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FLiP Tour

The focus is on a guided interactive tour that teaches financial knowledge and the importance of finances for personal life planning in a fun and interactive way.
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Financial education from the age of 10

The topic of money and finances plays a different role in the lives of children, young people and adults. In order to respond to individual questions and age-specific needs, FLiP offers tours for three age groups.

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Detectives

4th to 8th grade (10 to 14 years)

The starting point for the Detectives’ tour is a search for clues in the world of adults, the economy and society. Visitors learn why money exists and think about how they would spend and save it. Simple economic examples are used to make connections easy to understand.

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Explorers

9th to 12th grade (15 to 18 years)

The explorers already have some prior knowledge. At the start of the tour, they take on the role of a 19-year-old and have to overcome financial challenges of everyday life. It becomes clear that our wishes can often only be realised with the right financial decisions.

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Experts

Experts already have a certain level of economic knowledge. At the beginning of the tour, they are assigned the role of an adult. The different life situations – single, couple or family with children – illustrate the diversity of society and highlight the varying degrees of flexibility in budget planning.

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The FLiP tour is a “learning trail” made up of individual modules that visitors complete. The sequence of the stations can be combined in different ways depending on the focus and on particular requirements.

Depending on the group size, one or two FLiP educators will guide you through the exhibition.
Maximum group size: 32 participants.

Admission
Admission and tours are free of charge.

Opening times
Monday to Friday 09.00–17.00

Please make sure to arrive 15 minutes before the tour starts.

Stations

Prologue

FLiP tours begin with an introduction to the topic of money. What role does money play for society and for individuals? Why is it important to think about money? Visitors also receive their wallets – specially configured tablets – that serve as navigation and input devices.

Did you know what inflation means?

"Inflation is when you pay $15 for a $10 haircut that cost $5 when you still had hair." – Sam Ewing

Configurator

While the detectives think about adults' monthly expenses, the explorers and experts take on different roles. The task is to allocate a fictional budget specific to their role across the seven main spending categories. Statistical data is then used to determine how realistic the group's budget planning was.

Reality Check

Visitors are divided into three small groups and answer questions about money and finances while using our ergometers. Questions appear on the athletes' wallets, which they have to solve together as a team. If the questions are answered correctly, the resistance of the ergometer decreases.

Vault

In a former bank vault, visitors are confronted with the question what determines an object's value. Depending on its price, usefulness and emotional significance, the visitors must determine the value of a wide variety of objects. It quickly becomes clear that price and value are not the same thing, and that objects can have different kinds of value.

Opinion Forum

The Opinion Forum highlights how important it is to form a well-informed opinion on financial and economic issues. This station is not about right or wrong, but about showing how important it is to gather information in order to form one's own opinion.

Getting Global

Visitors follow the journey of an everyday product around the world on a globe made of screens. They move around the globe and learn about global interrelationships, dependencies and factors that influence the economy. Visitors recognise that their actions and decisions in a globalized world have consequences for people in other parts of the world.

John F. Kennedy once said ...

"There is only one thing in the long run more expensive than education: no education."

Wrap-Up

The wrap-up session at the end of the tour provides a chance to discuss any outstanding questions. The educators summarize the content, interpret the results and moderate the group discussion.

Additional modules

Arena

Visitors look through five transparent touch displays onto a curved, immersive LED wall. ith these two visual layers, players dive into a three‑dimensional, interactive game world. The games "Capital Market", "Inflation" and "Taxes" can be played in groups or by individual visitors. Quizzes on the topic of online fraud – in which groups can compete against each other – are also available.

Piggy bank collection

A selection of historic piggy banks from the Erste Bank collection is on display in the entrance area. In combination with short texts on the history of saving and quotes from famous people on the subject of money, visitors are welcomed in an engaging way.

Knowledge Store

The Knowledge Store is the backbone of FLiP in terms of content – the topics covered during the tour can be explored in greater depth. Both the exhibits and the colourful graphic stickers in the Knowledge Store can be scanned with the wallets, and the content can be read on the wallets.

Knowledge transfer

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Educators

The educators guide the group through FLiP. As the driving force behind the experience, they provide a coherent narrative as they move from station to station, activating the necessary elements, explaining the process, and summarising the results of the “learning trail”.
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Wallet

The Wallet, a tablet, serves as a personal companion and input tool. Visitors can use it to solve tasks at the stations. The wallet is the connection between the content, the educators, and the group.

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Stations

The starting point for each tour is the individual and their personal financial life. As the tour progresses, the perspective expands and finally ends with a critical look at the global economy.

