From May 13, 2026 Until November 01, 2026

Caution, inconvenient!

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Entrance with centre ticket!
13.05-01.11.2026

Step out of your comfort zone — Caution, inconvenient! Come and sit on a chair that won’t let you forget you’re sitting. Walk across a floor that ripples beneath your feet. Comfort is not something we should take for granted. It's science, design, and thousands of years of human experience compressed into a perfectly shaped step you have never even noticed.

Why does a crooked handle suddenly make us aware of our own palm? Why does a ceiling that is just a little too low make us bend — not only with our bodies, but also in our minds? Discomfort is really attention — the body’s way of saying: “Hey, you are here.”

At this exhibition, you can experience it all for yourself. Sit, step, bend, balance, and see how even the smallest changes in space or form immediately affect how you feel.

Some exhibits will surprise you, some will challenge you, and others will make you burst out laughing. And that is exactly how you begin to realise how much work goes into making the world around us comfortable.

More exhibitions

Lobby

In addition to exhbition halls, you'll find lots of fun exhibits in AHHAA's lobby as well! Find your way through the mirror maze, solve various puzzles and check your reflection in the distorting mirrors.

Hall of Technology

Ride the bicycle high above the hall, take a photo of yourself with an bursting balloon and see what's inside the washing machine and other home appliances.

Hall of Nature

Watch the everyday life of wood ants and chicken, check out the tropical fish, create fascinating patterns with the water printer and spin the fog swirls

University of Tartu Medical Collection

Get a glimpse of one of the most extraordinary collections in the whole world! Come and see the medical collections of the Uni. Tartu Faculty of Medicine, with exhibits dating back as far as 1803.