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The Parlamentarium is the visitors' centre of the
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
and is located in the Parliament's
Espace Léopold The Espace Léopold (French; commonly used in English) or Leopoldruimte (Dutch; ) is the complex of parliament buildings in Brussels, Belgium, housing the European Parliament, a legislative chamber of the European Union (EU). It consists of a ...
complex in
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
.http://www.neurope.eu/article/parliamentarium-opens-doors-public 'Parliamentarium' opens doors to the public The official opening was on 14 October 2011 by President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek. The permanent exhibition contains hundreds of multimedia components, explaining the European Parliament and other European Union institutions. The entrance to the centre is located on the Parliament's esplanade. It is the largest parliamentary visitors' centre in Europe, and the second largest in the world. Each visitor is provided with a ''personal multimedia guide'' (PMG) which guides them through the exhibition, location is used to display content relevant to each area. All content in the Parlamentarium is available in the 24 official EU languages. Tours are held for children and for people who are deaf or blind. The PMG is needed to activate each installation and shows in-depth information, plays audio using an in-ear speaker and displays short films in the visitor's selected language.


See also

* House of European History


Notes and references


External links

* {{Official website, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/visiting/en/brussels/parlamentarium European quarter of Brussels European Parliament Government buildings completed in 2011 Visitor centers fr:Parlement européen#Parlamentarium