ARS Electronica

Individual Visitors

Think that life sciences, neuro-anatomy and kinetics are just for experts? Then come to the Ars Electronica Center and see how much fun learning can be!

You have the option: go it alone and explore the exhibits yourself, our join a guided tour of the highlights. In addition to very clear presentations of such fascinating themes as cloning, three-dimensionality and the microcosm, our expert Infotrainers are posted throughout the exhibits to competently answer your questions. Special Infostations are convenient sources of interesting background material.

The Highlights Tour, which includes an excursion into the three-dimensional worlds of DEEP SPACE, offers an initial overview of all the Museum of the Future’s thematic domains, and features the Ars Electronica Center’s most spectacular attractions.

Highlights Tours

Tuesday – Sunday:
11 AM – 12:30 PM
2 PM – 3:30 PM
Thursday also 6:30 PM – 8 PM
Saturday, Sunday also 4 PM – 5:30 PM

Group Offers

The Ars Electronica Center offers something for everyone—from elementary school kids to senior citizens.

While grown-ups are immersing themselves in the astounding worlds of the life sciences, kinetics and DEEP SPACE on the Highlights Tour, kids age 6-10 can head off on a Journey of Adventure and have a great time experimenting, discovering and playing to their hearts’ content. Tour group size is strictly limited: maximum of 20 persons per guided tour group; maximum of 15 children per Journey of Adventure.

We request that you pre-register at least two weeks prior to the date you’d like to attend. To make reservations, simply call +43.732.7272.51 or send an e-mail to center@aec.at.

Youngsters

Have fun, perform experiments, try out great new stuff – the Museum of the Future offers lots of interesting activities for kids age 6 and up.

One option is a fascinating Journey of Adventure. Another is a birthday party that your child and his/her playmates will never forget! The Journey of Adventure (designed for youngsters age 6-10) has it all; the only thing you need to bring with you is curiosity! Quickie experiments look into how seeing actually functions and why our visual apparatus gets fooled by optical illusions. Then it’s on to the “Garden” whose virtual floral splendor blooms even more opulently the more multi-colored confetti swirls through the air. And in DEEP SPACE, an island paradise desperately awaits children’s help to rescue it from dastardly pirates!

There’s a special treat in store for birthday boys and girls. The whole group of celebrants can head off on a shared journey of discovery through the highlights of the current exhibition in the company of one of our expert Infotrainers. Awaiting partygoers at the end of the tour is a birthday snack of pizza and kiddie cocktails, followed up by a cake topped with burning candles.

Journey of Adventure
(only in German, at least 4 kids)
Daily from 2 PM to 3:30 PM
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 11 AM to 12:30 PM and 2 PM to 3:30 PM

Individual children and small groups (up to three children) can get registered in person on-site. If yours is a large group, we request that you pre-register at least two weeks prior to the date you’d like to attend. To make reservations, simply call +43.732.7272.51, send an e-mail to center@aec.at, or take advantage of our direct online reservation service.

Kid’ Birthday Parties
Minimum number of partygoers: 6
Age: 6 and up
Cost: €16/person

To make reservations, simply call +43.732.7272.51 or send an e-mail to center@aec.at.

School Program

The new Ars Electronica Center delivers amazing experiences and provides fun ways to learn for students of all ages!

We offer tours geared especially to pre-school groups (age 4 and up), to young elementary school classes, and to students 10 years of age and older. Offerings custom-tailored to the respective age group are designed to deliver just the right approach for youngsters to get the most out of exhibit content. Accompanied by highly trained guides, children have the opportunity to find out about the human body, to encounter robots, to engage in a bit of educational research, and to enjoy excursions through worlds of the imagination.

One of the top attractions of the new exhibition is DEEP SPACE. Massive 16:9 high-definition projection screens endow 3D virtual worlds with a completely new quality. There’s a wide array of viewing options ranging from an interactive pirate island to exploring historical art masterpieces.

We request that you pre-register at least three weeks prior to the date you’d like to attend. To make reservations, simply call +43.732.7272.51 or send an e-mail to center@aec.at.

When making your reservation, please provide the following information:

Type of school, contact person and contact phone numbers/addresses Age of the students (and special considerations if any, such as students with handicaps)
Group size
Languages: School tours are available in German, English, and Czech
AEC snack

Guided Tours for School Groups
Duration: 1½ hours
Cost/person (including tour): €4 (free admission for the chaperone escorting school classes of 10 or more pupils)
Optional – AEC snack (drink, salami or cheese sandwich): €3

For additional suggested activities for school outings in Linz, check out the Linz City Tourist Board’s website at http://www.linz.at/tourismus/599.asp .