Palitzsch-Museum

Om museet

The museum is based in the so-called Palitzschhof, a farmstead built in 1851 and the only surviving property of the old Prohlis village center. Since the 1970s it has been surrounded by the high-rises of a new housing development; of the former three-sided farmstead, only the two residential buildings remain.

In 1988 a local heritage room with a memorial to Johann George Palitzsch (1723–1788) opened here. The Prohlis farmer and amateur astronomer became famous across Europe in 1758 as the first person to rediscover the comet whose return Edmond Halley had predicted; he also promoted potato cultivation and corresponded with scholars throughout Europe.

After 1990 the City of Dresden took over the building, which today belongs to the Museen der Stadt Dresden (Dresden city museums) network. Following renovation from 2003 to 2005, the new permanent exhibition “Prohlis, Palitzsch und Planeten” opened in 2014.

It leads from Neolithic settlement traces and circular ditch enclosures to a re-created study of the scholar and on to today's comet research; the main attraction is a digital planetarium beneath a dome. The program is complemented by school programs, lectures, the Archäo-Pfad (archaeology trail) along the Geberbach stream, and an excavation project at the former Prohlis palace.

Højdepunkter

• Digital planetarium beneath the dome in the attic
• Re-created study of farmer-astronomer Johann George Palitzsch
• Finds from 7,000 years of settlement history in southeastern Dresden
• Listed Palitzschhof amid a prefab housing estate
• Hands-on excavation at the buried Prohlis palace

Permanente udstillinger

• Prohlis, Palitzsch und Planeten – A three-part tour from Neolithic settlement through the life and discoveries of farmer-astronomer Palitzsch to comet research, with a digital planetarium.

Grundlagt

1988

Ejer

Museen der Stadt Dresden (Landeshauptstadt Dresden)

Ledelse

Peter Neukirch

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Free admission every Friday from 12:00

Rates according to the fee schedule of the Museen der Stadt Dresden. Free admission with the Dresden-Pass and for members of the Museumsbund, ICOM, and the Heimatverein Prohlis, among others. Tickets only at the museum ticket desk; no card payment.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

All rooms reachable by elevator (door width 90 cm; emergency call audio-only, tactile controls). Accessible restroom on the first floor. The entrance door does not open automatically; stairs have handrails but no step markings. Exhibition texts in German only; visitor information in Easy Language (Leichte Sprache) on the website.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Børnefødselsdage

Free leaflet for a family rally through five small municipal museums (elementary school age, collect stamps, win a prize). Children's birthday party “Reise durch die Zeiten” (Journey Through Time) for ages 6 to 12 (1.5 hrs, max. 8 children, €100). Holiday program on constellations in the planetarium for after-school care groups; the excavation project at the Prohlis palace is also open to families.

Transport & parkering

Arrival by public transport is recommended; about 6.2 km from the main train station.

Service & spisesteder

• Café: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik: findes ikke
• Wi-fi

No museum café and no museum shop; free Wi-Fi throughout the building. Gift vouchers available at the ticket desk.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 25 personer.

Multipurpose room (45 m²) for seminars, training sessions, consultations, and meetings with up to 25 people, with kitchenette and accessible entrance; €35 up to 3 hrs, €55 up to 5 hrs, €100 up to 10 hrs.

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