

Colors are among the first things children learn about the world. Visible light appears colorless. In reality, however, it consists of different colors that blend together. This theme box lets you become light catchers and color players and illustrates the differences between light colors and body colors.

Do you know what a mushroom looks like? Or how trees communicate? Do you have any idea what a butterfly and a tornado have in common? Or whether hydrogen production is a gamble? Our world is full of countless questions, but our themed bins have a few answers ready!

Using the microscope as a tool for exploring the world, we zoom in on the vast miniature world of the microcosm. We observe the most unusual creatures, such as bear, sun, and wheel animals. Pick a leaf and you can read plants’ wishes from their lips. Don’t drop the mic, grab it!

Time and space to play and discover await young visitors to our children’s research laboratory. Whether digital, analog, natural, or artificial, for children, the world is one big laboratory where every moment can become an experiment and every path a journey of discovery.

Exciting themed barrels await young space explorers in the children’s research laboratory! Children aged 4 to 8 can learn all about our solar system and ingenious inventions for space travel in a playful and interactive way. Touching, trying out, and marveling are expressly permitted!

Experience an evening full of adventure and discovery at the Ars Electronica Center. During Family Night, we have a varied program in store for you, including family tours, impressive Deep Space 8K presentations, and interactive stations on the topics of art, technology, and science.

New perspectives at fair prices: As a member of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour (AKOÖ), you can visit the Ars Electronica Center as often as you like in the cultural month of February with your AKOÖ service card for just one euro! Your children come along for free. Experience exciting exhibitions that bring you…

Entangled, connected, associated … This is how we feel when we have a good relationship with someone or something. But interactions, influences and dependencies do not only exist between people and their environment – they permeate the entire earth, its atmosphere and even the universe.

What drives young media artists today? Which topics are relevant to them and which forms of expression do they choose to communicate with their audience? For the 13th time, current works by students from the Time-Based and Interactive Media Arts department at the University of Arts Linz are being shown at the Ars Electronica Center.

Imagine a place where a ton of exciting materials, games and discoveries await you for each of your interests – that’s the world in tons in the kid’s research laboratory!