Youth hacks Lab Dresden
Open Lab
We continue with: learning to code, programming Calliope mini, programming games, discovering the world of AI, realising your own projects or developing project ideas with us.
We look forward to seeing new and familiar faces.
Just come along, registration is not necessary!
Open Roberta AG
LEGO Mindstorms in action
In our Open Roberta AG, you will learn to write programmes that control or observe something in the real world quickly and without any prior knowledge. With the help of LEGO Mindstorm EV3, we build small robots that you can control with the graphical programming language NEPO. So: build the LEGO, attach the sensor, plug in the software and off you go, only your idea counts!
Every Thursday (except during the holidays), 15:30 - 17:00
Participation free of charge
From 10 years
Registration at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 or at service@museen-dresden.de
Soldering point AG
The cool creative lab
Build your own robot? No problem at Lötpunkt, the cool creative lab. Here you can experience electronics up close. You can quickly and easily solder electronic devices together from components, whether it's a mini torch, a moisture indicator for the flower pot, a glowing heart for grandma's birthday cake, an anemometer or even a small robot.
Every Thursday (except during the holidays), 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Participation free of charge
From 12 years
Registration at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 or at service@museen-dresden.de
Abu Hassan by Carl Maria von Weber
Singspiel in a version for baroque ensemble, vocal soloists, choir and puppet theatre
An oriental fairy tale full of music, humour and magic - for the whole family!
With exuberant enthusiasm and subtle humour, the Ensemble Opèra en miniature takes you into the sonorous world of Abu Hassan. The opera by Carl Maria von Weber is performed in a charming chamber version - lovingly arranged by Christoph Teichner for ten musicians and three expressive vocal soloists.
The scenes are brought to colourful life by Cornelia Fritzsche's artistic hand puppets - sometimes mischievous, sometimes poetic, always with a twinkle in the eye.
An imaginative opera experience between musical theatre and puppetry - to amaze, laugh and enjoy.
A festive contribution to the anniversary of Carl Maria von Weber - surprisingly different, wonderfully lively.
- With Dorothe Wagner , Kyle Fearon-Wilson, Wolf-Dieter Gööck , Cornelia Fritzsche, musical direction: Christoph Teichner
- Admission € 12, reduced € 6
- Registration at operaenminiature@gmail.com
Supported by the Blasewitz district council
Fantastic worlds – Jan Walter Habarta
Short film programme
Director: Jan Walter Habarta, BRD 1972 to D 1997, ca. 90 min
To accompany the current special exhibition, the DIAF is showing a selection of productions by the Landshut-based animator Jan Walter Habarta (1927-1998). Born in Silesia, he created surreal short films for adults and numerous episodes of the ZDF series Rappelkiste for children.
- Moderation: Max Tewes, exhibition curator, Landshut
- Admission € 7
- Book online or at the visitor service of the museums of the city of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Family tinkering at MACHwerk
My luminous paper object
13:30 to 17:00
Today at MACHwerk you can make your own paper object and light it up. Whether it's a jellyfish or a tetrahedron, come along and show us what you can conjure up from tracing paper, LEDs and copper tape!
- Museum admission
Open Roberta AG
LEGO Mindstorms in action
In our Open Roberta AG, you will learn to write programmes that control or observe something in the real world quickly and without any prior knowledge. With the help of LEGO Mindstorm EV3, we build small robots that you can control with the graphical programming language NEPO. So: build the LEGO, attach the sensor, plug in the software and off you go, only your idea counts!
Every Thursday (except during the holidays), 15:30 - 17:00
Participation free of charge
From 10 years
Registration at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 or at service@museen-dresden.de
Soldering point AG
The cool creative lab
Build your own robot? No problem at Lötpunkt, the cool creative lab. Here you can experience electronics up close. You can quickly and easily solder electronic devices together from components, whether it's a mini torch, a moisture indicator for the flower pot, a glowing heart for grandma's birthday cake, an anemometer or even a small robot.
Every Thursday (except during the holidays), 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Participation free of charge
From 12 years
Registration at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 or at service@museen-dresden.de
Through the night with Wanda Wandalis and the Krossen Kerle
Film evening of the German Institute for Animated Film
D: Pachet Fulmen, D 2024, live-action film with animation parts, 73 min.
The dark feminist superheroine "Wanda Wandalis" roams through Hamburg at night and reclaims male domains. She is accompanied by the legendary Dietrich Kuhlbrodt - former senior public prosecutor, Nazi hunter, Schlingensief actor and much more - as well as musicians and artists who repeatedly transform the stroll into music videos.
"An anarchistic number show in which animations of Fulmen's drawings constantly dance across the screen" - this is how taz author Wilfried Hippen describes the hybrid feature film by Hamburg artist Pachet Fulmen. Some of the animated sequences were created in Dresden when the "aesthetic border-crosser" was DIAF Artist in Residence in 2023.
In her oil paintings, installations, performances and short films, multimedia artist Pachet Fulmen questions aesthetic standards and offers controversial settings for current debates on sexualised power, gender roles and religion.
The director will be present.
MY BOY
Silent film with live music
Directed by Albert Austin & Victor Heerman, USA 1921, music (première): Matthias Hirth (piano & electronics); Beate Hoffmann (cello)
With "MY BOY" , Jackie Coogan, the first great child star in film history, appears in one of his earliest roles. Discovered by Charlie Chaplin and made world-famous in the same year by "The Kid", Coogan plays a young orphan boy who loses his mother on the crossing to the "New World". He finds support from an old sailor - a fragile surrogate family emerges, characterised by care, fear of loss and quiet affection. The tragicomedy tells its story with great restraint: clear visual compositions, precise gestures and sensitive acting replace any melodramatic pathos. It is precisely this simplicity that gives the film its lasting emotional intensity.
- Admission €10, reduced €9
- Booking online or at the visitor service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Family tinkering at MACHwerk
Brush robots and Ozobots
13:30 to 17:00
Today at MACHwerk you can build your own little brush robot or get to know our mini robots Ozobots and the language in which they communicate!
- Museum admission
Blind Date
Surprise film with improvised live soundtrack
Music: Andreas "Scotty" Böttcher (piano)
Surprise film with improvised live soundtrack
Which film will be shown on this evening remains a secret until shortly before the start. The only thing that is certain is that a work with a strong dramatic core will take centre stage. Jazz pianist Andreas "Scotty" Böttcher will set the film to music spontaneously and improvisationally, reacting directly to the plot, moods and visual rhythms. This creates a unique dialogue between screen and music that makes every performance unrepeatable. An evening full of risk, intuition and intense emotions - for audience and musicians alike.
- Admission €10, reduced €9
- Book online or at the visitor service of the museums of the city of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)