that dunes can never be steeper than 40 degrees? The exhibit “Pointed Sand Hill” shows you why this is so.

more than 5 500 languages exist in the world? Travel around the world in languages at our exhibit „Languages of the World“

that the „bad middle finger“ was already used in Roman times as an insult? You can get to know gestures with a regional meaning at our exhibit “Gestures of the World”.

that our eyes provide us with 80 percent of all sensory impressions? In the light-less “Tactile Gallery” you can experience an artistic world without your sense of vision.

that the human brain weighs about 2 percent of the of the body weight but uses 20 percent of the total energy? Train your brain with a variety of different quizzes in our exhibition!

that we use more than 50 facial muscles to create up to 10 000 different expression? The exhibit “Recognizing Expressions” shows you how a computer program interprets your facial expressions.

that every household possesses on average 50 electric or electronic devices? Our exhibit “Crank Generator” gives you an idea how much energy household appliances need.

that 123456 is one of ten most popular passwords? Not exactly a safe code. Our exhibit “Breaking the Code” gives you the possibility to test your own decoding abilities.

that the skin, with a surface of 15. to 1.8 m² is the largest human organ? However, our exhibit “Tactile Deception” shows how easy it is to deceive our tactile sense.

there are about 1 500 active volcanoes in the world? Our exhibit “Eruption” shows you a miniature volcanic eruption.