History - Museum "Terra Technica"

The success story of Terra Technica began with a great personal passion. Ronnie Seunig, founder and long-time operator of the former Excalibur City (today Family City), spent many years privately collecting jukeboxes on an impressive scale. What started as a hobby quickly grew into the most significant and largest jukebox collection in the world.

The decisive turning point came when he met Günter Freinberger, known in the collector scene as “Pindigi” and considered one of Austria’s largest pinball collectors with well over 500 machines. In other words, the “Jukebox Hero” met the “Pinball Wizard.” When Ronnie visited Günter’s collection, one thing became immediately clear: the passion was enormous, but space was extremely limited. Restored pinball machines stood folded back-to-back, and Ronnie himself had long since run out of room for his ever-growing jukebox collection.

From this situation, a visionary idea was born: to create a large public museum that would preserve these unique cultural treasures and make them accessible to visitors.

Construction of the Terra Technica Jukebox & Pinball Museum began in early 2016. The project was completed in remarkably short time: by October 2017, the museum opened its doors and has since been recognized as the world’s largest museum for jukeboxes and pinball machines.

At the same time, Pixel World was created—an extensive exhibition area dedicated to video games, home computers, and arcade machines. Today, the exhibition features around 950 jukeboxes and more than 250 pinball machines, vividly showcasing the technological and cultural evolution of the entertainment industry.

In 2019, the museum was expanded with the Sound & Vision area, which comprehensively presents the history of audio media from early mechanical recordings to modern formats, along with the corresponding playback devices.

In the years that followed, the experience world continued to grow. Numerous classic vintage cars were integrated into the themed areas, adding further atmosphere. The collections were continuously expanded, restored, and curatorially refined.

Another milestone followed in 2025, when countless restored tube radios were added to the exhibition after Ronnie Seunig had built up a collection of more than 1,500 units.

In 2026, Terra Technica was further enhanced with another spectacular highlight: the world’s largest collection of Schuco tin toys, also assembled by Ronnie Seunig over many years. Terra Technica has thus evolved into a unique journey through the history of analog entertainment and gaming culture.

Today, Terra Technica stands for passion, collecting expertise, and the mission to not only preserve technical cultural heritage but to bring it vividly to life for visitors from around the world.