The future is exciting: Futurium welcomed almost 670,000 visitors in 2025

As in previous years, Futurium recorded high visitor numbers. In 2025, the “House of Futures” attracted almost 670,000 visitors and has now welcomed more than 3.4 million people since opening in September 2019. Through its “Mobile Futurium” educational project, Futurium also reached around 18,000 pupils from 36 rural schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.

Dr Stefan Brandt, Director of Futurium: “Once again, the high level of popularity and broad interest in Futurium show that many people value our centre as a place where social developments and future issues can be discussed openly and with a focus on solutions. Against this background, we want to further strengthen and sharpen our profile as a “place for justified hope”. We are committed to what we see as our responsibility to make scientifically viable perspectives accessible and facilitate dialogue – especially at a time when democratic principles are coming under increasing pressure and polarisation continues to grow.”

Nicole Schneider, Commercial Managing Director of Futurium: “The resonance with the public shows how much the Futurium inspires people. The fact that so many visitors take advantage of our free and varied programme – especially families and young audiences, but also the specialist public – reinforces our claim to be a place for everyone. A place where we can think about, try out and develop the future together."

The Futurium sees itself as a centre for critical reflection on social developments with a focus on solutions and for cooperation in developing new perspectives. In view of the broad public participation and the stimulating debates on future issues, the success of 2025 confirms the value of an organisation in which people from a wide range of backgrounds can think ahead together and help shape the future.

Current exhibitions and programme for spring 2026

Until 31 August, Futurium is running its “Ocean Futures” special exhibition with a focus on the future of our seas. Through the third podcast in the series “Endings: The Return” [Enden: Die Rückkehr] and an accompanying talk on 28 February, Futurium is joining forces with the podcast makers from Undone to explore a prospect that sounds like science fiction but has long since become a reality: the return of extinct species based on genetic engineering.

“Fields of the Future”, the current thematic focus on the future of agriculture and land use, not only offers a number of exhibits, but also includes the walk-through installation “Superland” on the forecourt. As a living forest garden, visitors can experience alternative forms of land cultivation here. “Future Land” is the new, interactive farming game that was presented at the Green Week in January and playfully challenges visitors – both online and in Futurium – to organise agriculture so that it is sustainable and economically viable. With Project HORIZON – the interactive escape rally on the topic of raw materials – visitors aged 16 and over can take a tour of discovery through Futurium exhibitions twice a day. On 5 March, Futurium Director Stefan Brandt will be talking to peace and conflict researcher Nicole Deitelhoff about the significance of conflicts for the future of democratic societies in the series “Let's talk about ...”. On the Open Lab Evenings every Thursday and at the Family Open Lab every Sunday, there is an opportunity to get creative and experiment with robots, 3D printers and laser cutters.