Futurium Reopening on 21 May – With the TRANSIT Premiere

Futurium will be reopening its doors to the public on 21 May 2021. Visitors are invited to explore the exhibition of the future that is spread across 3,000 square metres, discover the exhibits in the Futurium Lab, and enjoy a panoramic view of Berlin from the Skywalk. In keeping with Berlin’s pandemic regulations, our house of futures will be implementing social distancing and public hygiene measures that will ensure our responsible operation during these corona times. Futurium visitors are currently required to register online and to provide a certificate of vaccination or proof of a negative coronavirus test.

On Friday, a world premiere is scheduled to take place on the Futurium forecourt: TRANSIT, a narrative spatial installation by artist Mona el Gammal and her team. Embedded in the narrative structure of a frame story, visitors can experience a thinking space that addresses the possibilities offered by alternative concepts of borders and mobility as well as the participation in processes for shaping democracy. In TRANSIT, participants become immersed in a future scenario that opens up spaces for reflection on the development of our global society, points towards alternative paths, and accompanies the discussion in this way on its journey from criticism to the search for solutions.

The intrafictional website www.commontransformation.com/ gives visitors the opportunity to follow the story beyond the exhibition period, to access content in the form of texts and podcasts, and to comment on the contributions. TRANSIT is a project by Mona el Gammal and Futurium, funded by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB).

More information and tickets are available here: https://futurium.de/de/veranst...

Rules for visiting Futurium at a glance

Online registration: Visiting Futurium continues to be free of charge. However, visitors must register online in advance. The length of your visit is limited to 90 minutes. Timeslots can be booked on the Futurium website at
www.futurium.de.

Obligation to wear an FFP2 mask: All visitors aged 14 and older are obliged to wear FFP2 masks in the correct way. Children aged 6 to 14 must wear medical masks.

Certificate of a negative rapid COVID-19 test: Admission to Futurium can only be granted upon presentation of a written or electronic certificate of a negative test result (lateral flow test or PCR test for coronavirus) that is no older than 24 hours; self-tests will not be accepted.

Exceptions to the requirement to present a negative test result

• Children up to the age of 6
  
• Vaccinated persons who have received a European-Union-approved vaccine and whose last required vaccination took place at least 14 days prior to their visit
• Recovered persons who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) PCR test more than six months prior to
  their visit and who have received at least one dose of a European-Union-approved vaccine against
  COVID-19
• Recovered persons who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) PCR test at least 28 days, and no more than six months, prior to their visit
  
• The obligation to wear an FFP2 mask remains in force in these cases

Minimum distance regulations: A maximum of 270 visitors can be present in the building at any one time. Visitors must maintain a minimum distance of two metres between themselves and others. Visitors must not bundle
together in groups.

Further safety measures: Visitors will be guided through the Futurium Lab in a one-way system. The security staff per area, and the frequency of cleaning of public areas, will be adapted to the pandemic situation. Lockers have been taken out of service.

About Futurium
Futurium is a house of futures. Everything here revolves around the question: how do we want to live? In the exhibition, visitors can discover many possible futures; in the Forum, they can take part in open discussions; and, in the Futurium Lab, they can try out their own ideas. One thing we know for sure today: in the future, we will have major challenges to overcome. How can we bring climate change under control? Which technologies do we want to use in the future? Does technology serve us – or do we serve technology? How do we want to live together as a society? Are there any alternatives to ‘higher, further, faster’? The future also emerges from our decisions and actions in the present. For this reason, Futurium, which was opened in September 2019, wants to inspire all its
visitors to engage themselves with the future and to play a part in shaping it. The digital programme is available at www.futurium.de and via its social media channels on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.