Planetarium is a scientific educational center where visitors can visually get acquainted with the celestial sphere, stars, satellites, planets, meteors, lunar and solar eclipses, panoramas of the planets and Earth belts. As a rule, the demonstration of objects and celestial bodies in planetariums is carried out using a special device and is accompanied by lecture information.
When did the planetarium open?
Kaluga Planetarium (State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky) opened in 1967. At the very beginning, it was equipped with a Japanese planetary installation, and twenty years later a German one appeared - "Carl Zeiss". Today, the State Museum has an improved and latest Russian planetarium model with a projection system. It allows viewers to experience the effect of being in space. The artificial sky in the planetarium demonstrates the movement of comets, meteorites, shows the constellations. The visitor can watchbehind the Sun, Moon and other planets of the solar system, to understand and see the principle of eclipses. The Kaluga Planetarium (Kaluga) today has great technical capabilities, and also organizes, prepares and conducts sessions for visitors at a high level.
What to see?
In the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky, visitors will learn a lot of interesting things about Soviet and Russian aviation, the history of aeronautics, rocket and space installations. The expositions of the museum are represented by the first artificial satellite of the Earth, modern long-term orbital stations. There are more than seventy thousand items directly related to astronautics. The planetarium, which is part of the museum, uses breathtaking visual effects to showcase stunning full-dome programs.
The State Museum consists of several departments: a planetarium, a memorial house-museum, a museum-apartment of K. E. Tsiolkovsky, a house-museum of A. L. Chizhevsky. The Kaluga Planetarium is a wonderful place that is recommended for all space lovers to visit. There is a shop on the territory of the planetarium museum where you can buy real space food: first and second courses, desserts made from cottage cheese. Space food is made from high quality, pure products enriched with vitamins and supplements. In addition, visitors can purchase New Year's souvenirs in memory of visiting the museum.
Kaluga Planetarium, schedulewhich will be presented below, helps visitors to learn a lot of interesting things about our global home. Fascinating programs and sessions immerse viewers in the mysterious and unique world of space, the secrets of the Universe. No one will remain indifferent after visiting this museum complex at least once.
Planetarium program
In the planetarium, guests can get acquainted with a variety of programs for children and adults, accompanied by educational and educational lectures for children. Their main goal is an opportunity to replenish knowledge about astronautics, to interest visitors in astronomy, celestial bodies, scientific information, and entertaining history. That is why in the planetarium all children's lectures are based on fairy tales. The information is presented in a colorful and detailed way. School trips to the Kaluga Planetarium help children learn science in an interesting way that is different from the strict school curriculum.
Popular science, children's programs, as well as lectures for high school children allow you to touch the secrets of the universe and space, learn previously unknown facts. For example, the full-dome program "Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe" is devoted to the study of dark matter, unusual theories, parallel worlds, and modern problems of astronomy. The planetarium invites middle school students to visit "In the Land of a Thousand Suns". Here the children are waiting for a meeting with the stars, the constellations of the southern and northern skies, a journey through the planets of the solar system. Other programs available, including "ResearchUniverse", "We and the Sun", "Space catastrophes", "Secrets of trees" help to feel the cosmic atmosphere, get into the world of mysteries and scientific magic for a while.
Where is it?
The south side of the Museum of Cosmonautics is a ten-meter aluminum ellipsoid that houses a planetarium. The architectural structure gives the whole museum dynamics and distinguishes it from other buildings. The round hall of the planetarium can accommodate one hundred visitors at once, they can sit comfortably in easy chairs and watch the starry sky, the movement of the planets. Every year the planetarium is visited by more than one hundred thousand people from different regions of Russia. Location of the Kaluga Planetarium: Kaluga, st. Queen, house 2.
Schedule of sessions
Kaluga Planetarium, the schedule of sessions in which changes weekly, offers visitors an exciting program from 11:00 to 18:00 on weekdays. The following fixed programs for children are open in the planetarium: "Wanted for a Planet", "From the Earth to the Universe", "Mysteries of the Earth's Sky", "Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe" and others. Before visiting the museum, it is advisable to specify the time of the session and the name of the current program and book excursions in advance.
Working hours
The planetarium is open six days a week. Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 to 17:00, Wednesday from 11:00 to 18:00. Monday is a day off. A cleaning day is held on the last Friday of every month.
Services andprices
Kaluga Planetarium provides a range of services, including paid tours, theme parties, game programs, museum lectures. Ticket prices depend on additional visitor services. The cost of visiting the museum without excursions: for preschoolers and children under 16 - free of charge, for students and pensioners - 130 rubles, for adults - 180 rubles.
Individual excursion service for a group of one to six people - 2,400 rubles; for groups of seven to twenty-five people from 50 to 300 rubles. Excursions for foreigners up to 2,500 rubles. Educational programs and museum events cost from 50 to 200 rubles, depending on the age of visitors. There is also a separate fee for a number of additional museum services called the Kaluga Planetarium. Photo and video shooting, including professional, costs from 200 to 3,000 rubles.
Visitor reviews
Most visitors to the Kaluga Planetarium speak positively about the scientific center. Many say that this is a wonderful state museum, which harmoniously combines the Soviet era and new technologies. The Kaluga Planetarium (reviews about it are almost one hundred percent positive) is an excellent place to relax with benefits with your family. Visitors will learn a lot of interesting information about previously unknown facts, biographies of astronauts and people associated with space.
Visitors celebrate the realistic model of the Mir station, recreated in full size. Judging by the reviews, the employees of the Kaluga Planetarium are responsive,competent, benevolent, they accompany excursions to the museum with lectures, which makes them even more interesting and informative. In addition to models, there are many authentic exhibits here, for example, the capsule in which Yuri Gagarin landed. Among the shortcomings noted by visitors is the presence of exhibits that have long been outdated in every sense.
