Guides through the Archenhold Observatory
View in the exhibition
An advanced telephone registration is necessary for groups and for special dates, under the number +49 (0)30 - 536 063 719.
English guided tours on request.
Regular, public guided tours
- Thursdays, 8pm and Saturdays, 3pm: "Stars over Berlin"
- Sundays, 3pm: "The Treptower giant telescope"
Registered groups, guided school tours
- guided school tours contain a wide and fitting offer for all age groups.
- We also offer special guided tours with short lectures on the following topics: (English lectures on request)
- Die Sonne und ihr Spektrum (The sun and its spectrum)
- Die Körper des Sonnensystems (The bodies of the solar system)
- Orientierung am Sternhimmel (Orientation for the starlit sky)
- Der Große Refraktor der Archenhold-Sternwarte (The large refractor of the Archenhold Observatory)
- Linsen- und Spiegelfernrohre (Lenses and reflector telescopes)
- Specialised for pre-school children (5 - 6 years): "Besuch im Sternenhaus" ("Visit the star house")
Planetarium program for children in the Zeiss Minor Planetarium:
- For children of 5 - 8 years: "Die Rettung der Sternenfee Mira" ("The rescue of the star fairy Mira")
- For children of 8 - 10 years: "Als der Mond zum Scheider kam" ("As the moon came to the tailor")