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Planetariums In USA

Planetariums In USA

Alabama

W.A. Gayle Planetarium
1010 Forest Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36106
Call : 334-625-4799
Email : m01planet@troy.edu

The W.A. Gayle Planetarium is operated by Troy University for the city of Montgomery, Alabama. It provides public presentations and exhibits on astronomy, planetary science, and space exploration.

Boyd E Christenberry Planetarium
Location : 800 Lakeshore Dr Birmingham, Alabama
Call +1 205-726-4139

Alaska

Thomas Planetarium at the Anchorage Museum
Location : 625 C STREET, ANCHORAGE, AK 99501
907-929-9200
Website : www.anchoragemuseum.org

Thomas Planetarium is the best way to embark on a breathtaking journey to the stars. Through 3-D graphics, surround sound and a dome screen, the planetarium offers a fascinating way to learn about astronomy, the solar system and more.

Arkansas

EpiSphere at the Aerospace Education Center
Location : 3301 E Roosevelt Rd, Little Rock, Arkansas
Call +1 501-376-4629

Arizona

Dorrance Planetarium
Location : 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85004
T 602.716.2000
W: www.azscience.org

Welcome to one of the largest, most technologically advanced planetariums in the United States. In 1997, the Planetarium opened its doors and over two million guests have visited. Arizona Science Center's Dorrance Planetarium features a NanoSeam design. The dome is the world's first of its kind at a science center or museum.

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium
1601 E University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721
Call : 520-621-4516
Email : flandrau@email.arizona.edu
Website : www.flandrau.org

The recently renovated Eos Foundation Planetarium Theater now offers 146 custom-designed premium seats, beautiful updated interior surrounds with state-of-the-art digital projection and sound systems. Come enjoy an immersive planetarium experience like no other! The Eos Foundation Planetarium Theater is equipped with an Induction Loop assistive listening system.

California

Palomar College Planetarium
1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, CA 92069
Telephone: (760) 744 -1150 x 2833
Email: Planetarium@palomar.edu
Website : www2.palomar.edu

The Palomar College Planetarium is the second planetarium for Palomar College. The original planetarium was built in 1965 and served the campus for 43 years. In July of 2008 it was demolished to make way for new campus construction. The new planetarium finished construction in March 2012 and is currently the 5th largest planetarium in California. It opened its doors to the public on April 20th, 2012.

Charles F. Hagar Planetarium
Thornton Hall, 4th Floor, Room 422, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-6164
Website : www.physics.sfsu.edu

De Anza College Planetarium
21250 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014
408.864.8814
planetarium@deanza.edu
Website : www.deanza.edu

The De Anza College Planetarium is one of the largest school planetariums west of the Rockies. The Planetarium uses a hybrid projection system to create an accurate model of the sky and the Universe beyond. Our Konica-Minolta Infinium S Star Projector was the first of its class to be installed in North America. It shows the night sky from anywhere on Earth with pinpoint precision, scintillating stars, and a gorgeous, natural-looking Milky Way.

Griffith Observatory
Address: 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
Call +1 213-473-0800
Website : www.griffithobservatory.org

The Griffith Observatory is a facility in Los Angeles, California, sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with a close view of the Hollywood Sign and an extensive array of space and science-related displays.

Morrison Planetarium
55 Music Concourse Dr San Francisco, California
Call +1 415-379-8000
W: www.calacademy.org/exhibits/morrison-planetarium

Our 75-foot dome displays one of the most accurate digital Universes ever created. From faraway galaxies to the workings of our own planet, you'll experience the cosmos like never before. Morrison Planetarium shows are fueled by cutting-edge scientific data, resulting in stunning visualizations of the latest findings, discoveries, and theories about our Universe.

William Luebke Planetarium
Great Valley Museum Science Community Center, MJC West Campus, 2201 Blue Gum Avenue, Modesto, CA 95358
209 575-6196
gvm@mjc.edu
Website : www.mjc.edu

The William R. Luebke Planetarium is an instrumental learning environment within the Science Community Center. Students studying astronomy utilize the planetarium as a learning laboratory traveling from planet to planet within our solar system and beyond.

Schreder Planetarium
1644 Magnolia Ave, Redding, California
Call +1 530-225-0295
W: www.shastacoe.org/programs-services/schreder-planetarium

In the spring of 1979 the Schreder Planetarium was opened in Redding as a multi-media science education facility serving the students and citizens of Northern California. The planetarium provides student and community education in Astronomy and Space Science. Capturing the passion and curiosity of children, teenagers and adults, the planetarium is a beautiful, domed theater in which a realistic and scientifically accurate simulation of the night sky is created, using a highly specialized digital projector.

Tessmann Planetarium at Santa Ana College
1530 W. 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706-3398
(714) 564-6000
W: www.sac.edu/AcademicProgs/ScienceMathHealth/Planetarium/Pages/default.aspx

Planetarium Projector and Science Museum
Big Bear Lake, California
(909) 806-5698
W: www.planetariummuseum.org

Colorado
Fiske Planetarium
Address : 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, CO 80309
Call : 303.492.5002
Email : fiske@colorado.edu
Website : www.colorado.edu/fiske/

Fiske Planetarium is located on the campus of the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colorado. Fiske opened in 1975 with a generous donation from Wallace Franz Fiske, class of 1917.

Gates Planetarium
Address : 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
Call : 303.370.6000
W: www.dmns.org/visit/planetarium/

Connecticut

The Discovery Museum and Planetarium
Location : 4450 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Call : (203) 372-3521
Website : www.discoverymuseum.org

The Children's Museum
Address : 950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford, Connecticut 06119 1437
Phone : 860.231.2824
Fax : 860.232.0705
Website : www.thechildrensmuseumct.org

Our planetarium has been a fixture of the West Hartford community for over 40 years. The Travelers Science Dome at the Gengras Planetarium is Connecticut’s largest museum planetarium and the only planetarium located in a Connecticut children’s museum. Immersive, full dome, CGI digital planetarium shows provide the audience with a “you are there” experience unlike any other. Fly to Mars, experience a supernova, or travel to another solar system. The Travelers Science Dome at the Gengras Planetarium is the destination for unique, out-of-this world education in Connecticut.

Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium
Physical Address: 355 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Mailing Address: Yale Leitner Family Observatory & Planetarium, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT 06520-8101 USA
Phone : (203) 432-3000
Fax : (203) 432-5048
Email : info@leitnerobservatory.org
Website : www.leitnerobservatory.yale.edu

The Yale University Observatory, also known as the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Yale University, and maintained for student use. It is located in Farnham Memorial Gardens near the corner of Edwards and Prospect Streets, New Haven, Connecticut.

Treworgy Planetarium
Location : 75 Greenmanville Ave.
, Mystic, CT 06355
Phone : 860.572.0711
Email : info@mysticseaport.org
Website : www.mysticseaport.org/explore/planetarium/

Since 1960, the Treworgy Planetarium at Mystic Seaport Museum has been a center for science education, inspiring visitors to draw connections between our maritime history and the world around us.

District of Columbia

Albert Einstein Planetarium
Location : Independence Ave at 6th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20560
Phone : (202) 633-2214
Box Office : (866) 868-7774
Website : www.airandspace.si.edu/theater-type/albert-einstein-planetarium

Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium
Mailing Address: 5200 Glover Rd, NW , Washington, DC 20015
Phone: (202) 895-6000