Jena joined forces to establish the Deutsches Optisches Museum Foundation on 9 September 2016. The Foundation has been tasked with expanding the existing Optical Museum and turning it into the Deutsches Optisches Museum. Show-Rooms The present exhibition covers an area of 1200 m² at three floors: Ground History of glasses Historical development of microscopy Telescopes and their masters History of photography World of images: camera obscura, peep shows and magic lanterns Ophthalmological instruments Carl Zeiss: life and work Ernst Abbe Otto Schott Basement Historical Zeiss-Workshop 1860 Holograph-collection Colors Milestones of optics (optical lab for classes) Upper floor Planetarium equipment Special exhibition Lecture hall External links Jena Museums in Thuringia Glass museums and galleries Science museums in Germany Photography museums and galleries in Germany Photographic technology museums Museums established in 1922 1922 establishments in Germany