Experience quanta at first hand
Quantum technology is popular – and complex. In the UN World Quantum Year of 2025, several projects in Germany seek to make the science behind it more easily accessible.
Light and matter in Munich
From mobile phones to scanners at the supermarket checkout: most people come into contact with quantum optical phenomena in their day-to-day lives without even realising it. In an exhibition that is currently on until the end of October 2025, the Deutsches Museum in Munich highlights the powerful interactions between light and matter, enabling visitors to experience them at first hand based on practical applications. The exhibition looks into the beginnings of quantum history, the German physicist Albert Einstein and the use of lasers in pop culture – in the James Bond film Goldfinger, for instance.
World Quantum Day in Wolfsburg
The science museum Phaeno in Wolfsburg came up with an unusual idea to mark World Quantum Day on 14 April 2024: visitors were able to immerse themselves in the world of quantum technology at experimental stations. It was possible to teleport quanta by means of an interactive simulation, making highly complex phenomena such as quantum entanglement easier to understand. Phaeno is also preparing an extensive programme for the United Nations International Year of Quantum Science and Technology in 2025. The installation Quantum Jungle by Berlin artist Robin Baumgarten will also be on show: this interactive work of art enables hands-on access to the mysterious properties of quanta. Watch a video of Quantum Jungle here.
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Open consent formQuantum bits in Paderborn
Music can convey things that words are incapable of expressing. This applies to romantic feelings, but possibly also to complex physics. For this reason, the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum in Paderborn is opening its new exhibition area Quantum Computers – Supercomputers of the Next Generation with a concert at the beginning of 2025. Composer Max-Lukas Hundelshausen sets the world of quanta to music, transporting it into the human sphere. The main attraction of the exhibition is one particularly outstanding item: the world’s largest quantum bit. Visitors find out about what distinguishes a quantum computer from a conventional computer, enabling them to develop a feel for the potential of the technology.
