The climate crisis and its impact on the environment are omnipresent and impossible to ignore today. Under the programmatic title ‘Climate. Knowledge. Action!’, the Vienna Technical Museum is dedicating a permanent exhibition to this topic.
The permanent exhibition "Climate. Knowledge. Action!" provides information about climate change across more than 600 m2, highlights ways of tackling it and links the climate crisis to other environmental issues such as biodiversity and water scarcity. It showcases positive examples such as the successful reduction of ozone-depleting substances through joint action. A film prologue by Nikolaus Geyrhalter illustrates how humans are changing nature worldwide.
In cooperation with ESA and Ars Electronica Solutions, media stations are presented that visualise the impact of humans on the environment using satellite images. An object installation documents the role of industry and technology in climate change and emphasises that technological development alone is not enough to overcome the crisis. The exhibition addresses controversial issues surrounding the climate crisis and offers a variety of perspectives.
In the exhibition, visitors can calculate their individual ecological footprint and find out how their behaviour affects the environment. An interactive exhibition element helps to identify counterproductive coping mechanisms.
The permanent exhibition concludes with people from all over the world who are committed to environmental protection, in order to raise visitors' awareness of the climate crisis and encourage them to take action. A ‘climate challenge’ invites them to take the knowledge they have gained home with them and face up to the climate crisis.
The exhibition was designed and implemented with sustainability in mind, using recycled materials and reusable components.
More pictures of the exhibition and the opening on 13 March 2024:
