Museum Night at the Dresden Technology Collections

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Ernst Hirsch, 1956 | Foto: Dirk Radig, © Ernst Hirsch

UNIVERSUM Dresden. The filmmaker and film collector Ernst Hirsch

18:30 / 19:30 / 20:30 / 21:30 / Friends and companions in conversation with and about Ernst Hirsch
Friends and companions of Ernst Hirsch use selected film clips to talk about various phases of the filmmaker's life and work, including his work in the 1980s, the reunification period, the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche and the digitisation of his film collection. The talks offer insights into personal memories and the significance of his cinematic legacy.

19:00 / 20:00 / 21:00 / Guided tours of the special exhibition
The young curator team Luise Eberspächer and Nils Braune will guide you through the new special exhibition and explain why the topic of historical film is still relevant today.

To the exhibition

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Thomas Bachler beim Entwickeln einer Heliografie | Foto: © Museen der Stadt Dresden, Sophie Arlet

Thomas Bachler. Heliographies – On the 200th anniversary of the world's first photograph

19:00 / Book launch and artist talk

Dr Agnes Matthias from the Deutsche Fotothek in Dresden talks to the artist Thomas Bachler about the technique of heliography and the development of photography. The process will also be demonstrated in practice.

To the exhibition

Trickfilmworkshop | Foto: © Fantasia e. V.

Workshops for children

18:00 to 21:00 / Animated film workshop
Open family programme in the photo workshop
Children use cardboard and scissors to create silhouette figures, which they then animate on the animation table in short films.
Ages 8 and up

18:00 to 22:00 / Pixel art with Lego
Open family programme in front of the Camera Obscura
Self-designed Lego brick artworks are printed with acrylic paint.
From 7 years old

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Escape Room »Katze Q« in den Technischen Sammlungen | Foto: © Tobias Ritz

Escape Room Experience Cat Q

18.30 / 20:00 / 21.30 / 23:00 / A quantum adventure for the whole family

The escape room "Cat Q - A Quantum Adventure" lures children, teenagers and adults into the extraordinary universe of Cat Q. The mysterious box with four rooms invites you to explore the crazy quantum world with all your senses and find out whether Cat Q is dead or alive.
Ages 11 and up

Registration at the box office

Die Digitalisierung des Geruchssinns | © Adobe Stock/#100671167

The digitalisation of the sense of smell

19:00 and 20:00 / Guided tours of the special exhibition

An interdisciplinary research team in Dresden and Jena is investigating the human sense of smell and its significance for health and well-being, orientation and safety. The aim of the "Olfactorial Perceptronics" project is to develop a digital nose to help people without a sense of smell or to detect sources of danger. Medical, psychological and technical aspects of smelling are presented interactively in the "Showcase of Research".

To the exhibition

18:00 to 24:00 / Magical eyes hear more
Guided tours of the radio depot with the Friends' Association

18:00 to 24:00 / Magical computers
Demonstrations of computing technology by the Friends' Association

18:00 to 24:00 / Around the world with a piece of wire
Hands-on technology in the DLR_School_Lab

18:00 to 24:00 / So close to the stars
Sky observations on the Ernemannturm with the Astroclub Radebeul e. V. V.

18:00 to 24:00 / Culinary delights at Tumcafé
presented by Speisewerk

Museum Night at the Dresden Technology Collections

UNIVERSUM Dresden. The filmmaker and film collector Ernst Hirsch