Schenefeld, 20.11.2024 – Together with high-ranking guests, European XFEL today opens the modern Lighthouse exhibition and conference centre on its campus in Schenefeld near Hamburg to the public. The two-storey building offers space for a 350 m2 permanent exhibition, 200 m2 of special exhibition space, the Xcool Lab with two laboratories for students, and rooms for conferences and events. The name Lighthouse was suggested by the staff.
The new Lighthouse exhibition and conference centre of European XFEL offers a fascinating scientific experience. Together with the DESY visitor centre DESYUM, which is due to open in 2025, it will take visitors on an even more comprehensive journey of discovery into modern research with X-ray light sources and particle physics.
Guido Wendt, State Secretary for Science, Research and Culture, Schleswig-Holstein: “European XFEL enables cutting-edge international research, with outstanding experiments and brilliant results that inspire the global scientific community. We also want to communicate this to the public – and especially to schoolchildren. The new exhibition and conference centre with its two laboratories for schoolchildren will provide us with excellent support in the future.”
Eva Gümbel, State Councilor, Authority for Science, Research, Gender Equality and Districts of Hamburg: “At the European XFEL, researchers from all over the world carry out unique experiments and develop new research opportunities. With the new exhibition and conference centre, this can be experienced directly by students: through interactive exhibits, original pieces and multimedia presentations. The combination of excellent research and knowledge transfer is a real benefit for our science location and a great experience for all visitors.”
Schenefeld’s mayor Christiane Küchenhof: “Every lighthouse is unique, but the town of Schenefeld now has the most unique lighthouse in the world. The visitor and conference centre with this beautiful name will now share its light with many guests. I am delighted about this important new attraction on the Schenefeld science campus.”
Read more on European XFEL website
Image: The cutting of the red ribbon marks the official opening of the Lighthouse exhibition and conference centre (from left to right: Nicole Elleuche, Helmut Dosch, Eva Gümbel, Volkmar Dietz, Christiane Küchenhof, Guido Wendt, Federico Boscherini, Thomas Feurer)
Credit: European XFEL / Axel Heimken