Experience cutting-edge research!
Immerse yourself in the world of cutting-edge research and discover how today's ideas are shaping our future at the VISTA Science Experience Center. Interactive exhibits, exciting insights into current research topics, and inspiring stories from the world of science will make your visit a unique experience.
Explore the Science in the Making exhibition on your own or as part of a guided tour. Investigate fascinating questions in one of our many workshops. Or join events like “Meet the Scientist” to learn firsthand about the research being conducted at ISTA and get to know our scientists personally.
Exhibition: Science in the Making
Science as a Collaborative Process
“Science in the Making – How Is Tomorrow’s Knowledge Created?” invites you not only to discover answers, but also to ask questions yourself. The exhibition offers new perspectives on the role of science in our daily lives and society, as well as on the interplay between research, technology, art, and design. It shows that knowledge is not created in isolation. It emerges through exchange, experimentation, and dialogue.
Program Highlights
Encounters in the Milky Way
A cosmic cinema experience at the VISTA Science Experience Center! Experience the Milky Way like never before: in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History, VISTA presents the short film "Encounters in the Milky Way" for the first time in Austria. It takes you on a journey from our Sun to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, narrated by Hollywood star Pedro Pascal and based on real data from the ESA Gaia mission.
Halloween Special at the VISTA Lab
What’s haunting our lab? Witches, pumpkins and bats will accompany you and your family through this workshop filled with exciting and spooky science. While crafting and experimenting you can discover secret messages, brew mysterious liquids, and go for a drink with thirsty Dracula
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VISTA Science Experience Center
Embedded within the research campus of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, the building invites direct dialogue with science. Open, light-filled spaces and a strikingly curved roof symbolize the dynamism and openness of cutting-edge research in the 21st century. In its 9.000 roof tiles, the vibrant atmosphere of the campus is reflected, while the VISTA Coffee Lab invites visitors to engage in conversation, exchange ideas, or simply relax.
