The Kharkiv Planetarium was opened in 1957 on the initiative of the Soviet astronomer N.P. Barabashov in a specially rebuilt building of the former synagogue. Astronomical circles for schoolchildren were created here, equipment was installed under the spherical dome of the building, demonstrating pictures of the starry sky. Over the past few years, the museum has been reconstructed, more advanced equipment has been installed, a small star hall and a hall with a telescope have been opened, models of launch vehicles, Lunokhod-1, the ISS, the Mir, Soyuz-Apollo, and Voyager stations have appeared. , Foucault's pendulum.
In 2008, a museum of cosmonautics and ufology was opened in the planetarium building, which tells about the anomalous zones of the planet, the messages of earthlings to other civilizations, here you can see 4-meter figures of aliens and models of flying saucers created on the basis of our ideas about other civilizations.