What teachers say

What students, teachers, and the Minister of Education say about the FLiP Tour.

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Barrier-free

Accessibility is very important to FLiP. To this end, we offer a range of services for people with disabilities so that everyone can fully experience FLiP.

All areas are wheelchair accessible and can be reached via a lift. We cater to different target groups and also offer appropriate assistive aids, such as larger wallets, high-contrast settings and mobile inductive hearing loop systems.

Tips for your visit

Step 1

Due to high demand, online registration is mandatory for school classes and groups.

Step 2

Although it is not necessary for students to have any prior knowledge, they do need to have adequate reading comprehension skills and be able to do basic calculations. Extensive materials for preparation and follow‑up in class are available on our website.

Step 3

Please allow sufficient time for your arrival and departure as well as the two-hour tour at FLiP, and make sure you arrive on time with your group.

Step 4

If you are unable to keep your booked appointment, please let us know a week in advance if possible.

Step 5

Does your class or group require any additional support? Please let us know in our online registration form what you need so that our FLiP educators can support you and your class or group in the best possible way.
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House Rules

We look forward to welcoming you to FLiP. To ensure all our visitors enjoy an exciting and varied experience, certain rules apply. Please make sure to read them before your visit.

Go to the House Rules

Rules of the game

  • Umbrellas, rucksacks and larger bags must be left or locked in the checkroom. Scooters and skateboards must also be left in the checkroom area. It is not necessary to take off your shoes. The FLiP accepts no liability for valuables left in the checkroom.
  • Items found in the FLiP must be handed in to the knowledge mediators. Unclaimed items will be handed over to the lost property office.
  • The wallet, the personal companion through the FLiP, must be handled with care and handed in at the end of the visit without exception.
  • Eating is not permitted anywhere in the FLiP exhibition area. Eating is only permitted during workshops or seminars lasting several hours in the FLiP Lab.
  • Smoking is strictly prohibited throughout the FLiP.
  • Only garbage bins are to be used for the disposal of waste and chewing gum.
  • Apart from assistance dogs, animals are not welcome at FLiP.
  • Cell phones may only be used during a tour in exceptional cases.
  • It is strictly forbidden to enter the FLiP with weapons and/or dangerous objects. Exceptions apply to law enforcement officers and groups of people who carry weapons for professional reasons.
  • Visitors under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants are not permitted in the FLiP.
  • During the entire visit, the duty to supervise children and pupils lies with teachers, supervisors and legal guardians. Teachers, supervisors and legal guardians are also responsible for appropriate behavior.
  • The instructions of the FLiP knowledge brokers must be followed without exception.
  • Noisy, aggressive or abusive behavior towards other visitors and mediators is not permitted.
  • It is in your own interest to observe the house rules. If the house rules or the instructions of the FLiP knowledge brokers are not followed, the persons concerned may be prohibited from staying at the FLiP and, in extreme cases, banned from the premises.
    We ask you to arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour.

Rules of the game

  • Umbrellas, rucksacks and larger bags must be left or locked in the checkroom. Scooters and skateboards must also be left in the checkroom area. It is not necessary to take off your shoes. The FLiP accepts no liability for valuables left in the checkroom.
  • Items found in the FLiP must be handed in to the knowledge mediators. Unclaimed items will be handed over to the lost property office.
  • The wallet, the personal companion through the FLiP, must be handled with care and handed in at the end of the visit without exception.
  • Eating is not permitted anywhere in the FLiP exhibition area. Eating is only permitted during workshops or seminars lasting several hours in the FLiP Lab.
  • Smoking is strictly prohibited throughout the FLiP.
  • Only garbage bins are to be used for the disposal of waste and chewing gum.
  • Apart from assistance dogs, animals are not welcome at FLiP.
  • Cell phones may only be used during a tour in exceptional cases.
  • It is strictly forbidden to enter the FLiP with weapons and/or dangerous objects. Exceptions apply to law enforcement officers and groups of people who carry weapons for professional reasons.
  • Visitors under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants are not permitted in the FLiP.
  • During the entire visit, the duty to supervise children and pupils lies with teachers, supervisors and legal guardians. Teachers, supervisors and legal guardians are also responsible for appropriate behavior.
  • The instructions of the FLiP knowledge brokers must be followed without exception.
  • Noisy, aggressive or abusive behavior towards other visitors and mediators is not permitted.
  • It is in your own interest to observe the house rules. If the house rules or the instructions of the FLiP knowledge brokers are not followed, the persons concerned may be prohibited from staying at the FLiP and, in extreme cases, banned from the premises.
    We ask you to arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour.

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