LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Oberhausen
CentrO - Promenade 10
D-46047 Oberhausen
Phone: +49 7311 4611-5327
E-mail: oberhausen@legolanddiscoverycentre.de
Web: www.legolanddiscoverycentre.com/oberhausen/en
Once upon a time, there was a man named Ole Kirk Kristiansen who lived in a small town called Billund in Denmark. Ole built his own business as a carpenter and made furniture. As the years passed, he decided to use his craft to make something different, and so the story began...
1932 Ole organised a competition among his employees to find a name for the company.
He won the competition himself with the name LEGO.
1934 The LEGO® brick as we know it was invented and patented.
1958 The LEGO® brick as we know it was invented and patented.
LEGO® employees were often interrupted by visitors who wanted to see what could be built with LEGO bricks. One day, someone suggested, ‘Why don't we build a park where people can build with LEGO bricks?’ LEGOLAND® was born!
1978 The LEGO® minifigure is born
2007 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Berlin opens
2008 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Chicago opens
2010 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Manchester opens
2011 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Dallas opens
2012 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centres Atlanta, Kansas City and Tokyo open
2013 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centres Westchester, Toronto and Oberhausen open
2014 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Boston opens