Tehnopark Celje

What Tehnopark Celje does

Tehnopark Celje is a Slovenian non-profit public institution (javni zavod) operating the country's largest science-entertainment park from a 4,000 m² facility in Celje spread across three interactive platforms. Co-founded by the City of Celje, Elita, and Šolski Center Celje, it offers more than 50 interactive exhibits covering robotics, AI, and general science, and serves a mixed audience of families, school groups, corporate clients, and tourists. Its core programming includes hands-on workshops, structured school programs, the annual Festival of Robotics and AI (4th edition in 2026, 5th planned for 2027), venue rental for events, and emerging themed exhibits such as "Naša mini klinika" (Our Mini Clinic) launched in April 2026 in partnership with the Ministry of Health.

The institution is funded through a diversified base of earned revenue and public grants. Earned revenue is generated from individual tickets priced at €10-13, family tickets at €34, school-group programs (which grew approximately 10% in H1 2026 versus H1 2025), and venue rental. Public funding flows from the Ministry of Health (via the KORAK naprej 2026-2028 consortium), the Ministry of Digital Transformation (via the GameLab program with Digital School), the Ministry of Culture, ARIS, and EU structural funds supporting the Platforma znanosti initiative. Operational scale is modest, with 15 or more staff.

Strategically, Tehnopark positions itself as a STEM- and AI-literacy anchor for Slovenia and increasingly for the wider region, evidenced by joint-ticketing partnerships with Slovenian Railways and Center Noordung, attendance at international venues such as ECSITE 2026 in Gothenburg and AI Week 2026, and a growing share of international visitors from Croatia. Its underlying "technology" is the exhibit portfolio and physical platform itself rather than any proprietary software product; institutional credibility rests on partnerships with research bodies including the Jožef Stefan Institute and on multi-ministry public endorsement.

Name

Tehnopark Celje

Legal name

Tehno park Celje, javni zavod za spodbujanje znanosti, tehnologije in inovativnosti

Website

https://tehnopark.si

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tehnopark Celje operates Slovenia's largest science-entertainment park in Celje across 4,000 m² with 50+ interactive exhibits, serving families, school groups, corporate clients, and tourists through ticketed visits, workshops, school programs, and the annual Festival of Robotics and AI.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Science Museum / Interactive Science Education Center

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Amusement and Theme Parks (71311), Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Multipurpose Event Center Operations (Civic Centers, Community Event Complexes) (MPAGALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Training, Workshops & Certification Events (MPAGAGAJ)

Keywords

• Interactive science exhibits
• School field trip programs
• Corporate team building events
• Robotics festival programming
• Culinary workshop experiences

Headquarters

HQ city

Celje

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Admission Tickets: Individual and family tickets for entry to the science park with over 50 interactive exhibits. Categories include child/student/senior (10€), adult (13€), family ticket (34€), and annual family ticket (120€). Revenue from individual visitors, families, and tourists.
2. School Group Programs: Structured educational programs for schools and kindergartens, including classic program (10€/student), techno program with workshop (16€/student), special programs for gifted students, and kindergarten programs (6€/child). Revenue from organized school visits.
3. Workshops and Camps: Fee-based workshops for children and adults (robotics, 3D printing, cosmetics, culinary, science shows, VR), holiday camps (3-hour camp 18€/child, full-day camp 160€/week including meals and supervision). Revenue from workshop registrations.
4. Venue Rental (Platform 360): Rental of Platform 360 event spaces including meeting rooms (60-100€ per hour for external users), open business space (500€ for up to 4 hours, up to 50 persons), and culinary classroom (200€ for up to 4 hours, 350€ full-day). Additional fees for kitchen service and event add-ons.
5. Birthday Party Packages: Celebration packages for children's birthdays including scientific and creative activities, included gift for the birthday child, snacks and drinks, and animation by Tehnopark staff.
6. Gift Tickets: Gift tickets available for individuals and families, purchasable online (PDF immediate delivery) or at the Tehnopark ticket desk.
7. Corporate Group Activities: Team building and corporate event packages including guided tours (10-13€/person), Murder Mystery dinners (80€/person), molecular gastronomy workshops (45€/person), and other team activities.
8. Government Grants and Project Funding: Co-financing from public agencies including ARIS (Science Communication Platform), Ministry of Health (KORAK naprej project), Ministry of Digital Transformation (GameLab program), Ministry of Culture (artistic festival components), and European Union funds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Tehnopark Celje operates the largest science-entertainment park in Slovenia across 4,000 m² and three platforms, featuring over 50 interactive exhibits across seven thematic areas covering the human body, ecology, physics, mathematics, astronomy, illusions, future technology, natural sciences, and challenges. It sells admission tickets to families and individuals, curriculum-aligned educational programs to schools and kindergartens, themed workshops and holiday camps to children and adults, birthday party packages, corporate team-building events, and rents out Platform 360 as a 1,200 m² event venue with panoramic views of Celje. It also runs the annual International Festival of Robotics and AI and the proprietary CELE KUHA culinary sub-brand.

Product overview

Tehnopark Celje operates as a science-entertainment park—the largest in Slovenia—offering interactive science exploration across 4,000 m² with over 50 exhibits in seven thematic areas. The facility is organized across three platforms: Platform 1 and 2 house the main science exhibits and attractions, while Platform 360 serves as an event/conference space. The portfolio includes core park admission, workshop programs (robotics, 3D printing, cosmetics, cooking), school educational packages, birthday celebrations, space rental (Platforma 360), and the CELE KUHA culinary sub-brand. Events include the annual International Festival of Robotics and AI, the outdoor Znanstvena ploščad summer program, holiday camps, and Spletna doživetja online experiences. Key attractions include the Birdly VR flight simulator and various robot demonstrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 10% increase in organized school and kindergarten group visits in H1 2026 vs H1 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and strategic.

