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KENTUCKY

Weatherford Planetarium
Berea College
CPO 2191
Berea, KY 40403

+1 859 985 3301
+1 859 986 4506 fax

www.berea.edu/phy/planetarium/

Opened 1985
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

11.0m Spitz, installed 2018
  Capacity 51, epicentric; annual attendance: 5,000
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2018
        IQ 4K Laser

Tracy Hodge, Planetarium Director
Alice Hooker, Building Manager +1 859 985 3351

Hardin Planetarium
Western Kentucky University
1096 College Heights Boulevard
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1077

+1 270 745 4044
+1 270 745 2014 fax

www.wku.edu/hardinplanetarium

Opened 1967
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

12.2m Spitz, installed 1967
Capacity 110, concentric; attendance: 14,000 (2015)
Digitalis Digitarium Epsilon, installed 2012

Live interactive free programming for public schools, and 3 free public community shows per week.

Richard Gelderman, Director +1 270 745 6203 Professor of physics and astronomy
Ronn D. Kistler, Coordinator

Golden Pond Planetarium
Land Between The Lakes, NRA
238 Visitor Center Drive
Golden Pond, KY 42211

+1 270 924 2088
+1 270 924 2238 fax
+1 800 455 5897 toll-free

www.landbetweenthelakes.com/attractions/golden-pond-planetarium/

Opened 1979
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

12.2m 19° Spitz, installed 1979
Capacity 84, epicentric; attendance: 25,000 (2018)
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2012

Home to the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers, the Golden Pond Planetarium at Land Between The Lakes National Recreation area has daily planetarium shows, public observing sessions, Star Parties, and more. Take a virtual tour on the LBL website!

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING, Season Of Light

Aviva Yasgur, Executive Dir., Friends of LBL +1 270 924 2077
William Futrell, Planetarium Operator +1 270 924 2243
Jim Taylor, Director of Operations

Haile Planetarium
Northern Kentucky University
1 Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099

+1 859 572 5309 dept. off.

http://planetarium.nku.edu

Opened 2007
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

9.14m 10° Astro-Tec, installed 2006
Capacity 61, unidirectl; attendance: 13,280 (2019)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2022

We are an interdisciplinary facility that presents programs on astronomy, geology, chemistry, biology, anthropology, and more. All presentations are free of charge and our productions are shared with other planetariums, also for free.

Prof. Christa Labadorf Speights, Director +1 859 572 5115
Greg Thomas, Artist/Presenter +1 859 572 7790

Farish Planetarium, The Living
Arts & Science Center
362 N. Martin Luther King Blvd
Lexington, KY 40508

+1 859 252 5222

www.lasclex.org

Opened 1968
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

4.9m STARLAB, installed 2005
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian-2, installed 2005

9.14m , installed 2016
Capacity 60, movable
ePlanetarium Newtonian-2, installed 2016

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Lori Halligan, Executive Director
Callie Northern, Discovery Educator

Planetarium
Audubon Traditional Elementary
1051 Hess Lane
Louisville, KY 40217

+1 502 485 8205

5.0m, installed 2023
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Mirror, installed 2023

Carrie Reardon, STEM Lab Teacher

Rauch Planetarium
University of Louisville
106 West Brandeis Avenue
Louisville, KY 40292

+1 502 852 6664 main
+1 502 852 0831 fax
+1 502 852 6665 bus. offc.

http://planetarium.louisville.edu

Opened 1969
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

16.8m 12°, installed 2000
  Capacity 160, unidirectl; attendance: 24,000 (2015)
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2013
        HD TLE, 2k dual projector

6.5m Elumenati Geodome, installed 2012
  Capacity 30, portable
   Elumenati Fisheye, installed 2012
        1.5k
        Uniview, DomeView Pro

ESky I theater, projecting with three video projectors a single integrated screen covering 200 degrees by 60 degrees. ATM-4 automation system. All sky projectors. One inset projector.

