John Stewart's Planetaria List

This page lists only planetaria with public programs. School planetaria without public programs are not included.

Quick Index: astronomy clubs, observatories, local planetaria, other planetaria, bottom.

Local Planetaria

This list represents a sample of the planetaria in the D.C. area.

• The Arlington Planetarium, in Arlington, VA.
• The Davis Planetarium of the Maryland Science Center, in Baltimore, Maryland.
• The Einstein Planetarium in the National Air and Space Museum.
• The Montgomery College Planetarium.
• The Howard B. Owens Science Center's Planetarium, in Greenbelt, MD.
• The Rock Creek Park Nature Center Planetarium, in Washington, D.C.
• Fairfax County Public Schools Planetaria, in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Other U.S. Planetaria

Alabama

• W.A. Gayle Planetarium, Troy State University, Montgomery.
• Von Braun Astronomical Society Planetarium, Huntsville.

Arizona

• The Flandraw Science Center, in Tucson.

California

• The De Anza Planetarium, at De Anza College in Cupertino.
• The Downing Planetarium, at California State University, Fresno.
• The Chabot Space & Science Center, in Oakland.
• The Exploratorium, in San Francisco.
• The Griffith Observatory Planetarium, in Los Anglese.
• The Alexander F. Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, to re-open in 2008.
• The Palomar College Planetarium, in San Marcos.
• William Knox Holt Planetarium, University of California, Berkeley.

Colorado

• Fiske Planetarium, Boulder, Colorado.

Florida

• The Astronaut Memorial Planetarium, at Brevard Community College in Florida.

Idaho

• The Earl and Hazel Faulkner Planetarium, at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls.

Illinois

• The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, in Chicago.
• The Cernan Earth and Space Center, in River Grove, near Chicago.

Indiana

• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
• The Muncie Community Schools Planetarium, in Muncie, Indiana.

Maryland

• Frostburg State University, in Frostburg.
• The William M. Brish Planetarium (Washington County Public Schools), in Hagerstown.

Massachusetts

• The Alden Planetarium of the New England Science Center in Worcester.
• The Charles Hayden Planetarium, in the Boston Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts.

Michigan

• The Talbert and Leota Abrams Planetarium, on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing.
• The Argus Planetarium, operated by the Ann Arbor Public Schools, in Ann Arbor.
• The Planetarium, at the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
• The Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• The Dassault Systèmes Planetarium, in the Detroit Science Center, in Detroit.
• The Delta College Planetarium, in Bay City.
• The Peter F. Hurst Planetarium, operated by the Jackson Public Schools, in Jackson.
• The Lansing Community College Planetarium, in Lansing.
• The Robert T. Longway Planetarium, in Flint.
• The Shiras Planetarium, in Marquette.

Minnesota

• The Minneapolis Planetarium, expected to re-open in 2006.

Montana

• The Taylor Planetarium, Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman.

New Hampshire

• The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, in New Hampshire.

New York

• The Hayden Planetarium, in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York.
• The Henry Hudson Planetarium, in Albany, New York.
• Strasenburgh Planetarium, in the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY.

North Carolina

• Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Ohio

• The Drake Planetarium, in Cincinnati.
• The Ohio State University Planetarium, in Columbus.

Oregon

• The Murdock Planetarium, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.

Tennessee

• Sharpe Planetarium, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Texas

• The Cook Planetarium at the Cook Center, Navarro College, Corsicana.
• The Olympus Mons Planetarium, University of Texas at Arlington.
• The Tarleton State University, Stephenville.

Utah

• The Clark Planetarium, in Salt Lake City, Utah (formerly Hansen).

Vermont

• The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
• The Skyshows of Vermont, a portable planetarium based in Pawlet.

Virginia

• The Fairfax County Public Schools Planetarium Website.
• The Hopkins Planetarium, in Roanoke.
• The Science Museum of Virginia Ethyl IMAX Dome & Planetarium, in Richmond, other astronomical information.
• The Virginia Living Museum Planetarium.

Washington

• The Pacific Science Center Willard Smith Planetarium, in Seattle.
• Western Washington University Planetarium, in Bellingham.

West Virginia

• The Tomchin Planetarium and Observatory, in Morgantown.

Wisconsin

• Metro Madison School District Planetarium. You can get on Geoff Holt's mailing list.
• The Barlow Planetarium of the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, in Menasha.
• The Buckstaff Planetarium, at the University of Wisconsin, in Oshkosh.
• The Manfred Olson Planetarium, at the University of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee.
• The L.E. Phillips Planetarium, at the University of Wisconsin, in Eau Claire.
• The University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Planetarium.
• The University of Wisconsin - River Falls Planetarium.
• The Planetarium and Observatory, at the University of Wisconsin, at Stevens Point.

Planetaria Outside the U.S.

• The Armagh Planetarium, Northern Ireland.
• The Doran Planetarium, Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.
• The Halifax Planetarium, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• The Planetarium at the Manitoba Museum, in Manitoba.
• McMaster's W.J. McCallion Planetarium, in Hamilton, Ontario.
• EuroPlaNet - The European Planetarium Network.
• German Astronomical Directory, including Austria and Switzerland auf deutsch, in English (sort of).
• Deutsches Museum M|nchen, Munich, Germany.
• Foerderkreis Planetarium Goettingen, Germany.
• Jodrell Bank Planetarium, at the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
• Zeiss-Großplanetarium in Berlin. Very impressive when I was there in 1991.

Other Stuff

• International Planetarium Society.
• Loch Ness Productions, planetarium products.
• The Planetarium Network.
• Yahoo planetaria directory.

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