Eise Eisinga Planetarium

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The Eise Eisinga Planetarium is an 18th-century, hand-built mechanical model of the solar system installed in a living-room ceiling in Franeker, Netherlands, and is the oldest working planetarium in the world.

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Eise Eisinga Planetarium canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rijksmonument ⓘ
museum ⓘ
orrery ⓘ
planetarium ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
buildingType canal house ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1781 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1774 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
creator Eise Eisinga ⓘ
depicts Earth ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
Sun ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
distinction oldest working planetarium in the world ⓘ
function educational display of planetary motions ⓘ
hasExhibition history of astronomy ⓘ
life of Eise Eisinga ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
inception 1781 ⓘ
installationLocation ceiling ⓘ
installedIn living room ⓘ
languageOfSignage Dutch ⓘ
Frisian ⓘ
locatedIn Franeker ⓘ
Friesland ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
materialUsed brass ⓘ
iron ⓘ
wood ⓘ
mechanicalDrive pendulum clockwork ⓘ
mechanismType mechanical model of the solar system ⓘ
modelOf solar system ⓘ
movementTransmission metal pins ⓘ
wooden gears ⓘ
namedAfter Eise Eisinga ⓘ
openingToPublic 18th century ⓘ
operationalStatus working ⓘ
powerSource weights ⓘ
scale reduced scale model ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2023 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ
visitorAttraction yes ⓘ

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Franeker → knownFor → Eise Eisinga Planetarium ⓘ
Franeker → hasLandmark → Eise Eisinga Planetarium ⓘ
Franeker → knownFor → Eise Eisinga Planetarium ⓘ