Imaginata, Science education center in Jena, Germany

Imaginata is a science center in Jena where visitors engage with displays through hands-on experiments and interactive stations. The building contains different areas designed to make scientific concepts directly observable and testable.

The center was built in a former industrial structure to continue Jena's tradition of scientific education and learning. This transformation created a new space for teaching and sharing science with the community.

The space serves as a gathering place where families explore scientific topics through hands-on discovery and direct observation. Visitors experience how these principles connect to their everyday world while working together on experiments.

The station park covers about 1,500 m² with over 100 exhibits, so plan your visit around the areas that interest you most. The grounds include community gardens and renewable-energy installations alongside the indoor stations.

The Imaginata grew out of a June 1995 summer event that filled the main building of Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the surrounding streets with experiment stations, theatre projects and concerts. The non-profit association Imaginata e.V. was founded that December, and the former Jena-Nord substation was acquired in 1997 and 1998.