Kinderkulturwoche: Workshops and Events for the Youngest

(Linz, October 7, 2024) The Linz Children’s Culture Week (“Kinderkulturwoche Linz”) starts on Wednesday, 9 October and offers a colorful program at around 30 participating cultural institutions in Linz up to and including Sunday, 20 October. The program includes some 250 events for children from the age of three and their families. At the Ars Electronica Center, the Kid’s Research Lab will once again be an experimental area, workshops will invite visitors to take part in hands-on activities and in Deep Space 8K visitors will need to use their whole body.

The full programme and ticket information can be found here.

Program Overview

Kid’s Research Lab | from 4 years
Wed 9. Oct 2024 10:00 – 17:00, Thu 10. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Fri 11. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Sat 12. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Sun 13. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Tue 15. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Wed 16. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Thu 17. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Fri 18. Oct 10:00 – 17:00, Sat 19. Oct 10:00 – 17:00 and Sun 20. Oct 10:00 – 17:00

The children’s research laboratory is a hive of activity: the youngest visitors, aged four and up, are invited to experiment together and try out new things. Whether digital, analogue, natural or artificial – together with info trainers, children go on an exciting research journey with discoveries both big and small.

Workshop: Space Debris Tentacles | 7 to 11 years
Fri 11. Oct 2024 14:00 – 16:00 and Fri 18. Oct 14:00 – 16:00

In the Space Debris Tentacles creative workshop, children aged eight and over will explore how space can be kept clean and how the Earth’s orbit can be protected from space debris. After conducting experiments together, the children will develop ideas on how to effectively remove space debris, taking inspiration from nature.

Kinder Kultur Deep Space
Fri 11. Oct 2024 16:30 – 17:00, Sat 12. Oct 16:30 – 17:00, Sun 13. Oct 16:30 – 17:00, Fri 18. Oct 16:30 – 17:00, Sat 19. Oct 16:30 – 17:00 and Sun 20. Oct 16:30 – 17:00

Making the impossible possible. In the Deep Space 8K, families are invited to marvel at colourful 3D landscapes, take a walk on the Milky Way and experience ancient Egypt. Fun laser-tracking games and collaborative tasks round off the diverse program in the „Kinder Kultur Deep Space“.

Workshop: AnTon und Töne| from 9 to 11 years
Sat 12. Oct 2024 14:00 – 16:00 and Sun 20. Oct 14:00 – 16:00

In September 2024, the exceptional Upper Austrian composer Anton Bruckner would have celebrated his 200th birthday. To mark the occasion, the Ars Electronica Center is inviting children between the ages of nine and eleven to embark on an acoustic journey of discovery through Bruckner’s world of sounds. Participants in “AnTon und Töne” will discover what sounds might have inspired his compositions and what the musician has in common with the Ars Electronica Center.

You can register for the workshops of the Children’s Culture Week up to three days before the date of the workshop: center@ars.electronica.art or +43.732.7272.0