Basic Research for the Good of Humanity

The Max Planck Science Tunnel

 Max Planck Society
Science Communikation

Channels of MPS-science communication

 Homepage: www.mpg.de - and social
media (z.B. über youtube oder als
MaxPlanckApp)

 Magazine: Max Planck Forschung (MP

Research)

 Conferencens, public lectures

 Teaching material
 Exhibitions

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Max Planck Society
Exhibitions

Science Tunnel 1 and 2 (2000-2013)

Science Express in India (2007 - 2012)

Expedition Future (2009)

Pictures from Science

 Science Tunnel 1, 2

 Earlier Versions of
Science Tunnel (1.0,
2.0, 2.1; and Science
Express in India) have
visited four continents
since 2000.

 More than 9 Million

visitors

Inhaltlich entlang der Dimensionenfolge, die

die Forschung an kleinsten Teilchen bis hin
zu größten kosmischen Strukturen abbildet
– in 12 Modulen.

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The Max Planck Science Tunnel – an international
travelling exhibition

 The new Max Planck

Science Tunnel (Version
3.0) presents the latest
developments in science
and research, from
astronomy to the
development of new
materials and the future of
medicine.

 The multimedia exhibition

is aimed particularly at
young people (age 15
upwards) and families.

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 Bionano-inspired architecture

Organic curved support structures

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Visionary design – State-of-the-art technology

Presentation of
contents via
- Single- and multi-
touch screens

- QR codes and
mobile devices
(iPods)
- Original objects
from the latest
research

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 Science Tunnel
Medien

Media:
1) Video/Film

2) Grafics and text

3) Interaktive: Touchscreens
Video/Filme über 4) Interaktive: iPods
Bildschirme
5) Original exposures
Interaktiv: iPods

Graphik und Text

Interaktiv: Touchscreen

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 Science Tunnel
Medien

Media, Touchscreens example

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 Science Tunnel
Medien

„Science Kiosk“:
Presentation of der MPS in detail
 Touchscreen
 Video Screen

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Controlled use of light in the modules

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 The Max Planck Science Tunnel consists of

An entry and exit area A central area

8 theme-modules

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 The Max Planck Science Tunnel
– exhibits of partners

MicroCity by Volkswagen
Mars-Rover
and

Body-Scanner
by Siemens
by Siemens

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 The Max Planck Science Tunnel –
a View into the Future

Future Challenges for Mankind in 2030

Demography
Resources
Environment
Science and Technology
Education and Equal Chances

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 Content: Module themes

UNIVERSE – From quarks

to the cosmos (Astronomy /
Astrophysics, Particle Physics)

Advisers:
Prof. Simon White, Max Planck
Institute for Astrophysics
Prof. Manfred Lindner, Max
Planck Institute for Nuclear
Physics

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 Module themes

MATTER – Design of the

nanoworld (New materials
and technologies)

Advisers:

Prof. Ferdi Schüth, Max

Planck Institute for Kohlen-
forschung (coal research)
Prof. Bernhard Keimer, Max
Planck Institute for Solid
State Research

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 Module themes

LIFE – From building

blocks to systems
(Basics of life,
Biosciences)

Adviser:

Prof. Ian Baldwin, Max

Planck Institute for
Chemical Ecology

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 Module themes

COMPLEXITY –
From data to
knowledge
(Complex Systems,
Informatics)

Adviser:

Prof. Jan-Michael
Rost, Max Planck
Institute for the
Physics of Complex
Systems

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 Module themes

THE BRAIN – A
Marvel (Cognitive
Sciences and
Neurosciences)

Adviser:

Prof. Wolf Singer, Max

Planck Institute for
Brain Research

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 Module themes

HEALTH – Researching
tomorrow’s medicine
(Biomedicine)

Adviser:

Prof. Peter Gruss,

President of the Max
Planck Society

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 Module themes

ENERGY – Life in the

Anthropocene (Energy
Research, Ecosystems,
Economics)

Advisers:

Prof. Robert Schlögl, Fritz

Haber Institute of the Max
Planck Society
Prof. Sybille Günter, Max
Planck Institute for Plasma
Physics

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 Module themes

SOCIETY – A world in
transition (Humanities,
Social Sciences, Law)

Advisers:

Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, MPI

for Social Law and Social Policy
Prof. Ulrich Sieber, MPI for
Criminal Law
Prof. James W. Vaupel, MPI for
Demographic Research
Prof. Peter van der Veer, MPI
for the Study of Religious and
Ethnic Diversity

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 Facts and Figures, Partners

The Science Tunnel is an exhibition of the Max Planck Society (MPG).

 Total area: ca. 1,000 m² (darkened space);

3,30 meters height

Business partners:

 Volkswagen AG
 Siemens AG Floorplan example

Public Supporters:

 Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

 Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft

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 International tour dates of the exhibition
2012 – 2015

10/2012 – 02/2014 Paderborn/Germany

04/2013 - 05/2013 Moscow/Russia

05/2013 - 08/2013 Saint Petersburg/Russia

01/2014 - 02/2014 Sao Paulo/Brazil

05/2014 - 06/2014 Beijing/China

10/2014 – 02/2015 Istanbul/Turkey

03/2015 – 05/2015 Konya/Turkey

10/2015-12/2015 Krakow/Poland

03/2016-04/2016 Barranquilla/Colombia

06/2016 Mexico City, Mexico

09/2016 Buenos Aires, Argentine

10/2016 – 01/2017 Valparaiso, Chile

03 – 05/2017 Lima, Peru

06 – 08/2017 Quito, Ecuador

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 Exhibition transportation and costs

For transportation the Science Tunnel

is packed in four containers: three 40 ft.
and one 20 ft.

Transport, planning, setup and

dismantling cost about
€180,000 – €200,000 per city.

There is an additional one-off cost per country of about

€90,000 – €100,000 for creation of the full exhibit
in the national language.

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 Science Tunnel Project Team

Dr. Peter M. Steiner

Project Director Science Tunnel
Phone: +49 89 2108-2010
Fax: +49 89 2108-1119
E-mail: steiner@gv.mpg.de

Werner Rien
Technical Coordinator Science Tunnel, Archimedes
Phone: +49 561 9324841
Fax: +49 561 9324842
E-mail: wr@archimedes-exhibitions.de

Internet: www.mpg.de
www.sciencetunnel.de

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