SCHUBERTH AND SCHUBERTH

The new­ly designed Hall 16 com­bines the theme of the Ice Age with a world for chil­dren and was con­ceived over two years by a team from sci­ence, com­mu­ni­ca­tion and archi­tec­ture. The design is intend­ed to cre­ate a bright, friend­ly and live­ly place that wants to be explored and invites vis­i­tors to stay. In addi­tion to infor­ma­tion and his­to­ry, the focus is on knowl­edge that can be expe­ri­enced and acquired through play — the hall is trans­formed into an Ice Age land­scape.

In the cen­ter of the hall is a play area with seat­ing steps and fix­tures. A fire­place with a tent com­ple­ments the Ice Age camp site, behind which the “Cave” and “Hunt­ing” theme clus­ters are grouped. Every­day life is shown through tools, jew­el­ry and objects of dai­ly use — togeth­er with many hands-on objects.

Per­ma­nent exhi­bi­tion, open­ing May 2025
“Ice Age chil­dren and their world. The New Children’s Hall“
Hall XVI, Nat­ur­al His­to­ry Muse­um Vien­na, Bur­gring 7, Vien­na
Curat­ed by Math­ias Harzhauser, Car­o­line Posch, Julia Land­siedl and Agnes Mair

Exhi­bi­tion design and gen­er­al plan­ner:
Schu­berth and Schu­berth
Devel­op­ment of the inter­ac­tive sta­tions:
Schu­berth und Schu­berth
Team: Vic­to­ria Pich­ler (project man­age­ment), Flo­ri­an Schauhu­ber
Graph­ics: Ste­fan Fuhrer,
Light­ing: Gun­ther Fer­enc­sin-Junick
Sci­en­tif­ic illus­tra­tions: bun­ter­hund Illus­tra­tion
Ren­der­ings: Iev­genii Kali­novych