Events

March 5, 2026
Heimspiel Wissenschaft von Danny Kessler, Gemeinde Auengrund, public 

April 9, 2026
Scientific Easter Eggs, in the Imaginata Jena: Markus Reichstein will speak about „Klimawandel: Wenn ein komplexes System aus dem Takt gerät“, public, in German

April 11, 2026
Thüringer Holzmarkt Jena, collaboration with SDW Thüringen and forum natura, public

You can drill your own tree cores and find out, what scientists learn from them. Also, you can meet bark beetles and their passengers as well as the large pine weevil and learn about ongoing research 

April 13, 2026, 11 am
Scientific Easter Egg, in the Imaginata Jena: Fortesa Rama will tell „A fairytale about the cicada and her bacteria - a love story“, in German language, included in the imaginata entrance fee

April 14, 2026, 11 am
Scientific easter Eggs, in the Imaginata Jena: Vitus Benson is „Tracing Carbon Dioxide“, included in the Imaginata entrance fee

April 17, 2026, 11 am
Scientific Easter Egg, in the Imaginata Jena: Fortesa Rama will tell „A fairytale about the cicada and her bacteria - a love story“, in German language, included in the imaginata entrance fee

April 23, 2026
Forsche Schüler Tag, registration required

May 19, 2026
Openpavillion, Weimar, not public

Juni 23, 2026
Family hiking day, at Naturerlebniszentrum forum natura, public

September 20, 2026
UmWeltKinderTag = Environmental Children’s Day, at the Imaginata Jena, public

September 24, 2026
Waldgeflüster - Vortragsreihe im forum natura, Max Lehenberger, Titel tba, public

September 25-27, 2026
Grüne Tage Thüringen, Messe Erfurt, public

November 20, 2026
Long Night of Science, at the MPI for Geoanthropology, at the MPI for Biogeochemistry, at the MPI for Chemical Ecology and in all of Jena, public