IOWA
Planetarium
Iowa State University
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Ames, IA 50011-0001

+1 515 294 2285
+1 515 294 5440 Phys. off.
Opened 1978
UNIV/COLLEGE
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Fixed dome  4.3m, installed 1978
  Capacity 24, concentric
   Viewlex, installed 1978
   logo Digitalis Digitarium Alpha, installed 2005
No staff positions; run by astrophysics faculty and graduate students.
Charles Kerton, Associate Professor
Dr. Lee Anne Willson, Astrophysics Professor
David A. Oesper
Rolf Hansen +1 515 294 7571
Donald A. Schaefer Planetarium
Bettendorf High School
3333 18th Street
Bettendorf, IA 52722-2700

+1 563 332 7001x249

http://bhs.bettendorf.k12.ia.us/our-school/schaefer-planetariu
Opened 1974
SCHOOL/DIST
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Fixed dome  10.1m, installed 1976
  Capacity 89
   Spitz 512, installed 1976
   logo Spitz SciDome, installed 2017
        IQ 2560
Chris Like, Director
Planetarium, Earth Sci. Dept.
University of Northern Iowa
1227 West 27th Street
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335

+1 319 273 2759
+1 319 273 7124 fax

www.uni.edu/earth-old/obsvisit.html
Opened 1973
UNIV/COLLEGE
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Fixed dome  4.6m Spitz 
  Capacity 26, concentric; attendance: 300 (2008)
   Spitz 373
   logo Digitalis Digitarium Alpha, installed 2007
LNP logo Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING
Dr. Thomas A Hockey, Professor of Astronomy +1 319 273 2065
Jim Walters
Sanford Museum & Planetarium
117 East Willow Street
Cherokee, IA 51012-1854

+1 712 225 3922
+1 712 225 0446 fax

http://sanfordmuseum.org/plan.htm
Opened 1951
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
GIFT SHOP
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Fixed dome  5.8m, installed 1951
  Capacity 42, concentric; annual attendance: 15,000
   logo Spitz SciDome, installed 2017
        IQ 2400
We are the first accredited museum and planetarium in the state of Iowa. Our educational goal:to give the people of Northwest Iowa a better understanding of the night sky. Free public shows are the last Sunday of every month, or can be scheduled by appointment weekdays for groups of ten or more.
Linda Burkhart, Director
Michele Deiber Kumm, Assistant Director
Kerisa Pingel
Rolling Bluffs Planetarium
505 Delong Avenue
Council Bluffs, IA 51503

+1 712 256 2234

www.rollingbluffsplanetarium.com
Opened 2018
PRIVATE/COMML
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Portable dome 5.0m Digitalis, installed 2018
  Capacity 30, portable
   logo Digitalis Digitarium Iota, installed 2018
Our focus is communities along the I-29 corridor in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska. Online gift shop.
Jack L. Northrup, Director
Star Theater
Science Center of Iowa
401 W Martin Luther King Pkwy
Des Moines, IA 50309

+1 515 274 6868 general
+1 515 274 3404 fax

www.sciowa.org
Opened 2005
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP
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Tilt dome 15m 9° Spitz Premium Seam, installed 2005
  movable
   logo Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5, installed 2015
        2x Christie Boxer

Portable dome 4.9m STARLAB 
  Capacity 30, portable
   STARLAB

Tilt dome 22m 35° Spitz Premium Seam, installed 2005
  Capacity 226
         IMAX Dome, installed 2005
ECCS Advanced LED Lighting System, Nexo speakers w/Servodrive subwoofers. No seats, participants can sit or lie down on 3 raked tiers. Cosmic Jukebox -- allows participants to create their own planetarium show!
Steve Cooper, Digistar Programmer
Justin Rule
Heitkamp Memorial Planetarium
Loras College, Physics Dept.
1450 Alta Vista, P.O. Box 178
Dubuque, IA 52004-0178

+1 563 588 7145 plt ans
+1 563 588 7100 switchbrd.

www.loras.edu/about/planetarium
Opened 1965
UNIV/COLLEGE
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Fixed dome  10.1m 
  Capacity 90
   GOTO INC S-2
   logo Emerald Planetariums
Dr. Kenneth McLaughlin, Planetarium Director , +1 563 588 7255
Kristen Dolan +1 563 588 7182
Starlab Planetarium
Northwest AEA
1520 Morningside Avenue
Sioux Center, IA 51106-1716

+1 712 222 6000
+1 712 222 6123 fax
+1 800 352 9040 tollfree

www.nwaea.k12.ia.us
SCHOOL/DIST
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Portable dome 4.9m STARLAB 
  Capacity 30, portable
   STARLAB

Portable dome 5.0m STARLAB , installed 2012
  Capacity 30, portable
   logo STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2012
Jim Christensen, Trainer
Abbie Parker, O'Brien County Naturalist
Corson Planetarium, Grout
Museum of History & Science
503 South Street
Waterloo, IA 50701

+1 319 234 6357

www.groutmuseumdistrict.org/sites-e...
Opened 1956
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
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Fixed dome  6.1m Spitz, installed 1976
  Capacity 30, epicentric
   logo Digitalis Digitarium Lambda Plus, installed 2021

Portable dome 5.0m STARLAB  
  Capacity 30, portable
   STARLAB
Alan Sweeney, Dir. Facilities and Exhibits
Jason Dornbush, Outreach Coordinator
Flora J. Ryan
KANSAS
The Peterson Planetarium
Emporia State University
1 Kellogg Circle
Emporia, KS 66801-5415

