Košice Planetarium

Košice Planetarium is the Slovak Technical Museum’s 42-seat optical planetarium in its Hlavná Street building. Its Zeiss Jena ZKP-II projector uses two projection heads to show about 5,000 stars, the Sun, Moon, visible planets, some nebulae, galaxies and the Milky Way; programmes can be popular-science or music/relaxation. Opened to visitors in 1975 as Slovakia’s first planetarium, it accepts visitors from age 4, requires advance reservation and confirmation by email, and runs a session only with at least 10 visitors. Reservations are accepted Tuesday–Friday 09:00–16:30; public programmes run on selected weekend dates announced by the museum, so confirm the programme before travel. Visitor reference: Slovak Technical Museum, Hlavná 88, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia; contact +421 55 245 175.