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Exhibition

Prohlis, Palitzsch and planets

A museum tour from prehistory to space exploration
Location
Palitzsch Museum Dresden
Gamigstraße 24 01239 Dresden
Opening hours
Wed - Sun, public holidays: 12:00 - 17:00 Mon / Tue: closed Alternative opening hours: 24, 25, 31 DEC and 01 JAN: closed
Admission
6 € per person | 4 € reduced Friday from 12:00 free admission Free admission with Dresden Pass and for children under 7 years and other discounts

In the permanent exhibition, visitors embark on a varied journey through Neolithic traces, from the life of the glorious farmer astronomer Johann George Palitzsch to the basics of astronomy.

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Chapter 1: Local history

The area around Prohlis has a 7000-year history of settlement. Traces of dozens of longhouses and four circular ditches from the Neolithic period bear witness to this. Where the village founded by Slavs later existed for many hundreds of years, the residential area of the same name now stands in prefabricated housing from the 1970s of the GDR. Alternative plans to integrate the village into the new development area could not prevent it from being almost completely built over. These three levels of time – settlement, village and new development area – not only describe the history of the place, they also form the background for more in-depth questions about people's way of life today.

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Chapter 2: Johann George Palitzsch

The estate of the farmer-astronomer Palitzsch is extremely sparse. The few items in the collection are displayed in a staged study room with a contemporary focus. A backlit map (Saxon mileage sheets) shows the small town of Dresden around 1780 with its detailed rural surroundings. This room is vaulted by the dome of our digital planetarium. Palitzsch's self-image as a farmer and explorer rooted in faith raises questions about the weighting of tradition and progress today.

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Chapter 3: Astronomy

Palitzsch's preoccupation with astronomy draws attention to the fundamentals of astronomy. This includes the question of how our solar system came into being. Because comets contain unaltered material from the time of their formation, their study plays a major role. In addition to an excursion into the cultural history of our astronomical world view, visitors can also find out about the current state of comet research. The main attraction is a digital planetarium that provides insights into the dynamics of our solar system.

Exhibition dates

Wed / 11. Feb
15:00
With registration
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Aquarius or Capricorn

Holiday workshop

Come to our museum planetarium and find the stars that make up your star sign in the night sky. Together we will trace their origins and make a shining birthday constellation.

  • Age: 7 to 12 years
  • Duration: 1.5 h
  • Cost: €5 per person
  • Registration online or at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
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Exhibition offers

Mon - Fri
Individual bookable
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After-school care & school
Aquarius or Capricorn?

Holiday offer for after-school groups

Come to our museum planetarium and find the stars that make up your star sign in the night sky. Together we will trace their origins and make a shining constellation.

7 - 12 years / max. 15 children / 1,5 h
Mon - Fri
Individual bookable
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After-school care & school
Life 7000 years ago

People were already settling in the south of Dresden 7000 years ago; but what traces did they leave behind? We pose this question with a look at the "rubbish" of today. Who will still be able to describe its use in 7000 years' time - and will these things even still exist? With such thoughts in mind, we now look at the fragments and traces of Neolithic people that have been found: stone tools and pottery as well as pictures of excavations and artefacts from the area surrounding the museum. How did people manage their lives back then? The remains of four huge circular ditches are particularly puzzling. As budding archaeologists, model makers and restorers, the children can recreate one of these sites, reconstruct a vessel and weave a Stone Age cord.

€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission

Mon - Fri
Individual bookable
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After-school care & school
Our place among the stars. Introduction to astronomy

Why on earth are we humans on this planet? Where is our home planet Earth located in the seemingly endless universe? Why is it warm in summer and cold in winter? How are the seasons created? Is it true that we are made of stardust? What other planets are there in our solar system and what will we humans perhaps never know? At the Palitzsch Museum, we search for answers. We will use our digital planetarium to take a closer look at the constellations, among other things. On this trip, we will also visit comets, which are among the most exciting research objects in astronomy.

€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission

Class 1 - 4 / 1 - 1,5 h / Physical education
Mon - Fri
Individual bookable
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After-school care & school
Our sun

At night, we can see stars from which only their light reaches us. Our star, the sun, is so close that we can even feel its warmth with our skin, just like many other living creatures and plants. Where do all the stars come from and what is going on inside them? And isn't it said that we humans are made of stardust? - This hands-on tour takes pupils on an exploration of the sun and explains how it makes life in our solar system possible.

€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission

For all classes / 1 - 1,5 h / General studies, geography, astronomy
Mon - Fri
Individual bookable
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After-school care & school
Cosmic vagabonds in the solar system

The dimensions in our solar system are hard to imagine. For example, one orbit of Halley's comet around the sun takes around 76 years. Comets are remnants from the time when our solar system was formed. In this hands-on tour, our guests get to know comets better. They will learn how researchers managed to land on a comet in 2014.

€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission

For all classes / 1 - 1,5 h / General studies, geography, astronomy
M0 - Fri
Individual bookable
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After-school care & school
The discoveries of the farmer Palitzsch

The farmer Johann George Palitzsch was not only the first to rediscover the comet predicted by the English astronomer Halley. He was also the first to discover the freshwater polyp in Saxony. Palitzsch was a man of deep faith who was fascinated by the wonders of nature. Our models help you to learn more about the discovery of the comet. Our microscopes show the freshwater polyp up close.

€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission

Class 1 - 6