Agenda 2019

1st of september marks the start Year of Industrie of Aargau. In the Aarau City Museum we trace the beginnings of the Kern company as a manufacturer of rice tools: Put on your own hand and circulate with the giant mandala. In the outcrop of the Meyerstollen near the trainstation we celebrate the silk ribbon manufactory: Experience the place where Johann Rudolf Meyer Sohn operated a silk ribbon dyeing plant for decades. Or accompany us and aarau info on the industrial trances through the Hammer and the permanent exhibition of the Aarau City Museum. Further information.

Selected exhibits ranging from golden rice tools to the proven school circle can be seen in the foyer until the opening of the exhibition «Kern exakt200!» on the 13th of november. And also the giant mandala will continue to grow, with your help! Further information.

A tour of the Kern Study Collection will give you a glimpse of the little know world of surveying technology, drawing and lenses. Using carefully selected items light will be shed in a varied and entertaining way on the history of Kern the company, outstanding products and interesting features of the 170 year company history. The tour lasts one hour and is suitable for people of all ages with an interest in technical complexities. More information

ETH Zurich and FHNW initiate the 5th Tag der Geomatik. With an interactive exhibition, lectures and learning modules, experts are offering a fascinating insight into the specialist field of geomatics. The event is open to interested visitors of any age. It will be of particular relevance to students as they will be able to discover and experience exciting training and study opportunities with numerous links to geography, physics, mathematics and information technology, relevant research topics and excellent professional perspectives. More information

The symposium will focus on the less well documented activities of Kern Aarau from the 1970s to 1991 and the transition from an operator in the Swiss machine industry to a high-tech system house. Topics will also include the continued use of Kern products in the geomatics sector around the world and the fact that Kern «lives on» after being taken over in 1991. A symposium with lectures, trips and tours. More information

With the foyer exhibition, the Aarau City Museum takes the history of Kern as an opportunity to document the technical development of surveying and to fathom its social significance to this day: What role does our mobile phone play in this and how do states and companies like Google deal with geodata? A special attraction of the exhibition is a 3D scanner with which visitors can measure themselves and e-mail their own point cloud home. Further information.

To honour and appreciate the 200 year anniversary of Kern Aarau, the 33rd «Geomatic News 2019» event will take place in the Kultur- und Kongresshaus Aarau. A variety of expert lectures and presentations on the latest system solutions from Hexagon / Leica Geosystems will show visitors the ways and processes of the future. More information.