Editing Jena (section)

=== Museums ===
Jena has a great variety of museums:
* The ''[[Optical Museum Jena]]'' at Carl-Zeiß-Platz shows the history of optical instruments such as glasses, microscopes, cameras, and telescopes.  
* The ''[[Jena Phyletic Museum|Phyletisches Museum]]'' at Neutor hosts a natural history exhibition with focus on evolution and fossils. 
* The ''Stadtmuseum & Kunstsammlung'' at Markt square shows the city history of Jena and hosts furthermore an exhibition of modern and contemporary art.  
* The ''Botanischer Garten'' (botanic garden) at Fürstengraben is one of the oldest botanic gardens in Germany (established in 1794) and hosts 12,000 plants from all over the world. 
* The ''Romantikerhaus'' at Unterm Markt street hosts an exhibition about the epoque of [[Jena romantics]] in German literature. 
* ''Schillers Gartenhaus'' at Schillergässchen is the former summer house of [[Friedrich Schiller]] and shows an exhibition of his life and his connection to Jena.
* The ''Goethe-Gedenkstätte'' at Fürstengraben shows an exhibition about the links between [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] and Jena (only in summer).
* The ''Ernst-Haeckel-Haus'' at Berggasse is the former house of biologist [[Ernst Haeckel]] and hosts an exhibition about his life. 
* The ''Schott Glasmuseum'' at Otto-Schott-Straße shows the life of [[Otto Schott]] and the history of his glass factory, the [[Schott AG]]. 
* The ''Museum 1806'' at Cospeda district hosts an exhibition about the [[Battle of Jena–Auerstedt]] during the Napoleonic wars. 
* The University of Jena hosts some important scientific collections, like [[The Collection of Pre- and Protohistoric Artifacts at the University of Jena|the collection of pre- and protohistoric artifacts]]. While the collections of antiques and minerals are public, the [[Oriental Coin Cabinet Jena|oriental coins]] are only accessed for research.

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File:Optisches Museum Jena.jpg|Optisches Museum
File:Phyletisches Museum in July 2012.jpg|Phyletisches Museum
File:GöhreJena01.JPG|Stadtmuseum
File:Romantikerhaus Jena.jpg|Romantikerhaus
File:Schillers-Gartenhaus01.JPG|Schillers Gartenhaus
File:Jena - botanical garden 08 (aka).jpg|Botanischer Garten
File:Cospeda.jpg|Museum 1806 in Cospeda
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