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MAINE

Planetarium, Sci.Learning Ctr.
Francis M. Malcolm Institute
P.O. Box 186, 776 Houlton Road
Easton, ME 04740-0186

+1 207 488 5451
+1 207 488 2951 fax

www.francismalcolmsciencecenter.com/planetarium-programs.html

Opened 1983
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

7.3m 10°, installed 1983
  Capacity 50, unidirectl
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2016
   Spitz 373, installed 1983

Lawrence William Berz, Planetarium Coordinator Retired
Roger Libby, Astronomy Educator +1 207 425 2694
Jill O. Shaw

Jordan Planetarium, Versant
Power Astronomy Center,U of ME
167 Rangeley Road
Orono, ME 04469-5799

+1 207 581 1341
+1 207 581 1314 fax
+1 207 581 1348 observtry.

http://astro.umaine.edu

Opened 1954
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

10.1m, installed 2014
  epicentric
   ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2007
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2014

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

Shawn Laatsch, Director , +1 207 581 1818
Alan W. Davenport ,

Southworth Planetarium
University of Southern Maine
Room 78, 96 Falmouth Street
Portland, ME 04103

+1 207 780 4249
+1 207 780 4051 fax

http://usm.maine.edu/planet

Opened 1969
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

9.1m, installed 1989
  Capacity 65, unidirectl; annual attendance: 15,000
   Zeiss ZKP 2, installed 1989
     Custom Mirror, installed 2012

SPICE automation, video, all-sky, laser systems.

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light

Dr. Jerry LaSala, Director
John Haley, Managing Director
Karen D. Moulton, Laboratory Manager +1 207 780 4849 Applied Medical Sciences
Rachel Martin

MARYLAND

Aberdeen H. S. Planetarium
Harford County Public Schools
251 Paradise Road
Aberdeen, MD 21001

+1 410 272 7600 high sch.

Opened 1965
SCHOOL/DIST

7.3m, installed 1965
  Capacity 60, concentric
   Spitz A3P, installed 1965
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2008

8 Carousels, 5 singles. Facility in constant use during school year, with levels K-12; featuring live instruction with student participation. Occasional taped evening programs for adults.

Gregory Plotycia, Planetarium Director +1 410 273 2122

Hickory Envir. Ed. Planetarium
Garrett Co. Board of Education
604 Pride Parkway
Accident, MD 21520

+1 301 746 7038 plt
+1 301 746 8051 fax
+1 301 746 8461 naturehall

www.garrettcountyschools.org/hickory/planetarium

Opened 1967
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m Spitz, installed 2003
  Capacity 60, unidirectl
   Spitz 1024, installed 2003
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2014

County school planetarium, staff of one/5000 student pop.

Our fulldome shows: HUBBLE Vision 2, Larry Cat In Space

Jason Shank, Planetarium Director +1 301 746 8461

K. Brice Bryan Planetarium ???
College of Notre Dame
4701 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210-2404

+1 410 435 0100x54

www.ndm.edu/Academics/UndergraduateMajors/physics/planetarium.cfm

Opened 1967
UNIV/COLLEGE

6.1m Spitz
  Capacity 41
   Spitz Nova III
   Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2, installed 2007

Joseph Di Rienzi

Luetkemeyer Planetarium
Calvert School
105 Tuscany Road
Baltimore, MD 21210-3098

+1 410 243 6054

Opened 1979
SCHOOL/DIST

6.1m, installed 1979
  Capacity 26
   Viewlex Apollo, installed 1979
   STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2008

Lori Wlodarczyk, Planetarium Teacher
Joe McGraw, CFO
Elizabeth Martin

Davis Planetarium
Maryland Science Center
601 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230-3812

+1 410 685 2370 switchbrd.
+1 410 545 5974 fax
+1 410 685 5225 rec. info

www.marylandsciencecenter.org

Opened 1976
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

15.2m Astro-Tec Standard, installed 2013
  Capacity 140, epicentric; annual attendance: 150,000
   Konica Minolta MS-15, installed 1976
     Sky-Skan, installed 2022

50 carousel projectors: 2 12-frame Panoramas; 2 6-frame All-Skys, 4 3-projec tor Animation Frames, and 1 dissolve pair for open captioning of programs. Also a Barco video projector on a Conics pan tilt table and several hundred special effects projectors.

Shira Moskowitz, Director +1 410 545 5979
Wendy Ackerman, Asst. Director of Education +1 410 545 5978
Dave Beam, Chief Technician +1 410 545 5977

Southampton Planetarium
Harford County Public Schools
1200 Moores Mill Road
Bel Air, MD 21014-2727

+1 410 638 4150 school
+1 410 638 4305 fax

Opened 1970
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m, installed 1970
  Capacity 55, epicentric; annual attendance: 1,750
   Spitz A4, installed 1970
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2008

10 Carousels, 6 singles. Facility in constant use throughout the school day serving students in grades K-12 and community college. Live instruction only with active student participation usually in class settings of thirty or less. Occasional evening programs for adults. No taped programs.

