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Eine Mitarbeiterin der Ausstellung Chemie zündet im Labor Salze an und eine weiße Flamme und Rauch sticht empor.
  • Demonstration

With chemistry through the year

Experiments in the Chemistry Lecture Theatre: join us on an exciting journey through the world of chemistry.

  • Adults, Family and children

Snow in January, flowers in March. Glow-worms in summer and leaves bursting with colour in autumn. Colourful biscuits at Christmas and magnificent fireworks on New Year‘s Eve.

Each season tells different stories that we can explain with chemistry. Join us on an entertaining chemical journey through the year.

From alchemy to modern everyday life

Chemistry

The Chemistry exhibition is divided into three main sections, and contains many interactive elements. It begins with the historical laboratories – walk-in dioramas that invite visitors on a journey through time, from alchemy in the Middle Ages to Justus von Liebig in the 19th century. The experimental area includes hands-on exhibits, a laboratory section and a lecture theatre. The large exhibition hall is divided into thematic areas that reveal the chemistry behind everyday activities, from cooking and construction to sport and leisure.

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When will this event take place?

Discover which activities are taking place by checking our daily programme, which is published at around 9.20 each day. Our programme changes daily and includes guided tours, demonstrations, science shows and hands-on activities for individual visitors and small groups of up to five people. All programme events are held in German. They begin either directly where the activity is set to take place or at a guided-tour meeting point in the relevant exhibition.

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