echophysics – Europäisches Zentrum für Physikgeschichte
Museum in Pöllau Castle on the history of physics with historic measuring instruments and the estate of Nobel laureate Victor Franz Hess.
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About the museum
The centre goes back to the physicist and writer Peter Maria Schuster, who founded the association echophysics in 2009. From November 2009 the municipality of Pöllau has leased exhibition rooms in Pöllau Castle to the association on a long-term basis; in 2010 the first European centre for the history of physics was opened there, together with the research and memorial site for the Styrian Nobel laureate in physics Victor Franz Hess. The association is supported in spirit by the Victor-Franz-Hess-Gesellschaft and the European Physical Society.
The house aims to make European physics history and the life stories of physicists tangible, starting from a focus on Austria and Styria. A permanent exhibition shows historically valuable physical instruments, complemented by documents, images, films and estates as well as demonstrations of important experiments.
Among the highlights are the instruments with which Victor Hess detected cosmic radiation during balloon flights in 1912, as well as collections of discharge tubes and spark inductors, objects relating to Josef Stefan and Christian Doppler, and a room on electricity and electromagnetism. A stellarator coil is displayed in the castle courtyard, and a Foucault pendulum hangs in the Pöllau parish church. The association also organises lectures and specialist conferences.
Highlights
- Original instruments of Victor Franz Hess (Nobel Prize 1936)
- Historic instruments from electricity, magnetism and discharge physics
- Objects relating to Josef Stefan and Christian Doppler
- Stellarator coil in the castle courtyard
- Foucault pendulum in the Pöllau parish church
Permanent exhibitions
- echophysics – von den Anfängen der Physik zur Moderne – Scientific instruments, records and objects show how physical ideas and technology developed.
- Victor-Franz-Hess-Forschungs- und Gedenkstätte – Instruments and documents on Hess and his discovery of cosmic radiation during the balloon flight of 1912.
- Founded
- 2010
- Operated by
- echophysics – Europäisches Zentrum für Physikgeschichte e.V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €5Students and seniors |
| Children & teens | €3School pupils |
| Seniors | €5 |
| Students & apprentices | €5Students |
| Groups (10+ people) | €5 per personper person for 10 or more people |
| Families | €9Family ticket |
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