. “That is why communication plays a central role at the Greenhouses. And we make an effort to adapt the communication so that it is at eye level with children, young people and adults alike. That is why we are particularly pleased with the title of the Best Family Experience in Town.” 

Further information: 

Director of the Science Museums, Bent Lorenzen. Mobile 2899 2217. Email: bent.lorenzen@science.au.dk 

Academic leader at the Greenhouses, Finn Borchsenius. Mobile 2381 5322. Email: finn.borchsenius@biology.au.dk

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