The astronomical view of the sky, our sun and other stars is the prelude to this special combined tour.On a tour of the Telegrafenberg, Ludwig Grunwald and Stefan Röser give an overview of buildings, history and current research. Highlights of the tour include the 20-meter-high Einstein Tower designed by renowned architect Erich Mendelsohn - a solar observatory intended to confirm an effect of Einstein's theory of relativity - and the Great Refractor, inaugurated in 1899 and still the fourth-largest refracting telescope in the world, which can be visited. After an individual walk or ride by bus (3 km) to the Museum Barberini, an hour later a guide will receive you and introduce you to the sun as a motif in European art from antiquity to the present. 

Note: The visit with ascent to the dome of the refractor building is not barrier-free. The Einstein Tower can only be visited from the outside.

Cooperation event with the Förderverein Großer Refraktor Potsdam e.V. and the Museum Barberini Potsdam. 
Further information: refraktor.aip.de