99 years ago today, the world's first planetarium opened in Munich. The projection of stars, sun, moon and planets thrilled all visitors who experienced the planetarium for the first time. The new ZEISS projection planetarium is rightly called “the wonder of Jena”.
Elis Strömgen, the director of the Copenhagen Observatory, described it aptly (and still applies) after a visit to Zeiss in Jena in 1925: “Never has such an instructive means of demonstration been created, never one that has been more enchanting, never one that appeals to everyone to the same extent as this one. It is school, theater, film at the same time, an auditorium under the firmament of the sky, a stage on which the celestial bodies are the actors.”
Today's modern planetariums have become even more important due to their versatility. They now serve not only as a learning tool for astronomy enthusiasts, but also as a cultural meeting place with a wide variety of events.
(Photos: Dominik Gigler, Opening of special exhibition on 100 years of the Planetarium at the Deutsches Museum, May 2023 | Deutsches Museum München, The ZEISS planetarium in Munich in 1925 | Deutsches Museum 1925).
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