The universe at your fingertips in the Zeiss-Großplanetarium

Making the cosmos intelligible!

Experience the cosmos in a completely new way! With the innovative permanent exhibition, »The universe at your fingertips«, Stiftung Planetarium Berlin is setting new standards. As a new kind of interactive science centre, we make astronomy tangible for everyone - in the truest sense of the word.

Boundless amazement – for all your senses

Astronomy is more than just seeing. Our new exhibition also includes feeling. Exhibits and installations invite visitors to experience the cosmos up close through touch and interaction. We have created an environment in which complex scientific relationships can be explored in a playful way.

A stage for the future

The Zeiss-Großplanetarium will become an interactive experience space where experience and amazement take centre stage. Science comes to life here - with physical and digital highlights that arouse curiosity and leave lasting impressions.

Visit us!

Immerse yourself in an exhibition that transcends boundaries and makes science accessible. Discover »The universe at your fingertips« in the foyer of the Zeiss-Großplanetarium and experience how haptic and immersive sensations take our understanding of the universe to a whole new level.

Admission to the foyer, and thus to the exhibits in the exhibition, is free of charge!

Location

Foyer of the Zeiss-Großplanetariums | Prenzlauer Allee 80 | 10405 Berlin

Duration

Permanent Exhibition

The exhibition can be visited during the opening hours of the Zeiss-Großplanetarium.

Free admission.
The exhibition is wheelchair accessible.

The exhibits were created in cooperation with Archimedes Exhibitions GmbH and will be supplemented with further modules in 2025.

Planetary surfaces within reach

Three-dimensional experiences: an interactive touchscreen interface invites you to discover the diversity and beauty of the planets and learn exciting facts. A relief structure of the moon on the table surface enrich the screen interactions with a haptic experience. The exhibit is aimed at people of all ages.

Immersive space

Immersive impressions: a large LED wall in the foyer provides the starting point for take-off and immersion in the impressive programmes of the planetarium hall. Designed with versatile functionality, this space allows flexible presentations and changing content that open up new perspectives: visually stunning, impressive and moving.

View from the space station

In the middle of space: from the International Space Station you can look deep into space. In this immersive experience you become an astronaut yourself and take a fascinating look at our Earth. You control your interactive journey via a central, rotating user interface, while high-resolution imagery also offers a visual highlight for bystanders.

Reaction in weightlessness

Full-body space walk: here, too, visitors take centre stage - the vertical orientation invites you to involve your whole body in the interaction. A camera records visitors and sends them on a space walk. With small gestures, you can walk around the ISS and inspect its most important features and technologies. This is followed by the interior of the space station, where a nasty surprise awaits: it’s total chaos! Visitors must first restore order here, all in zero gravity. Can you adapt your actions to this?

The black hole

The spaghetti effect: the spaghetti effect describes the extreme stretching of objects that come too close to a black hole, triggered by the immense differences in gravity. Figuratively speaking, objects are actually stretched out like spaghetti by gravitational forces! At this exhibit, visitors can put their hands into a black hole. The sensors record the hand movements and the effect starts - objects and light are stretched out. Well? Do you dare to do it?

Rocket launch

Simulating a flight into space: this exhibit can be played alone - but it's even more fun with two people! Crank as a team until the rocket takes off and starts its flight into space. Full speed ahead; sound, light animations and powerful images enhance the experience.