Planétarium de Reims

The Reims planetarium is a place for the dissemination of scientific culture, and more particularly of astronomy to schoolchildren and the general public. The projection system allows you to observe the movements of the Moon, planets and stars, and learn to recognize the constellations.The first planetarium was installed on Place Museux in the historic setting of the Old Jesuit College, an architectural ensemble from the 17th century, where it operated from March 1, 1980 to January 6, 2013. The room measured 6 meters in diameter, with a capacity of 40 seats. It was equipped with a Zeiss ZKP2 astronomical projector. Over time, the projector was supplemented with a multimedia device in order to make the sessions more lively and to allow the facilitators to have more teaching aids . The average annual attendance was 26,000 visitors . In 2003, it celebrated its 500,000th visitor.

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