The City. Technosensitivity

“The City. Technosensitivity” Exhibition

City. Technosensitivity is more than a regular exhibition. It is an invitation to embark on a unique journey in time: into the past and into the future.

During that journey, we will take our visitors to the City, with a capital C. The goal is simple: to discover what makes the city the hustling and bustling center of social and cultural life and civilizational progress.

A technological portrait of the city painted carefully, with respect and affection

We look at the City from the perspective of 12 areas of engineering and technology. From hydrotechnology, energy engineering, heat engineering, industry and trade, and gas engineering, through architecture, urban planning and mobility, to security, communication, public health, and ecology.

We ask the key questions about the City then and now.

• Why did it come to be?
• How does it work?
• What makes it function efficiently?
• Has it always been functioning the same?
• How have the expectations of residents changed over the ages?
• What awaits cities in the future?

In answering these questions, we observe the City from the river and from the air. We look underground. We look into the sky. We also peek into factories and homes. All of this in order to make the visitors, no matter their age, experience the magic behind the seemingly ordinary everyday life in a modern city and better understand the cultural, technological, and civilizational changes that are taking place.

More than 600 unique technological artifacts as well as interactive experiences

The 600+ amazing technological artifacts include unique items, such as:

• an Edison phonograph,
• the first Polish telephones,
• a Feldfernschreiber cipher device,
• Marconi 4LS/1 and Olympic-Z radio sets,
• a luxury Capello Roma sound system,
• a Polish Fiat 508,
• an Odra 1305 computer.

We also present numerous replicas, models, mock-ups, audiovisual materials, and photos.

The LAB Area is a special place where you can conduct experiments on your own in order to understand the basics of the International System of Units.

When visiting the permanent exhibition, please consider popping over to Hall F, where historic tram cars are on display – click here for details.

City. Technosensitivity in a nutshell

• An exhibition on the history of the city and the way it has functioned over the ages.
• More than 600 engineering artifacts + replicas, mock-ups, AV materials, and photos.
• A LAB Area to conduct experiments on your own.
• Twelve areas of technology and engineering.
• The exhibition won the Sybilla 2023 Museum Event of the Year award in the New and Modernized Permanent Exhibitions category.
• The exhibition was prepared as part of the last stage of an EU project.