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Electric Ladyland is a museum located in the Jordaan area of
Electric Ladyland - museum website
Museums in Amsterdam {{Netherlands-art-display-stub
Electric Ladyland is a museum located in the Jordaan area of Amsterdam
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. It is devoted to presenting art, minerals, and manufactured items that fluoresce
Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. It is a form of luminescence. In most cases, the emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore a lower photon energy, tha ...
under ultraviolet light
Ultraviolet (UV) is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelength from 10 nanometer, nm (with a corresponding frequency around 30 Hertz, PHz) to 400 nm (750 Hertz, THz), shorter than that of visible light, but longer than ...
. It opened on April 19, 1999 and was the first museum devoted to fluorescence.
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External links
Electric Ladyland - museum website
Museums in Amsterdam {{Netherlands-art-display-stub