The Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM) is currently planning a new auditorium, which is dedicated to science communication in an open and modern social context. Especially education for adults demands a far-reaching focus on participation and involvement. The planning team of the new auditorium will reach an excellent overview of the international state-of-the-art in science communication. Workshops and training courses for new formats of science communication, visits of institutions to study best practice and participation in relevant international conferences will improve knowledge and competence of the employees of the NHM. New formats of communication and education, e.g. workshops, discussion platforms and citizen science will increase and intensify the relationships between the museum and the public. Participants: Dr. Reinhard Golebiowski, head of the department of exhibitions and education; Activities: ecsite-conference and pre-conference-lecture, jun 9th – jun 13th 2015 in Trento, Italy; Dr. Andreas Hantschk, member of the department of exhibitions and education; Activities: workshop “3rd INSPIRE-workshop and school for creating and running science shows”, jun 1st – jun 6th 2015 in Ljubljana, Slovenia; visit of the “Natural History Museum” and “British Museum” in nov 2015 in London, UK , vistit of the Science Gallery Dublin and the Dublin Living Lab (Ireland) in nov 2015 Mag. Iris Ott, member of the department of exhibitions and education; Activities: ecsite-conference, jun 9th – jun 13th 2015 in Trento, Italy; Science&you Congress 2.-6. June, Nancy, France; workshop of the “Academy of museums Johanneum”, oct 15th – oct 16th 2015 in Göttingen, Germany; visit of “Museum national d’Histoire naturelle” and “”universiance Paris”, dec 2015, Paris, France Mag. Agnes Mair: member of the department of exhibitions and education; Activities: congress “8th conference of science communication”, nov 30th- dec 2nd 2015 in Nürnberg, Germany; visit of three institutions: Natural History Museum Berlin (Germany), Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (Dresden, Germany), NCWT (National Center of Science and Technology) in Amsterdam, Netherlands