Audioversum, Technology museum in Innsbruck, Austria
Audioversum is a science center in Innsbruck opened on 30 January 2013 by the hearing implant manufacturer MED-EL with the city of Innsbruck, in the former Kammerlichtspiele rooms. Its 1,500 m² hold the permanent exhibition "Abenteuer Hören" with 18 interactive stations developed with Ars Electronica, the MED-EL World company exhibition, a workshop and the HÖR-BAR shop. Exhibition architecture uses felt for acoustics and grey-to-white walls with indirect lighting.
The Audioversum was initiated by MED-EL, the Innsbruck-based manufacturer of hearing implant systems, in direct cooperation with the City of Innsbruck. After three years of planning and construction, mayor Christine Oppitz-Plörer handed the former premises of the "Kammerlichtspiele" cinema to MED-EL and the Freies Theater Innsbruck association in autumn 2012. Following a further year and a half of exhibit development, the science center opened on 30 January 2013.
The museum's name combines audio with the Latin audire, to hear, and it opened on 30 January 2013 in the former Kammerlichtspiele cinema rooms. Special exhibitions run under the headings Gehört Gewusst and Gehört Gesehen, pairing hearing with knowledge and with visual art, as in the 2020 Sound-Gallery audio installation framed by fine art.
The Audioversum occupies the former Kammerlichtspiele rooms, handed over to MED-EL and the Freies Theater Innsbruck association in autumn 2012. Its 1,500 m² of exhibition space holds the permanent "Abenteuer Hören" show, the MED-EL World company exhibition, special exhibition areas, a workshop for children's birthdays and the HÖR-BAR shop. Allow time for 18 interactive stations, including the scream room and the sound staircase.
The Audiospace sound installation was added in 2017 in collaboration with composer and music producer Stefan Zaradić. It is one of several later additions to the permanent exhibition, alongside the 2016 "Gehirn" exhibit made with the MEVIS-Fraunhofer Institute and the 2018 Singing Wall using LIGHTSCORES technology.
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