A GDP press release about the anniversary day on May 7, 2025 is now available as a pdf-file (German only, English summary below). Summary: On May 7, 1925, the world’s first planetarium opened at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Planetariums around the world celebrate this “100th birthday of the planetarium” […]
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The event kicks off at 18:00 UTC with an introduction video, followed by live contributions from planetariums on every continent and special greetings from space agencies and other organizations. The entire presentation is designed in a 16:9 flat video format to ensure accessibility for all planetariums. It will be presented […]
The Centennial book can be ordered from the publisher, Springer, using this link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-75496-8 We thank all editors and all contributors! 100 Years of Planetaria: 100 Stories of People, Places, and Devices
Save the Date and Call for Submissions Dear fellow Planetarians, IPS is preparing for the May 7th, 2025, celebration of the “100th birthday of the planetariums”. At the IPS2024 conference in Berlin we discussed with you about these celebrations. Based on your suggestions, IPS plans to celebrate the “100th birthday” […]
The IPS Jury has determined the winners of the new round of the “local projects” grants. The winners are: 1. Colombian Astronomy Network Association (Colombia) Angela Patricia Pérez Henao2. Utazó Planetárium Kft. (Hungary) Balazs Forgacs3. Center for Basic Space Science and Astronomy Mobile Planetarium (Nigeria) Nnaemeka Onyeuwaoma4. Planetarium of Rosario […]
It is time to celebrate with the biggest number of people we can!Plan your event for May 7th,2025. Imagine all planetariums celebrating together. To help realize the best ideas for activities, shows, talks and much more during the centennial celebration on May 7th, 2025, IPS will be offering 5 grants […]
100 YEARS OF ETERNITY “100 Years of Eternity,” is a 35-minute planetarium program produced on the occasion of the centennial of the projection planetarium. It casts a worthy look at the cultural and intellectual history of this unique institution, placing the planetarium within a far-reaching historical arc of human engagement […]
A preview of the film is now available. Follow the link behind the image with the language relevant to you. Hardly anything has shaped the history of civilization as much as man’s confrontation with the heavens. Megalithic stone circles bear witness to this, as do the astronomical origins of science […]
A hundred years ago, planetariums opened up to the world. The stars were just the beginning.In 2023, the world opens up to planetariums to celebrate this centenary. For the first time in the world, discover the event album: “Planétarium Century”Captivating, soaring, planetariums now have their own music!3 musicians, one movement: […]
The film is now freely available to all planetariums. Trailer, Preview and Movie are available in the FULLDOME DATABASE. An image sequence with separate sound is in progress and will also be made available here soon.
A GDP press release about two show projects ‘KIRA’ and ‘100 years of eternity‘ for the anniversary is now available as a pdf-file:
Covers/posters for the KIRA show are now available. The images shown here are reduced files. Planetariums, that need posters for their own printing, can download the files printing here.
The first three places are clearly defined, each with a difference of about one point: 1) The Last Dream of Cosmorama, Martin Fuchs, Prague Planetarium; Czech Republic The film is an artistic impression of the Zeiss Cosmorama analogue planetarium’s last run. Technology evolution in the digital imaging is put to […]
1) Alejandro Casales Navarrete, Mexico, Mexico 2) Auguste Bagdonaite, Vilnius, Lithuania 3) Natalia Zakharchuk, Dnipro, Ukraine If you like to use one or all of these Posters for your Planetarium, you can download the files here.
Two press releases from ZEISS and the Deutsches Museum, Munich, about the Launch Event are available now in English and German!