Deep Space 8K; photo: Ars Electronica / Birgit Cakir

Family Days: Winter Wondermagic

During the Christmas season, you can experience a fascinating winter wondermagic at the Ars Electronica Center! Creative minds slip into the role of researchers and experiment with a microcontroller. Take your first steps in programming and see how your newly acquired skills can be used for a space mission. Or design winter snow landscapes in an open workshop.

Saturday, December 13, and Sunday, December 14, 2025
Admission: valid museum ticket
Language: German

Meanwhile, young researchers can learn more about the fascinating topic of light in the Children’s Research Lab. The Family Tour offers an exciting expedition through the highlights of the current exhibitions at the Ars Electronica Center for the whole family.

  • Deep Space Family: Playing with Fire…and Ice!

    Deep Space Family: Playing with Fire…and Ice!

    Discover the most fascinating natural forces on Earth – from glowing lava to eternal glaciers. Jump across thin ice, cross lava flows, and travel in 3D to peaks such as Mount Everest or Großglockner. Mont Blanc impresses in a huge gigapixel image. Winter images and a rapid 3D ski descent over the Streif complete the […]

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  • Open Workshop: LED (b)it snow 

    Open Workshop: LED (b)it snow 

    frrom 8 years

    No two snowflakes are alike! Let your winter creativity run wild and program a frosty, fun snowstorm with the BBC micro:bit.

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  • Open Workshop: Winterwonder Space Gallery

    Open Workshop: Winterwonder Space Gallery

    all ages

    Let your creativity run wild and design your own winter space artwork! From futuristic technologies and mysterious solar eclipses to brave astronauts and mysterious moons – the European Space Agency’s (ESA) creative competition focuses on a new fascinating topic every month.

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  • Presentation: Topic Bin Light

    Presentation: Topic Bin Light

    from 4 years

    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.

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11:0011:30
Presentation: Topic Bin Light
Kids' Research Laboratory, Level +1
11:0013:00
Open Workshop: LED (b)it snow 
Seminar Room, Level -1
12:3012:55
14:0014:30
Presentation: Topic Bin Light
Kids' Research Laboratory, Level +1
14:3016:30
15:3015:55
11:0011:30
Presentation: Topic Bin Light
Kids' Research Laboratory, Level +1
11:0013:00
Open Workshop: LED (b)it snow 
Seminar Room, Level -1
12:3012:55
14:0014:30
Presentation: Topic Bin Light
Kids' Research Laboratory, Level +1
14:3016:30
15:3015:55
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