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MICHIGAN

Planetarium, Dow Science Ctr.
Alma College
614 West Superior Street
Alma, MI 48801

+1 989 875 5101
+1 989 463 7111 college
+1 989 463 7266

Opened 1959
UNIV/COLLEGE

7.3m, installed 1989
Capacity 50
Spitz A4, installed 1989

Our classic shows: Larry Cat In Space

Dr. B. Cameron Reed, Planetarium Director

Legg Middle School Planetarium
Louis E. Legg Middle School
175 Green Street
Coldwater, MI 49036

+1 517 279 5940 office
+1 517 279 5945 fax

www.coldwaterschools.org/domain/239

Opened 1967
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m, installed 1967
Capacity 66, epicentric
Spitz A3P, installed 1967

Andrew J. Rossow

Dassault Systemes Planetarium
Michigan Science Center
5020 John R. Street
Detroit, MI 48202

+1 313 577 8400
+1 313 832 1623 fax

www.mi-sci.org

Opened 1978 Total attendance: 85,000
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

15.2m 20°, installed 2001
Capacity 117, unidirectl; annual attendance: 80,000
Evans & Sutherland Digistar II, installed 2001

4.9m STARLAB, installed 1987
Capacity 35, portable; attendance: 5,000 (2006)
STARLAB, installed 2006

Sky-Skan automation, PowerPoint presenter system, and 20 effects projectors. 35 Kodak EktaPro 7020 slide projecotrs, 2 Barco 708 video projectors on Conic pan/tilt mounts, 1 Barco 909 video projector.

Our classic shows: MarsQuest

Paulette Auchtung Epstein, Planetarium Coordinator +1 317 577 8400x435
Don Klaser
Jennifer Bridges

Ida T. Murray Planetarium
Northwestern High School
2200 West Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48208-1178

+1 313 596 0700x221

Opened 1980
SCHOOL/DIST

12.2m, installed 1980
epicentric; annual attendance: 5,000
Spitz 512, installed 1980

Fred W. Page, Director ext. 221

West Ottawa Planetarium
Macatawa Bay Middle School
3700 140th Avenue
Holland, MI 49424-9459

+1 616 786 2000

Opened 1972
SCHOOL/DIST

7.3m
Capacity 60
Konica Minolta MS-8

Our classic shows: 'Tis The Season

Peter Burkey, Astro. Club President
Francisco Roldan, Shoreline Amateur Astro. Assc.
Sandy Plakke

Shiras Planetarium
Marquette Area Public Schools
1203 West Fair Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855-2687

+1 906 225 4204 Sky/msgs.
+1 906 225 5370 fax

http://shirasplanetarium.org/

Opened 1965
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

9.1m Astro-Tec, installed 2004
Capacity 63; annual attendance: 10,000
Konica Minolta MS-8, installed 1992

Laser disc and computer projection, SPICE automation, Internet connected.

Our classic shows: 'Tis The Season

Rebecca LaBrecque, Director

Vollbrecht Planetarium
Morris Adler Elementary School
19100 Filmore Street
Southfield, MI 48076

+1 248 746 8880 TAD

Opened 1967
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m, installed 1967
Capacity 70, V-chevron; annual attendance: 2,000
Spitz A3PR, installed 1967

90-min. public programs offered on selected Friday evenings at 7 from September to June. Private groups throughout the year. Day classes designed to help students with Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) science tests are offered to 4th and 7th graders. Refurbished 2008.

Michael O'Neil Best, Planetarian +1 734 459 2378 starmikebest.com
Clifford Jones, Planetarian +1 248 796 4673
John Tremonti, Planetarian +1 248 763 8379

Planetarium
Warren Woods Middle School
13400 Twelve Mile Road
Warren, MI 48093-3671

+1 586 439 4403
+1 586 751 1800 office

Opened 1969
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m
Capacity 66, V-chevron
Spitz A4

John Righter, Planetarium Director

MINNESOTA

SCSU Observ. and Planetarium
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South
Saint Cloud, MN 56301-4498

+1 320 308 2011
+1 320 308 4728 fax

http://web.stcloudstate.edu/planetarium/

Opened 1973
UNIV/COLLEGE

9m, installed 1973
Capacity 62, epicentric; annual attendance: 5,000
GOTO INC CHRONOS, installed 2007

Specializing in personalized shows for educational and civic groups. We feature semi-annual planetarium and obseravtory public nights. All presentations at the planetarium are without charge.

Rachel Humphrey, Director
Todd Vaccaro

MISSISSIPPI

Rainwater Obs. & Planetarium
French Camp Academy
1 Fine Place
French Camp, MS 39745

+1 662 547 6377
+1 662 547 6302 fax
+1 662 547 6865

www.rainwaterobservatory.org

Opened 1985
OBSERV/ASTRO
PUBLIC SHOWS

6m Observadome, installed 1999
Capacity 40, concentric; annual attendance: 4,000
Spitz A2, installed 1999

We maintain an extensive astronomy education materials center and hold numerous workshops and classes for teachers. There are 14 telescopes up to 32-inch on site, and we host the Mid-South Star Gaze each April.

James G. Hill, Director ,
Edwin Faughn, Director

MISSOURI

Planetarium
The Kansas City Museum
3218 Gladstone Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64123-1199

+1 816 483 8300x224
+1 816 483 9912 fax

Opened 1960
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

6.1m, installed 1982
Capacity 50, concentric
Viewlex Apollo, installed 1982

4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB

Our classic shows: Larry Cat In Space

Dick Landingham, Planetarium Operator
Rick McGee

James S. McDonnell Planetarium
Saint Louis Science Center
5050 Oakland Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63110-1460

+1 314 289 4400 switchbrd.
+1 314 289 4440 fax
+1 800 456 SLSC toll-free

www.slsc.org/explore/mcdonnell-planetarium/planetarium-shows/

Opened 1963
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

24m Zeiss, installed 2001
Capacity 300, movable; annual attendance: 142,000
Zeiss Universarium IX, installed 2001

No fixed seating; visitors can lie on a mat and appreciate the beautiful Zeiss fiber-optic sky. We have glow-in-the-dark starmaps and two levels of easily accessible hands on exhibits about living and working aboard a space station. Our star demos are all LIVE!

Gregg Maryniak, Director
David Ritchey, Associate Director
William Snyder, Manager, Planetarium +1 314 286 4668
Johann Galikin, Technology Manager