FRida and freD, The Graz Children´s Museum in cooperation with Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim
exhibition: Der Uhr auf der Spur
starting spring 2020
curated by: Frida und freD, Graz children´s museum and Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim
www.fridaundfred.at, rem-mannheim.de

In this exhibition older children (from 8 years old) set off on an expedition about time. Amongst many other things in a jeep in the jungle you can determine the age of various finds with the help of different methods, find out what water bears get up to. In a lab there is a ‘scare machine’ and you can ask Einstein questions. If you’ve always wanted to know what it feels like to be really old you can find out with the aid of various bandages, glasses and ‘stiffeners’. In addition, there is a wilful set of drums to be outwitted or you can re-enact the beginning of time by triggering the big bang. However, the highlight is a time machine …
For this exhibition we also built several exhibits, were involved in the detailed planning and finally completed the sawing, drilling, screwing, cutting to size, tailoring, electrifying and programming in our workshops.