page_title: Ars Electronica Center
section_title: Museum 2009–present
hierarchical_section_title: Ars Electronica Center / Museum 2009–present
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria is an ESO Outreach Partner Organisation. It works with ESO on a residency programme as part of the European Digital Art and Science Network initiated by Ars Electronica and seven cultural partners throughout Europe with the support of the Creative Europe Program of the EU. Read more about ESO's partnership organisations here: http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/organisations.html
context_page_description: The Ars Electronica Center is a center for electronic arts run by Ars Electronica situated in Linz, Austria, at the northern side of the Danube opposite the city hall of Linz. It has been built on the right side of the Nibelungenbrücke.
context_section_description: The new Ars Electronica Center, which was designed by Treusch architecture ZT GmbH, opened its doors on 2 January 2009 after roughly two years of construction work and an approximate cost of 30 million Euros. It now has 3000 square meters for exhibitions, 100m2 for research and development, 400m2 for workshops and conferences, 650m2 for catering and another 1000m2 square meters of public space for various types of events, e.g. Red Bull Upside Down on 12 February 2010.
  The new AEC consists of the original building, a new "twin-tower", the main exhibition hall called "Main Gallery" and the new space for the Ars Electronica Futurelab. The whole building is covered with a 5000 square meter glass skin that consists of 1100 glass panels. Each panel is equipped with an LED Bar that allows it to change its color. Therefore, the whole building acts as a giant display. Artists can create their own visualisations which will be shown on various occasions, especially during the Ars Electronica Festival.
  The restaurant is located on the third floor of the new building and is called CUBUS, referring to the building's cubic shape.
caption: Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria is an ESO Outreach Partner Organisation.[2]
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