Dr. Tom Tretter, Director +1 502 852 0595
Paula F. McGuffey, Assistant Director +1 502 852 5855
Mark Duckwall, Educator and Producer +1 502 852 0212 Portable Planetarium Educator and Animator/Producer
Drew H. Foster, Technical Coordinator +1 502 852 5828 Tech Dir, Educator, Show Production
Kim Whitehead, Administrative Assistant +1 502 852 6665

Star Theater, Space Science
Center, Morehead State Univ.
235 Martindale Drive, Box 1227
Morehead, KY 40351

+1 606 783 2224

www.moreheadstate.edu/startheater/

Opened 1976
UNIV/COLLEGE

12.2m tilt, installed 2009
Capacity 90; attendance: 13,000 (2010)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2021

6.1m, installed 1976
Capacity 30

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light

Dr. Pamela E. Clark, Star Theater Director +1 606 783 9593

Stargazers Planetarium,Answers
In Genesis,The Creation Museum
2800 Bullitsburg Church Road
Petersburg, KY 41080

+1 888 582 4253
+1 800 778 3390

http://creationmuseum.org/whats-here/exhibits/planetarium

Opened 2007
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

12.2m tilt, installed 2004
  Capacity 81, unidirectl
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2020
        Laser

Ken Ham, AIG Founder and President
Jason Lisle, Ph.D
Danny Faulkner, Ph.D

Dr. Mahendra Varia Planetarium
East Kentucky Science Center
1 Bert Combs Drive
Prestonsburg, KY 41653

+1 606 889 8260 info
+1 606 889 8261 fax

http://bigsandy.kctcs.edu/eksc

Opened 2004
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

12.2m Spitz, installed 2003
  Capacity 85, unidirectl; attendance: 8,100 (2017)
   GOTO INC CHRONOS, installed 2003
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2023

AVI SkyLase, 2009.

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light, Light Years From Andromeda, MarsQuest, HUBBLE Vision 2

Steven L. J. Russo, Director , +1 606 889 4809
Chrysta Ghent, Director ,
Pauletta Burke, Administrative Assistant +1 606 889 4398
Susan Scott, Instructional Specialist +1 606 889 4766

LOUISIANA

Planetarium, Maumus Center
St. Bernard Parish Public Sch.
721 Friscoville Avenue
Arabi, LA 70032

+1 504 301 0239
+1 504 301 2010 fax

www.sbpsb.org/maumuscenter

Opened 2015
SCHOOL/DIST

14.0m tilt Spitz NanoSeam, installed 2014
  Capacity 72, unidirectl
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2015
        XD

Gina Asevado, Director +1 504 301 2000

Irene W Pennington Planetarium
La. Art & Science Museum
100 River Road South
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

+1 225 344 5272 office
+1 225 214 4029 fax

www.lasm.org

Opened 2003
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

18.3m 14° Astro-Tec, installed 2002
  Capacity 171, epicentric; attendance: 70,000 (2014)
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2008
        Dual Sony SXRDs

5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2004
  Capacity 20, portable
   ePlanetarium Fisheye, installed 2005
        Elumenati HAL-1200

5m plastic, installed 2002
Capacity 15
Custom Mirror, installed 2010

6.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2012
Capacity 45, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2012

LED cove lights, Omniscan laser projector.

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light

Sheree Westerhaus, Director +1 225 344 5272x124
Chandra Weathers, Planetarium Educator
Jay Lamm, Producer and Technical Manager +1 225 344 5272x145

Planetarium, Physics & Astron.
Louisiana State University
Nicholson Hall Room 379
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

+1 225 578 6849

www.phys.lsu.edu/outreach

Opened 1956
UNIV/COLLEGE

9.1m, installed 1961
  Capacity 100, concentric
   Spitz A3P, installed 1961
   ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2009

Dr. Michael Cherry, Department Chair

Planetarium
Tanglewood Elementary School
9352 Rustling Oaks Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70818-4799

+1 225 261 3454

SCHOOL/DIST

5m STARLAB , installed 2010
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2010

