Since 2013, the Children’s Culture Week Linz has been the most diverse cultural event for young audiences in Upper Austria. Around 30 cultural institutions in Linz offer around 250 events for toddlers, children, young people and the whole family. The Ars Electronica Center offers young explorers not only the children’s research laboratory but also two exciting hands-on workshops and a Deep Space presentation that requires full physical commitment!
THU 9.10. – SUN 19.10.2025
Free admission for children up to age 14
Reduced rate for accompanying adults: €11
Workshops Price: 2€
Registration required at 0732.7272.51 or center@ars.electronica.art
Registration deadline: 3 days
Language: German
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Kid’s Culture Deep Space
from 4 years
Have you ever been for a walk on the Milky Way? Or have you always wanted to visit the Sphinx or see the sun rise at Stonehenge? At Deep Space Children’s Culture, we’ll go on a virtual journey together in 2D and 3D, marvel at the most fascinating cultural sites, play fun truck tracking games, […]
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Kinderforschungslabor
from 4 years
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.
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Open Engagement: All Banana?
from 4 years
Loud, high, low, shrill, sad, or happy! With the help of technology, we play the banana piano, listen to the sounds produced by touching different parts, and turn the knobs on various synthesizers. Visit our sound studio and try it out for yourself!
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Open Engagement: Mic Check
from 4 years
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!
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Workshop: Dream Machine
9 to 13 years
Design your own dream machine with the endless possibilities of the BBC micro:bit! This tiny but powerful single-board computer is the perfect platform to bring your own invention to life. At Ars Electronica Labs, you will find all the tools you need to build a prototype. Together, we will put our creative minds to work […]
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Workshop: Fully Entangled
8 to 11 years
Entangled, connected, linked… That’s how we feel when we have a good relationship with someone or something. But interactions, influences, and dependencies don’t just exist between people and their environment—they permeate the entire Earth, its atmosphere, and even the universe.
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Workshop: Hands Up for Space
8 to 11 years
How do our hands work? Why do we need a thumb? And what does all this have to do with space travel? Become an engineer yourself in this workshop and design a bionic hand prosthesis from very simple materials, modeled after a robot arm that helps astronauts with their work in space.
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Workshop: Medical Machine
8 to 11 years
Whether for the detection, prevention, or treatment of diseases in humans, animals, or plants, medicine encompasses a wide range of care practices aimed at maintaining or restoring health. This is exactly where we come in: Build your own medicine machine with the versatile possibilities of the BBC micro:bit!