Media Coverage

Media Coverage of the Centennial Worldwide

International Media Coverage

(USA) City of Springfield, MA: Happy 100th Birthday to Planetariums! City of Springfield, MA (springfield-ma.gov)
(USA) Northjersey.com: NJ planetariums: How did North Jersey schools get locations?
(Japan) Japan News: Japan Planetariums to Project Munich’s Sky of 1923 to Mark Centennial of Technology – The Japan News (yomiuri.co.jp)
(ITA) Passione Astronomia : Arriva il Centenario dei Pianeti 2023-2025 | Passione Astronomia
(USA) WUWM 89.7 FM: When stars are harder to see, UWM’s planetarium remains a gathering place to learn & be inspired
(USA) WTMJ: UWM celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first planetarium
(ITA) L’Unione Sarda: 100 years of the Planetariums and the International Night of Moon Observation
(India) Metrologically Speaking: First ZEISS star projector presented 100 years ago
(ITA) CENTENARIO DEI PLANETARI – Coelum Astronomia
(ITA) A Roma si festeggiano i cento anni dei planetari – L’Opinione

German Media Coverage

ZDF News “Heute in Deutschland” (German)

100 Jahre Planetarium Jena

October 20, 2023

ZDF “Morgenmagazin”

The first planetarium was opened in Jena in 1924. Even back then, 4,500 stars could be admired. Almost a hundred years later, it is still a crowd puller for young and old. (German)

October 20, 2023

The stars were just the beginning! This is the motto under which the “100 Years of Planetariums” anniversary will be celebrated over the next year and a half. To mark this anniversary, the special postage stamp “100 Years of the Planetarium in Germany” was presented today in the Zeiss Planetarium. (German)

October 20, 2023

On 30 March 2023, the new planetarium in Halle finally opened its doors after many years of preparation and construction. Here you can experience impressions of the construction and everything the modern planetarium has to offer. A report by MDR/Germany. (German)

April 2, 2023