Planetarium
Grambling State University
403 Main Street
Grambling, LA 71245

+1 318 247 3811

www.gram.edu/

UNIV/COLLEGE

6.1m  Spitz
  Capacity 30
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2009

Dr. Connie Walton, Dean +1 318 274 6202

Kenner Planetarium & Megadome
Cinema, Rivertown Museums
2020 Fourth Street
Kenner, LA 70062

+1 504 468 7231
+1 504 471 2159 fax

www.kenner.la.us/pages/section_5_27.asp

Opened 2004
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

15.3m tilt Zeiss, installed 2003
  unidirectl; attendance: 5,000 (2014)
   Zeiss Starmaster, installed 2003
   ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2013

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light, The Cowboy Astronomer, HUBBLE Vision 2

Heidi Ransom Glorioso, Planetarium Coordinator +1 504 468 7231x232

Planetarium, U. of Louisiana-
Lafayette Science Museum
433 Jefferson Street
Lafayette, LA 70501

+1 337 291 5544 museum
+1 337 291 5464 fax

www.lafayettesciencemuseum.org

Opened 1969
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

12.2m Spitz, installed 2002
  Capacity 80, epicentric; attendance: 15,000 (2012)
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2012
        6 DLA

The Lafayette Natural History Museum & Planetarium, now the University of Louisiana-Lafayette Science Museum (UL-L) in downtown Lafayette, converted to ulldome in 2002. Closed by Lafayette's mayor in 2020, the facility was reopened on a limited basis in 2022 by UL-L. Observatory. Facebook.

Our fulldome shows: Larry Cat In Space

Dr. Hennifer Hargrave, Museum Director

Planetarium
St. Charles Parish Library
PO Box 949, 105 Lakewood Drive
Luling, LA 70070

+1 985 785 8471
+1 985 785 8499 fax

www.myscpl.org/planetarium/index.html

Opened 1976
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
PUBLIC SHOWS

6.1m, installed 2002
Capacity 42, epicentric; annual attendance: 6,000
Konica Minolta MEDIAGLOBE Lite, installed 2008

Part of a public library, we offer free public shows Mondays and Wednesdays 6:30 and 7:30. Saturday children's shows 10 and 2. School shows available during the week. We presently have over 120 shows loaded in our MEDIAGLOBE which are available for immediate showing.

Our fulldome shows: HUBBLE Vision 2, Seasonal STARGAZING, Season Of Light

Jason Barrett Talley, Director ,

Planetarium
Isidore Newman School
1903 Jefferson Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115

+1 504 899 5641

SCHOOL/DIST

5.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2015
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2015

Jennifer Williams, Science Teacher

Digital Starlab Planetarium
Academy of the Sacred Heart
4521 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115

+1 504 891 1943

Opened 2018

5.0m STARLAB , installed 2018
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2018

Planetarium, Audubon
Louisiana Nature Center
11000 Lake Forest Boulevard
New Orleans, LA 70127

+1 504 861 2537
+1 800 774 7394

http://audubonnatureinstitute.org/explore-nature-center/planetarium

Opened 1980
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

10m, installed 2017
Capacity 60, unidirectl
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2017

Steve Stevens, Planetarium Interpretive Spec.

Planetarium
Louisiana Tech University
P. O. Box 3163 T. S.
Ruston, LA 71272

+1 318 257 2866 plt.
+1 318 257 2957 fax

www.latech.edu/planetarium

Opened 1970
UNIV/COLLEGE

12.2m, installed 1970
Capacity 120, unidirectl
Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2014

A student-run facility

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light

Mrs. Lindsey Vincent, SciTEC Director

Sawyer Space Dome Planetarium
Sci-Port Discovery Center
820 Clyde Fant Parkway
Shreveport, LA 71101

+1 318 424 3466
+1 877 724 7678 toll-free

www.sciport.org

Opened 1998
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

18m tilt
  Capacity 178, unidirectl
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3, installed 2006
        Laser

4.9m STARLAB, installed 2003
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB

Ann Fumarolo, CEO
Greg Andrews