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Exhibitions

Back in 1410

A digital, lifelike exhibition on media skills for children aged 8 and over

Dive into our digital, lifelike Middle Ages adventure!

Discover our Middle Ages world and find out that you can make great use of the Internet for research but that there is a lot of misinformation on it as well.

Try your hand at being a Middle Ages influencer and earn Mitcoins in doing so. Notice what information artificial intelligence draws on. Reflect on whether you would like to activate your location detection. Uncover social media filters and try some programming.

But please note: You will also encounter Fake News and have to prove yourself in analogue form in skilled trades that are in demand not only in the Middle Ages!

An exhibition by the Graz Children’s Museum FRida & freD and by the Young Museum, Frankfurt, made possible by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.

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  • Gemälde im Stil eines mittelalterlichen Malers von einer Drachen-Frau, die ein Mobiltelefon in den Krallen hält. Darüber der Banner mit "Damals 1410"
  • Buchstaben aus Seifenblasen formen das Wort Seifenblasen Träume, rosa-violetter Hintergrund, Seifenblasen

Soap bubble dreams

A hands-on exhibition about giant bubbles, iridescent colours and soap roofs for children from 3 to 7 years old

Do you have a lot of puff to make and catch bubbles? Would you like to float like soap bubbles or be inside a giant soap bubble? Have you ever tried to preserve soap bubbles? Can soap bubbles be square? How do you make a soap bubble caterpillar?

Let yourself be enchanted by floating and shimmering soap bubbles! With soap, water, air and a little practice, you can do it effortlessly. Play with individual bubbles or make lots of foam – and fulfil your bubble dream!

Soap bubbles not only shimmer, they are also a little wet and sticky. So please wear clothes that can get dirty. And don’t worry – we have wellies for you!

An exhibition by the Munich Children’s Museum in co-operation with the Graz Children’s Museum FRida & freD.

Mikrohausen

The NXP research laboratory for children aged 8 and over

Welcome to Mikrohausen!

In our hands-on lab, everything revolves around the tiny microchips that have become an integral part of our everyday lives.
microchips! Children aged 8 and over can discover how microchips are made, what functions they have and how they enable the technology of today and tomorrow.

Groups:
Telephone reservation: Please call +43 (0) 316/872 7700

Individual visitors:
Saturday, Sunday and during the holidays from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 2.00 to 5.00 p.m.

NXP is a microchip company based in Gratkorn that develops chips for smartphones and cars, among other things.

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Theatre

The FRida & freD KNOPFtheater!

From 4:00 pm every Thursday to Sunday, our stage plays delight audiences aged 2 and above. Make yourself comfortable in our theatre and allow us to enthral you with enchanting puppets, adventurous journeys, funny songs, comical actors and crazy characters.

As many of our performances are sold out, we recommend to buy your ticket online at: fridaundfred.at/theatertickets

Theatre visitors who don’t have enough time for a visit to the exhibition are invited to purchase a ticket for the Lümmelzone for € 1.00 half an hour before the start of the performance.

For a performance at forenoon please contact nora.bugram@stadt.graz.at

Publikum aus Kindern schauen auf Theaterbühne

Holiday programme

The holiday programme 2025 is fully booked

Summer Academy 2025

During the summer holidays, we are once again offering the Summer Academy – a mixture of free play and guided activities. Summer holidays should also be holidays in summer childcare!

For children between the ages of 7 and 12 (after attending 1st grade VS), from Monday to Friday. Childcare hours: 8.00 – 16.30.

Price: EUR 197 per child/week incl. lunch, materials and excursions

‘LEAPS IN TIME’

This summer makes history. We go in search of traces of the great eras of human history and discover new and long-forgotten things.

Week 1 (07.07.-11.07.2025):
A mammoth as a pet?
Travel with us to the beginning of mankind! We discover fire, gather our food and go in search of archaeological evidence. Did the cave dwellers of Graz really have mammoths as pets?

