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The Graz’ Children’s Museum FRida & freD and the Natural History Museum of Universalmuseum Joanneum have jointly created the CoSA – Center of Science Activities, a science centre that stands for easily accessible, interactive and entertaining education for teenagers, on technology and science. Over almost 1,000 sq. metres on the first floor of the Natural History Museum in the Joanneum Quarter, the focus is on participation.

The Science Center CoSA is thus a key building block for the future-oriented factors of research, innovation and technology in Styria, reinforcing the province as a business location for the long term.

 

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Nikola Köhler-Kroath - Leitung Pädagogik und Vermittlung CoSA und FRida & freD

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum / J.J. Kucek

CoSA A(R)dventure, Raum "Aurora Borealis"

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA_A(R)dventure, Raum "Tempel des Regens" mit Hologramm

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA_A(R)dventure

Foto: MINDCONSOLE GmbH

CoSA Coding

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Community

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA DIY

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA DIY

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CoSA DIY

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Energie

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Energie

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Escape Room

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Forschung - Mensch

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA: Forschung - Mensch

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA: Forschung - Mensch

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

Science Show "Das Konzert"

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Science Show "Das Konzert"

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Science Show "Das Konzert"

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

CoSA Visionen

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Visionen, Genesis Deepsea

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CoSA Visionen

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Cosa Visionen

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CoSA Wissen

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Wissen

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

CoSA Wissen

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

About the CoSA – Center of Science Activities

After a four-year planning period, the Frida & freD - Das Grazer Kindermuseum and the Universalmuseum Joanneum have created jointly the CoSA – Center of Science Activities at Natural History Museum. The CoSA is a science center, in which technology and the natural sciences can be experienced in an extraordinary way. The target group for visitors is primarily youngsters from 12 years of age. The Science Center is being installed on nearly 1200 m² and 12 rooms on the first floor of the Natural History Museum in the Joanneum Quarter. 13 specially designed thematic areas enable science and technology to be experienced directly by visitors. In Graz for the first time, and uniquely throughout the world, knowledge can be experienced on 250 m² of space by means of Augmented Reality and Gamification. This model project is sponsored by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung.

The idea

The Science Center CoSA stands for an easily accessible, interactive and entertaining passing on of knowledge. The goal is to enthuse young people above all for interaction with technology and the natural sciences. The center aims to succeed in tapping into youngsters’ daily lives, stimulating them to act and participate themselves. Science is to be communicated on a broad basis.

Augmented Reality – first time in Graz for everyone, unique worldwide

Over 250 m2 floor space, CoSA A(R)dventure is dedicated to the storytelling based use of Augmented Reality. Thanks to the support of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung, which has devoted itself to the promotion of the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science, it has proven possible to realise a future-oriented project promoting the conveyance of knowledge by means of AR story-telling and gamification. Users move between the real and virtual world in order to solve the tasks. The CoSA is assuming a leading role globally when it comes to combining interactive exhibits with AR technology. What’s special, too, is that in Graz 18 AR glasses are in use at the same time. With these special spectacles one immerses oneself in an extended, multi-dimensional world. Up until now, this technology was employed almost exclusively by industry, for example, to test developments or to simulate situations. Through the deployment of Augmented Reality glasses in a museum environment, the Klaus Tschira Stiftung aims to promote young people’s interest in science in the long term: they become participants who experience an adventure, thereby discovering a new avenue to acquiring knowledge.

At CoSA, we ...

  • help people to overcome inhibitions of deal with complex scientific or technical topics.
  • make topics of science and technology accessible at different levels.
  • get people enthusiastic about science and technology.
  • make science and technology easy to comprehend.
  • motivate people to engage in science and technology with a lasting effect.
  • get people to think in a solution-oriented way and to act responsibly.
  • get visitors to think creatively and to think out of the box.
  • show the target audience how to reflect on issues and challenges.
  • raise awareness of key challenges of the future.
  • get people ready for the future.
  • get young people to opt for careers in science and technology