• KORAK naprej ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Tehnopark Celje is one of five partners in the KORAK naprej project, which aims to strengthen learning skills, executive functions, and reduce school stress. The program runs from January 2026 to November 2028 and is co-financed by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia. Tehnopark offers over 50 free workshops for children, adolescents, and their parents.
• ARIS (Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost RS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ARIS co-finances the Platform of Science (Platforma znanosti), Tehnopark Celje's science communication initiative. The platform serves as a communication channel for transferring scientific content to the broader public, presenting Slovenian and international scientific achievements, and promoting interest in research. Funded through public call for popularization activities in 2024-2025.
• Digital SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for summer holiday camp programs. Digital School provides the GameLab program (2D games, Minecraft Education, AI) for children aged 7-11. The program is financed by the Ministry of Digital Transformation RS and is offered free of charge to camp participants.
• Zavod InoQi (Maribor)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in organizing full-day summer holiday camps. InoQi contributes expertise and activities to the experiential program, combining Tehnopark's science-focused environment with InoQi's specialized content.
• Slovenske železnice (Slovenian Railways)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership offering combined 'Train to Tehnopark' packages: family return train tickets from all Slovenian rail network stations plus family admission to Tehnopark Celje. Promotes eco-friendly travel to the science park.
• Center NoordungminorGTM or Marketing PartnerJoint combined admission ticket for visitors who wish to experience both Center Noordung (space exploration center) and Tehnopark Celje (science-entertainment park) in a single visit.
• Hiproject d.o.o.strategicTechnology or IntegrationCompany developing advanced robotics and industrial automation solutions. Contributes humanoid robots Neo and Max to Tehnopark's annual Festival of Robotics and AI for live demonstrations. Robots operate on Industry 5.0 principles, complementing rather than replacing human workers.
• ECSITE (European Network of Science Centres & Museums)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Network of Science Centres and Museums. Tehnopark Celje is a member. Staff participate in ECSITE conferences (e.g., Gothenburg 2026) and leadership programs for professional development and international knowledge exchange.
• Jožef Stefan Institute (Inštitut Jožef Štefan)strategicTechnology or IntegrationSlovenia's leading research institute. Researchers Anamarija Hauptman and Kristina Savevska presented humanoid robot Talos research at Tehnopark's Festival of Robotics, demonstrating deep reinforcement learning and motion planning for deformable object manipulation.
• Festival Partners (4th International Festival of Robotics and AI)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 30 exhibitors and 40+ program items at the 4th Festival. Partners include: Katapult robotika, ETRA d.o.o., Yaskawa Slovenija, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko (UL), Fakulteta za strojništvo (UL), Fakulteta za kmetijstvo in biosistemske vede (UM), Šolski center Celje, Razvojni center Novo mesto, SportBot, TECOS, AI Zame, Vandri Robotics, Delavski dom Trbovlje, and others. Artistic contributors: Mónica Rikić, So Kanno, Barbara Jazbec. Funded by Ministry of Culture RS.
• Mestna občina Celje (City of Celje)coreOthersCity of Celje is a key supporting partner. Tehnopark Celje is a public institution supported by the municipality. The Deputy Mayor Simon Jevšink attended the Festival of Robotics opening ceremony. The city provides infrastructure and organizational support.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Copernicus Science Centre: Largest science centre in Central Europe (Warsaw), operating an interactive exhibit floor, planetarium, and educational workshops for school groups. Strong direct peer at scale — demonstrates the upper-trajectory model for what Tehnopark could become.
• Experimentarium: Copenhagen-based science center with interactive exhibits, school programs, and event venue operations. Comparable as a Northern European interactive science centre with diversified revenue (tickets, schools, corporate venue rental).
• Exploratorium: San Francisco-based interactive science museum pioneering hands-on exhibits. Comparable model — exhibits-as-product, school programs, public-private funding, and ongoing exhibit development cycles.
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie: Paris-based flagship European science centre and museum. Comparable in combining interactive exhibits, school curricula, themed thematic areas, and event venue/convention hosting.
• Heureka (Finnish Science Centre): Vantaa, Finland science centre with interactive exhibits and curriculum-linked school programs. Comparable in the Nordic/European public-supported interactive science-centre model targeting families and schools.
• Tehnični muzej Slovenije: Slovenia's national technical museum in Bistra. Comparable as a publicly-supported heritage/technology institution targeting families and schools, though with a broader historical/industrial focus rather than interactive science.

Direct peers

• Hiša eksperimentov: Ljubljana-based interactive science center offering hands-on experiments for children and school groups. The closest in-country peer in terms of model (interactive exhibits, school programs, workshop-driven revenue).
• Center Noordung: Slovenian space-exploration center in Vitanje with which Tehnopark offers a combined joint ticket. Directly comparable as a single-site, publicly-supported, exhibit-driven science attraction serving the Slovenian market.

Others

• ECSITE (European Network of Science Centres & Museums): European industry association of which Tehnopark is a member. Comparable as an ecosystem/network peer that frames Tehnopark's positioning among European science centres and provides the institutional context for partnerships and conferences (e.g., ECSITE 2026 in Gothenburg).

Emerging players

• Photon Entertainment: Robotics-education company whose Photon robot is used in Tehnopark's workshops. Comparable as an adjacent/emerging player in the robotics-education stack that powers Tehnopark's workshop offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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