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In the run-up to the planned exhibition “KEEP IT CO₂OL”, focusTerra is organising a photo competition in which pictures can be submitted that show, for example, the beauty of nature, visible effects of climate change or possible climate protection measures.

focusTerra is celebrating its 15th anniversary in April 2024. This anniversary will be recognised on International Museum Day, which will take place at focusTerra on Sunday, 26 May 2024.

In 2023, focusTerra celebrated a number of successes: the exhibition in planning 'KEEP IT CO₂OL' was honoured with the Optimus Agora Prize from the Swiss National Science Foundation, Museum Night and Fairytale Sunday celebrated record visitor numbers and the exhibition 'Expedition Solar System' was donated to Ukraine.

The exhibition 'Expedition Solar System' by focusTerra has been translated into Ukrainian and will be shown by the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Chernivtsi.

Autumn is slowly arriving and focusTerra, together with Schweizerische Märchengesellschaft (the Swiss Fairy Tale Society), invites you to two exciting afternoons flull of discovery.

This year, Zurich's Long Night of Museums and the science festival of ETH and the University of Zurich will be all about colours in focusTerra.

KEEP IT CO₂OL, focusTerra's next exhibition, wins the Optimus Agora Prize 2023, which is awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF and swissnex San Francisco.

focusTerra's participatory online exhibition TRAVEL STONES wins the Open Box Special of the multimedia competition Fast Forward Science 2021/22.