Charles W. Brown Planetarium

Take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, find shapes in the sky and find the North Star in this cross-cultural adventure with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend Hu Hu Zhu from China.
Perfect for families and groups with pre-K through 1st grade learners, all ages are welcome.

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Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut, explore the amazing worlds of space, and discover the perils that lurk there as we subject Chad, a test astronaut, to everything space has to throw at him.
Perfect for families and groups with kids ages 8+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut, explore the amazing worlds of space, and discover the perils that lurk there as we subject Chad, a test astronaut, to everything space has to throw at him.
Perfect for families and groups with kids ages 8+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Explore the work being done around the globe to help make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. 

Perfect for ages 8+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, find shapes in the sky and find the North Star in this cross-cultural adventure with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend Hu Hu Zhu from China.
Perfect for families and groups with pre-K through 1st grade learners, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut, explore the amazing worlds of space, and discover the perils that lurk there as we subject Chad, a test astronaut, to everything space has to throw at him.
Perfect for families and groups with kids ages 8+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Explore the work being done around the globe to help make the dream of getting humans to Mars a reality. 

Perfect for ages 8+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Enjoy a guided meditation experience with views of an amazing sunset as you travel to the North Pole to relax under a night sky filled with stars and glimpses of the Northern Lights.

Perfect for ages 12+, all ages are welcome.

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Learn about the Sun’s powerful magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system: Coronal Mass Ejections.
Perfect for ages 10+, all ages are welcome.

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Travel with Jack and Annie, stars of the Magic Tree House® best-selling children’s book series, as they search for answers to a mysterious riddle as they meet a helpful astronomer and an astronaut. 

Perfect for families and groups with K through 3rd grade learners, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Enjoy a guided meditation experience with views of an amazing sunset as you travel to the North Pole to relax under a night sky filled with stars and glimpses of the Northern Lights.

Perfect for ages 12+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Learn about the Sun’s powerful magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system: Coronal Mass Ejections.
Perfect for ages 10+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Enjoy a guided meditation experience with views of an amazing sunset as you travel to the North Pole to relax under a night sky filled with stars and glimpses of the Northern Lights.

Perfect for ages 12+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Learn about the Sun’s powerful magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system: Coronal Mass Ejections.
Perfect for ages 10+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Travel with Jack and Annie, stars of the Magic Tree House® best-selling children’s book series, as they search for answers to a mysterious riddle as they meet a helpful astronomer and an astronaut. 

Perfect for families and groups with K through 3rd grade learners, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Enjoy a guided meditation experience with views of an amazing sunset as you travel to the North Pole to relax under a night sky filled with stars and glimpses of the Northern Lights.

Perfect for ages 12+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium

Learn about the Sun’s powerful magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system: Coronal Mass Ejections.
Perfect for ages 10+, all ages are welcome.

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Start: May 9, 2025 5 p.m.
End: May 9, 2025 6 p.m.
 

Friday, May 9 at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 at 3:30 p.m.

Develop an understanding of the danger of space junk and humanity’s Moon exploration while following adventurous cat astronauts that skip some of their work and fly to the Moon!
Best suited for families and groups with kids ages 6+, all ages are welcome.

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Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close 15 minutes after showtime and no late entry is permitted after that time.

Start: May 9, 2025 6:30 p.m.
End: May 9, 2025 7:30 p.m.
 

Friday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 at 5:00 p.m.

Narrated by David Tennant, explore exactly what astronomers do to answer the questions of the Universe, featuring info on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and the Large Hadron Collider.
Most suitable for adults and ages 8+, all ages welcome.

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Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close 15 minutes after showtime and no late entry is permitted after that time.

Saturday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 6 at 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy a guided tour of the celestial wonderland that is the night sky with the help of free star charts provided during this live program.
Perfect for ages 8+, all ages are welcome.

Plan Your Visit to the Planetarium
 

Please Note: Programs start promptly at the advertised time. Doors close 15 minutes after showtime and no late entry is permitted after that time.