Week 2 (14.07.-18.07.2025):
Visiting mummies
There was a lot going on in ancient Egypt! Visit the festival of the pharaohs, learn about the customs and writing of the Egyptians and discover the secrets of the pyramid.

Week 3 (21.07.-25.07.2025):
The Romans are crazy!
Emperors, gods and palaces – this week we’ll have a good time with music, food and celebrations! The gods predict good luck in the chariot race.

Week 4 (28.07.-01.08.2025):
Family reunion with court jester, damsel and knight
The annual knights’ tournament takes place at Fridafredenstein Castle. With colourful shields, funny songs and acrobatics, you are well equipped. True heroes are characterised by ingenuity and skill!

Week 5 (04.08.-08.08.2025):
Invitation to Leonardo
Whether by aeroplane or catapult – we travel more than 500 years into the past. Leonardo da Vinci invites you to his workshop, where you can work on incredible inventions yourself.

Week 6 (11.08.-15.08.2025):
For kings of the sun
We take a leisurely stroll through magnificent castles and marvellous gardens. Find out whether frock coats, wigs and high heels are as comfortable as they were in the Baroque era. With music and dance, we’ll still live like goddesses in France.

Week 7 (18.08.-22.08.2025)
In the footsteps of the adventurers
New inventions turn the world upside down! We accompany adventurers on their travels and shake a leg with those who stayed at home at the Charleston.

Week 8 (25.08.-29.08.2025):
Let’s dance!
Flower children and neon colours – it was colourful from the 1960s to the 1980s! Cook yourself a slimie, land on the moon and design your cool outfit for the disco.

Week 9 (01.09.-05.09.2025):
Off to the future!
We travel to Graz in the year 2115 and find out what awaits us there. We get to know people who are working on new ideas for travelling, we create the national dish of the future and plan the trend sport of the next century.

Information and registration:
FRida & freD – The Graz Children’s Museum
Friedrichgasse 34, A-8010 Graz
reservierung@fridaundfred.at

Workshops

Every Saturday from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. we offer you a workshop programme.

Workshop “A LIGHT GOES ON!”
Let’s explore the electric circuit and discover what it has to do with light. For children aged 8 and over.

Workshop “MINT CLUB”
Every last Saturday of the month at 10:00 a.m., the MINT Club invites children aged 6 and over to explore, discover and try things out together. Every month, the focus is on an exciting topic from science and technology.

Price:
Workshop without exhibition € 5,00 /person (€ 2,00 material + € 3,00 workshop),
Combined ticket with exhibition: €2,00 (material).

Please make sure to register under 0316/872 7700!

Birthday parties

The fun starts here at FRida & freD. Celebrate your birthday with us!

You celebrate indoors and outdoors, in the exhibition and in the festive birthday room, loud and soft, rowdy and quiet, always with your favourite friends. Two members of the FRida & freD staff accompany you through a programme to suit your own taste!

Please bring socks or slippers and weatherproof clothing!

Please note that there can be a maximum of 12 children at your birthday party! The birthday child must be at least 5 years old and the invited children must be at least 4 years old.

Kid’s birthday – three hours
including admission to the exhibition, materials, cake (three flavours available to choose from), snack with organic apple juice and birthday gift.
Price: € 290 for up to 10 children, € 15.50 for each additional child up to a maximum of 15 children (without cake/muffins: € 260)
Discount for annual pass holders and Sparefroh Club members: € 270 (without cake/muffins: € 240)

Kid’s birthday – two hours
including admission to the exhibition and materials. You may bring your own cake and snacks.
Price: € 175 for up to 10 children, € 15.50 for each additional child up to a maximum of 15 children
Discount for annual pass holders and Sparefroh Club members: € 160

Information and registration
Date by agreement by calling +43 (0) 316 872 7700

Kinder blasen Kerzen auf einer Torte aus