Key information for your visit
A cute, half-dead cat has vanished! Her trail leads to a mysterious box with four intriguing rooms that arrived at Dresden’s science museum in April 2024.
A famous thought experiment in quantum physics has been transformed into a real-world adventure for youngsters and everyone else who enjoys fun yet challenging puzzles. No need to be a genius in math or physics! Explore the quirky quantum world and find out whether Kitty Q is dead or alive.
Our quantum apartment can be explored in a variety of ways, such as with your school class, as a birthday treat, or with family and friends. Have we sparked your curiosity?
Bookings are now available!
The Escape Room is a joint project by the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat of Würzburg and Dresden universities, app designer Philipp Stollenmayer, and Technische Sammlungen Dresden, the city’s science museum.
What?
4 rooms with 17 captivating puzzles in a quantum apartment;
available in German and English
How long?
About an hour
Where?
Technische Sammlungen Dresden
Junghansstraße 1-3
01277 Dresden
Phone: +49 351 488 72 72
Email: service@museen-dresden.de
Web: www.tsd.de
Hours
Tuesday to Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Monday
How much?
School parties:
€3 per person (includes museum admission)
Free admission for up to two accompanying adults per class
Private groups:
€60 + museum admission for adults
Free play mode (without booking):
Museum admission only
Who?
Groups of up to 30 people (e.g. school classes, private groups, school field trips, team-building, etc.)
The Escape Room is open to all museum visitors on weekends unless booked.
Recommended ages:
11+ (school parties); 10+ (private groups); 0–99 (outside reserved times)
When?
Booking times for groups
Tuesday to Friday: 9.30 and 11.00 a.m.
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10.30 am and 12.00 noon
The Escape Room is open to all museum visitors on weekends unless booked.
Quick quantum conundrums
(30 minutes)
coming soon
Consolidation material
(2-3 x 90 minutes)
coming soon
Teaching concept
(7 x 90 minutes)
coming soon
QUANTube video series
Quantum physics made simple!
In twelve entertaining videos, “QUANTube – Science Break” answers physics questions from youngsters around the world.
Questions include: Do two realities really exist at once in the quirky quantum universe? What quantum effects can I see in my home? And what happens at absolute zero? These and other questions were posed by players of the mobile game Kitty Q – A Quantum Adventure.