The Brno Museum Night is part of the Museum Night Festival organized by the Czech Association of Museums and Galleries with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. It takes place with a financial support from the City of Brno and with a crucial contribution by the Brno Public Transport Authority which provides free transport of visitors to the exhibition buildings outside the city centre.

Nicolas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno
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Enthralling journey to both ends of the universe by the way of a large planetarium and special audio-visual technology.
The romance of observing the night sky, mainly the second largest planet of the solar system – Saturn.

Endless Journey – expedition to both ends of the universe, on show in the big planetarium. Every thirty minutes.
The Grand Spectacle of Physics – you will not believe your eyes, marvellous physical experiments. Every forty-five minutes.
Day and Night Sky – in clear weather, observing the sky with all the observatory telescopes, with the planet Saturn under focus. Observation throughout the museum night.
400 years from Galileo – exhibition for the International Year of Astronomy
Eyes of the Universe – first showing of a film about one of the most exciting inventions of all times – the telescope. Every hour on the hour.

All visitors can take back a map of the Moon and Mars, a cutout sheet of an air rocket and be photographed with an astronaut.

Three additional “observatories“ in the centre of town! First, on the bastion of Špilberk Castle, from where we will observe Brno and the whole adjoining universe. Second – for the first time – in the Jiří Mahen Library where the visitors will witness astronomical/physical experiments and lectures on “How Astronauts Manage”. The third observatory will be on the look-out tower of the Old Town Hall – with a 101 year old telescope.