+1 620 341 5330
+1 620 341 5073 fax

www.emporia.edu/about-emporia-state...
Opened 1959
UNIV/COLLEGE
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Fixed dome  7.3m, installed 1996
  Capacity 38, unidirectl; annual attendance: 2,500
   Spitz 512, installed 1996
   logo Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2014
        Canon WUX5800Z
LNP logo Our fulldome shows: Larry Cat In Space
Mark A. Brown, Director +1 620 341 5929
Scott Capes, Instructor
Dr. Susan Aber
Devlin Educational Theater
Bradley Elementary School
1 Bradley Circle
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027

+1 913 651 6915
+1 913 758 6090 fax

http://educational-theater-class.us...
Opened 2007
SCHOOL/DIST
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Fixed dome  12.1m Spitz, installed 2007
  Capacity 62, epicentric
   logo Spitz SciDome, installed 2021
        IQ Laser 4K
LNP logo Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING
Ms. Liddell Hobin, Technology Integration , +1 913 651 6915x1340
Greenbush Digital Theater
SE Kansas Education Svc. Ctr.
PO Box 189, 947 W. 47 Highway
Girard, KS 66743

+1 620 724 6281
+1 620 724 6284 fax

http://vpn.greenbush.org/scictr/ind...
Opened 1982
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS
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Portable dome 4.9m STARLAB, installed 1982
  Capacity 30, portable
   STARLAB, installed 1982

Fixed dome  7.3m Astro-Tec, installed 2006
  Capacity 32, V-chevron
   logo Digitalis Digitarium Epsilon, installed 2017
Kay Lewis, Director of Student Enrichment +1 620 724 6281
Kenzie Underwood, Science Education Teacher
Planetarium
Barton Co. Comm. College
245 N. E. 30th Road
Great Bend, KS 67530-9283

+1 620 792 9320 office

www.bartonccc.edu/community/planetarium
Opened 1968
UNIV/COLLEGE
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Fixed dome  9.1m  Spitz, installed 1968
  Capacity 68, unidirectl; annual attendance: 1,000
   Spitz A4, installed 1970
   logo ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2014
Barton Planetarium presents tours of the night skies as well as fulldome videos covering a wide variety of topics. Shows are provided free of charge to the public and to various school and civic groups. The planetarium is also utilized for the college's astronomy classes.
Dr. Timothy Folkerts
Planetarium, Sci./Math Ed.Inst
Fort Hays St. University
241 Custer Hall, 600 Park St.
Hays, KS 67601

+1 785 628 4538
UNIV/COLLEGE
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Portable dome 5.0m Digitalis 
  Capacity 30, portable
   logo Digitalis Digitarium Zeta
Paul Adams, Director, SMEI
Ann M. Noble
Justice Planetarium, Kansas
Cosmosphere & Space Center
1100 North Plum Street
Hutchinson, KS 67501-1418

+1 620 662 2305
+1 620 662 3693 fax
+1 800 397 0330 toll-free

www.cosmo.org/vi_at_justice.htm
Opened 1966
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP
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Tilt dome 12.2m 7° Spitz, installed 1993
  Capacity 108, epicentric
   logo Spitz SciDome, installed 2015
        XD
Jim Remar, Cosmosphere President
L. Russell Kelce Planetarium
Pittsburg State University
1702 South Joplin Street
Pittsburg, KS 66762

+1 620 235 4292 office
+1 620 235 4050 fax

www.pittstate.edu/physics/Planetarium.html
Opened 1964
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
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Fixed dome  9.1m Spitz, installed 1964
  Capacity 50, concentric; annual attendance: 8,000
   Spitz A3P, installed 1964
   logo Digitalis Digitarium Zeta, installed 2015
Public shows Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 3 and 7 p.m.
LNP logo Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light
Bobby Neal Winters, Ph.D, Physics Department Chair +1 620 235 4079
Dr. David Pearson, Planetarium Presenter +1 620 235 4907
Kyla Scarborough, Instructor
Linda Hoesli
ADM Theater, Rolling Hills
Wildlife Adventure Museum
625 North Hedville Road
Salina, KS 67401

+1 785 827 9488
+1 785 827 3738 fax

www.rollinghillswildlife.com/museum/admtheater.html
Opened 2004
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
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Fixed dome  7m, installed 2004
   logo Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE Lite, installed 2004
LNP logo Our fulldome shows: The Cowboy Astronomer
Kathy Tolbert, Park Director
Jeff Parker
Planetarium, Physics Dept.
Washburn University
1700 SW College Avenue
Topeka, KS 66621

+1 785 670 2264

www.washburn.edu/about/community/crane-observatory.html
Opened 1956
UNIV/COLLEGE
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Fixed dome  6.1m, installed 1971
  Capacity 50; annual attendance: 3,000
   logo Spitz SciDome, installed 2005
Mark Allen Smith, Lecturer/Coordinator
Planetarium, Digital Dome
Theater, Exploration Place
300 North McLean Boulevard
Wichita, KS 67203-5901

+1 316 660 0600
+1 316 660 0670 fax

www.exploration.org
Opened 2000
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP
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Tilt dome 18.2m 30°, installed 2003
  Capacity 165, unidirectl; attendance: 30,000 (2013)
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2017
Daniel Bateman, Education Programs
Ian Wentling, Technology Specialist +1 316 660 0669

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