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What will tomorrow’s energy supply look like—and what aspects of it are already a reality in Jena today? The City of Jena’s exhibition “ENERGY—WHAT MOVES US” provides answers to these and other questions about the energy transition.

What can the microbes living in your gut tell us about your health? Discover how researchers combine biology, computer science, and AI to uncover hidden patterns in the gut microbiome.

We offer guided tours, hands-on activities, and interesting exhibits.

Do you want to know what a biobank is and what happens there? Would you like to make your own biobank samples? And do you want to find out just how cold it can get in a biobank? Then come on by and join us!

Self-healing and shape-memory polymers, as well as polymers used as drug carriers, are the focus of current research, in which automation, digitalization, and AI are playing an increasingly important role.

How can we learn about our Earth from space? In “Adventure in Space,” we introduce you to technologies that reach for the stars.

Kids, listen up! Become an astronaut yourselves and fly with us through the solar system!

Artistically crafted specimens and easy-to-understand models convey the fundamentals of anatomy and offer fascinating insights into the body’s inner workings. The historical significance of this 200-year-old collection can be experienced, for example, through Goethe’s intermaxillary specimens.

Glass research and manufacturing, preform production, fiber drawing, fiber post-processing, characterization, and fiber applications—the Leibniz-IPHT Center of Excellence brings together the entire value chain for specialty optical fibers under one roof.

GÖPEL electronic reveals what's really inside every seventh egg.

Send digital data securely using “magical” light particles, or create images out of thin air! Researchers at Fraunhofer IOF are developing state-of-the-art systems to protect our data and diagnose diseases using quantum technologies.

What happens during radiation therapy? How is invisible radiation made visible? Who has the most stamina?

Surfing Through the World of Technology

Collection items, forest maps, museum inventories: Experience firsthand how we’re using AI to digitally catalog Thuringia’s cultural treasures. And beneath the ThULB, the Fürstenkeller—dating back to 1532—awaits exploration—one of the largest vaulted cellars in Germany.

How do doctors identify tumor boundaries? Why do middle ear infections occur? And how do modern technologies help us better understand diseases?