The exhibition presents the history of astronomical research and a wide range of issues related to astronomical tools. The exhibition will not be short of stories about Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus and Hevelius - the forerunners of space exploration. The exhibition aims to encourage visitors to deepen their knowledge of astronomy and space exploration.

The exhibition story begins with a presentation of Galileo Galilei's telescope, which was the first optical instrument in astronomical research, and ends with modern stationary devices with gigantic optics and telescopic devices currently being deployed in space. It is impossible to present the history of telescopes without talking about the most perfect observational device that is the human eye and learning about geometry and optics, without which space exploration would be impossible.

Space exploration is a very complex issue that is not only related to telescopes, but above all to human expeditions equipped with measuring devices and detectors. It is also
sending robots that penetrate space and time. In the exhibition, the theme of scale is very important. This includes micro and macro dimensions, speed, time, temperature, pressure, density, large and small numbers. These issues are presented using models, mock-ups, descriptions and audiovisual presentations.

Great emphasis was placed on the contribution of Poles to the history of space exploration. Not to be missed in the issues presented in the exhibition, is the story related to our great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. This part of the exhibition focuses primarily on his great work of thought and experimentation concerning the heliocentric system. We explain how his knowledge of mathematics, geometry and fairly simple measuring instruments led to such an epoch-making discovery. Undoubtedly, Nicolaus Copernicus is one of the most important figures in world science, and his work 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium' (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) is one of the most important scientific works in the history of mankind. When we talk about the contribution of Poles to the exploration and conquest of the cosmos, such a name as Jan Hevelius - creator of the first maps of the Moon, designer of the famous tubeless telescope, designer of the polemoscope and many important astronomical instruments - cannot be omitted. For his contributions to the field of astronomical research, he was elected the first ever foreign member of The Royal Society of London.

The exhibition should not miss contemporary names of scientists, such as Mirosław Hermaszewski - the first Polish cosmonaut, Kazimierz Kordylewski - the discoverer of the Earth's dust moons at the Lagrange points, who was awarded NASA's bronze medal for his contribution to astronomical research, Bohdan Paczyński - who in his search for planets or other objects distant from the Earth outside the Solar System used the method of gravitational microlensing, which was awarded the Hanry N. Russel Prize by the American Astronomical Society. But also currently still active and developing researchers and scientists such as Aleksander Wolszczan - the discoverer of the first planets outside the Solar System - and Sławosz Uznański - the engineer and project astronaut who is about to set off to conquer space in front of the whole world.