The city council proposed to convert the Gasometer into an exhibition hall which remains a landmark of the city of Oberhausen. Conversion and restoration cost amounted to approximately 16 million, most of it provided through the promotional funds of North-Rhine Westphalia.




Between April 2009 and December 2010 the Gasometer hosts an exhibition called Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System marking the International year of astrnomy. The exhibition describes the solar system as a process of growth and decay. Reproductions of the planetary system, images of the sun, of the planets and their moons, historical instruments and modern technology of space research graphically presents the drama of the birth and development of the solar system up to its possible end. The show is centered around the 25-metre sculpture of 'the largest moon  on earth .