[2] In the course of a storm, flooding occurred in the museum on the night of 21–22 August 2005, which inundated some of the displays and damaged contents in the basement rooms of the navigation and aviation departments.

It comprises an AutoStore automated small parts warehouse, an animated miniature distribution centre, a tyre robot, interactive picking stations, and the virtual harvest-to-retail journey of a pineapple.

[7][failed verification] A row of display cases containing scale models of aircraft show the development of aviation from its beginnings to the present day.

Other displays include a Spacelab pallet, a piece of the original foil of the solar wind experiment conducted as part of the first Moon landing (Apollo 11, 1969), a Moon rock, a Martian landscape with full-size models of three Mars rovers, and duplicates of measuring instruments that explored the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet as part of the Rosetta mission.

On display outside is the submersible Mésoscaphe, designed by Auguste Piccard for the Swiss national exposition of 1964 and the Rigi, the world's oldest surviving flush-deck side-wheeler steamer.

[15][failed verification] Also in the exhibition are flying ships, the smallest two-man submersible, a model of the waterways locks in Birsfelden, sailing boats, a lifeboat from the ocean-going MS Carona [de] that sank in 1964, and a steamship parade featuring models of some of the vessels that ply Switzerland's lakes.

It includes a working model of Engelberg's Stand-Kleintitlis reversible cableway and a cabin from the Wetterhorn Elevator with original running gear.

[17][failed verification] Built in 1979, the museum has on display a large collection of works by the Lucerne artist Hans Erni.

[citation needed] The second floor includes the Panta Rhei, a mural depicting great Western thinkers on two 18 meter long panels.