AI Pavilion in Heilbronn
AI – Insights and Visions
Interactive exhibition on artificial intelligence
become part of our everyday lives. But what exactly is behind AI? With “AI – Insights and Visions,” experimenta is dedicating an entire exhibition to the topic. Here you can learn more about this future technology and try it out for yourself at numerous fascinating interactive stations.
Part of the exhibition is dedicated to Heilbronn’s “Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence” (IPAI). It is currently considered the most ambitious project for applied AI in Europe.
What questions, opinions, and thoughts do you have about AI? What should the future with AI look like? We look forward to talking to you!
Auftakt
What do chess, checkers, and the Rubik’s Cube have to do with the development of AI? What role did a tortoise or a tiny mouse play? In this section, you can playfully discover how AI has developed. Because people have been thinking about and researching AI for a very long time. The exhibition takes you on a journey from historical devices to the rapid rise of AI in recent years.
Werkstatt
You can experiment with AI yourself at six interactive stations in the Workshop section. Create fascinating works of art with AI, write poems and song lyrics, or test how well AI recognizes your drawings. You can take your works home with you digitally with a QR code.
Chancen
A large media installation gives you fascinating insights into the development of the “Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence” (IPAI). Immerse yourself in the unique AI ecosystem currently being created in Heilbronn. Who are our new neighbors? What motivates them and what new applications are being developed? Find out in the exhibition!
AI Sound Art
A very special DJ awaits you in the exhibition. Experience how various pieces of information from the exhibition are transformed into a sound experience with the help of AI. In this musical experiment, the selection and intensity of the sound elements change at regular intervals. How do you like our extraordinary soundscape?
Architecture and sustainability
The exhibition is housed in a delicate, reusable wooden structure on experimenta Square. It was designed by the internationally renowned architectural firm Sauerbruch Hutton, which also designed the spectacular main building of experimenta. Natural and recycled materials were also used in the interior of the pavilion.
Winner of the German Design Award 2025.
Information about your visit
Recommended age
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The AI exhibition is best enjoyed by children twelve and older.
Accessibility
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Accessibility is important to us. That is why the entire pavilion is wheelchair accessible.
Group visit
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Booking via: buchung@experimenta.science oder +49 (0) 7131 88795 – 0
We are happy to provide further materials for school classes on request.
Please note: The pavilion remains open to the public for individual visitors during your group visit.
Admission
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Admission is free.
Hours
Monday through Friday
09:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays:
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Lockers
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Unfortunately, in the pavilion, there is nowhere to lock up bags, valuables or jackets. Lockers are located on the ground floor in building e1 (experimenta’s main building).
Closure
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The pavilion may be closed temporarily. We would like everyone to be able to use the interactive stations without crowding.
Food & Beverages
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We would ask that there be no eating in our AI exhibition. If you bring your own food and beverages, feel free to consume them at experimenta-Platz or in the entrance area of e1.
Animals
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With the exception of guide dogs for the blind and disabled, animals are not permitted anywhere in experimenta.
Toilets
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There are no public toilets in the pavilion (e3). Toilets open to the public can be found on the ground floor of experimenta
WIFI
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You can access the internet free of charge through our network. Simply select “experimenta-gast” under your WIFI settings, accept the Terms and Conditions, and surf away.
Circuit through the exhibition
IPAI Living Room Visitor Center
experimenta in the
IPAI Living Room
In the visitor centre of the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Park (IPAI) visitor centre, you can find out what is behind the large-scale project. Here you can also immerse yourself in the topic of artificial intelligence (AI), for example at two hands-on stations at experimenta. Create a painting with the help of AI or compete against an AI in exciting games. Mon – Fri from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Zukunftspark 11, 13 in Heilbronn. Entry is free of charge. Discover more
Discover more about AI at experimenta
transformativ
04. – 06. December 2025
Sharing Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence
Celebrated, feared, used – and sometimes overlooked: artificial intelligence. The “transformativ” conference organized by experimenta and RHET AI takes a look at the power of AI. How is it changing our society? And how can we help shape this change responsibly? Together, we will develop ideas and strategies – be part of it!