Legal form and organisation

The Swiss Science Center Technorama was constituted as a non-profit foundation in 1969. Its mission is to bring about a living representation of science and technology in order to arouse interest and promote understanding among a broad audience.

Since 2013, Professor Werner Inderbitzin has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees, while Thorsten-D. Künnemann has been Director of Technorama since 2008.

Technorama currently employs 147 people, with 86 in full-time positions (as of December 2021). Organisationally, Technorama’s structure consists of a senior management team and eight departments.

Stiftungsurkunde

Die Statuten im Überblick

Thorsten-D. Künnemann

Director

Management & head of departement

Dr. Armin Duff

Head of Exhibition and Didactics

We come up with the latest experiments.

Ilona Schönle

Head of Communication and Marketing
(from September 2024)

We will make sure you know Technorama.

Katharina Siegrist

Head of HR

Nicole Krebs

Head of Accounting

We pull the strings behind the scenes.

Silvio Wey

Head of visitor services

We are there for you on site.

We will take you onto a research expedition.

Sascha Brüchsel

Facility management

Jürg Oppliger

Head of workshop

We keep the pot boiling.

Prof. Dr. Werner Inderbitzin

President

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Dr. Torsten Wintergerste

Member

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Petra Ehmann

Member

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Prof. Dr. Michael O. Hengartner

Member

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Hans Hess

Member

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Markus Hutter

President of Patronage committee

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Dr. Monika Krüsi

Member

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Michael Künzle

Member

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Dr. Martin Neukom

Member

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Dr. Eduard Rikli

Vice-president

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Dr. André Voillat

Honorary Member