(Linz, October 14, 2011) The 500,000th visitor to the new Ars Electronica Center got a gala reception yesterday from Linz Mayor Franz Dobusch and Deputy Mayor Erich Watzl together with Ars Electronica Linz GmbH CEOs Diethard Schwarzmair and Gerfried Stocker. Anita Stöttner, a native of nearby Hellmonsödt who’s currently attending a training course at BBRZ in Linz, couldn’t believe her eyes when a welcome committee headed by the city’s two top officials greeted her at the start of her first visit to the recently expanded Museum of the Future. AEC Director Christoph Kremer then presented the lucky lady with a lovely bouquet and gift package containing a one-year pass to the Ars Electronica Center, a gift certificate good at Restaurant Cubus, a Festival T-shirt and lots more. Read more

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