EC1 Łódź - Miasto Kultury w Łodzi

EC1 Łódź – City of Culture is a cultural institution established by the City of Łódź and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. It is located in a revitalized power plant from 1907. Our institution is responsible for organizing and opening three cultural centres: the National Centre for Film Culture, the Centre for Science and Technology and the Centre for Comics Art and Interactive Narration. This endeavor is worth €100 mln and is one of the biggest cultural projects realized in Poland. EC1 Planetarium - opened January 8th, 2016 - is one of the most modern planetariums in Europe. The dome with a diameter of 14 meters is run by Digistar 5 software (made by Evans&Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). Thanks to the innovative technology, spectators of the show are given an impression that the picture surrounds them. There were over 265.000 visitors during first two years of operation. EC1 Planetarium is a part of Centre for Science and Technology. Centre for Science and Technology EC1 is the biggest science centre in Poland (over 8.000 sq m) and offers three permanent exhibitions: "Energy conversion"​, "Development of knowledge and civilisation"​ and "Microworld – Macroworld"​. Centre was opened January 7th, 2018. There were about 20.000 visitors during first month of operation. Usually guests spend here between 3 and 7 hours. National Centre for Film Culture was established in mid-2015 and officially began operation at the beginning of 2016. After having completed the investment (planned in 2019), this will be a cultural and educational centre for people interested in film and the audiovisual arts. Centre for Comics and Interactive Narration will be open in late 2019. Temporary exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci - Energy of Mind"​, focused on machines and inventions of this greatest representative of Renaissance era, will be open until June 3rd, 2018.