Regina Goss, Planetarium Director +1 410 638 4293

Benjamin Banneker Planetarium
CCBC Catonsville
800 South Rolling Road
Catonsville, MD 21228-5381

+1 410 455 4317
+1 410 455 6938 fax

www.ccbcmd.edu/catonsvilleplanetarium

Opened 1967
UNIV/COLLEGE

10.1m Spitz NanoSeam, installed 2015
Spitz SciDome, installed 2015
XD

Dave Ludwikoski, Planetarium Director
Doug Franz +1 410 455 6935

The Naturesphere
Robinson Nature Center
6692 Cedar Lane
Columbia, MD 21044

+1 410 313 0400

www.howardcountymd.gov/RobinsonNatureCenter.htm

Opened 2011
GOVT/MUNICIPAL

8m, installed 2011
Capacity 50
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2019

Joel Goodman
Meagan Leatherbury +1 410 313 0405

Edgewood Mid. Sch. Planetarium
Harford County Public Schools
2311 Willoughby Beach Road
Edgewood, MD 21040

+1 410 676 5225 mid. sch.

Opened 1965
SCHOOL/DIST

7.3m, installed 1965
  Capacity 60, concentric
   Spitz A3P, installed 1965
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2008

8 Carousels, 6 singles

George Tredway, Planetarium Director +1 410 612 1505

Ausherman Planetarium
Earth/Space Science Lab
210 Madison Street
Frederick, MD 21701-6563

+1 301 694 1462

http://education.fcps.org/essl/

Opened 1963
SCHOOL/DIST

10.6m Spitz, installed 2009
  Capacity 70
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3, installed 2009
        SP2 HD
   GOTO INC CHRONOS HYBRID, installed 2009

Jeff Grills, Director
Lisa Bruck

Traveling Planetarium
Cosmic Adventures
P. O. Box 1213
Frederick, MD 21702-0213

+1 800 567 5951 main
+1 800 286 9573 fax

www.cosmic-adventures.com

Opened 2005
PRIVATE/COMML

5m Digitalis, installed 2005
Capacity 30, portable
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2, installed 2008

6m Digitalis, installed 2008
Capacity 60, portable

Cosmic Adventures Traveling Planetarium serves schools, scout groups and other community organizations within a 50-100 mile radius of Frederick, MD. Our slogan: Give us a call and we'll bring you the stars!

Gregory J. Anderson, Owner/Operator

Planetarium, Astronomy Dept.
Frostburg State University
101 Braddock Road
Frostburg, MD 21532

+1 301 689 4270
+1 301 689 4298
+1 301 687 7799

www.frostburg.edu/planetarium

Opened 1968
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

12.2m tilt Spitz NanoSeam, installed 2014
  Capacity 71, unidirectl
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2014
        XD

4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB

Twice weekly public programs. Public programs change monthly. Monthly video on night sky. Starlab visits to schools.

Dr. Robert J. Doyle, Planetarium Director
Bert Thiel

Geodome Planetarium, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Visitor
Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001

+1 301 286 3978
+1 301 286 1781 fax

Opened 1969
GOVT/MUNICIPAL

6.1m
Capacity 30
Spitz Nova III

6.5m Elumenati Geodome, installed 2009
  Capacity 40, portable
   Elumenati Omnifocus, installed 2009
        SX-3

William Brish Planetarium
Washington Co. Public Schools
820 Commonwealth Avenue
Hagerstown, MD 21740-6801

+1 301 766 2898

http://wbplanetarium.weebly.com/

Opened 1969 Total attendance: 10,000
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

9.1m Spitz, installed 1998
  Capacity 64, unidirectl; attendance: 9,500 (2018)
   Spitz A5, installed 1998
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2016
        IQ 2560
        Starry Night, Layered Earth, Zygote Body

6.0m STARLAB , installed 2016
  Capacity 50, portable; attendance: 500 (2018)
   STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2016
        Starry Night

Open to school groups and outside agencies Monday-Friday, September - June by appointment. Open to the public twice/month, usually 1st and 4th Tuesdays, 5:30 children's program, 7pm general audiences.

Our fulldome shows: Larry Cat In Space, Season Of Light, The Cowboy Astronomer

Alicia Robertson, Director

Planetarium
Howard B. Owens Science Center
9601 Greenbelt Road
Lanham-Seabrook, MD 20706-3304

+1 301 918 8750 M-F 7:30-4
+1 301 918 8753 fax

www.pgcps.org/~hbowens/planetarium.html

Opened 1977
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

16.8m, installed 1977
  Capacity 160, epicentric; annual attendance: 25,000
   GOTO INC Orpheus HYBRID, installed/planned 2024
     Custom Mirror, installed 2017

We are a unique center - a large dome designed for school groups. M-F we generally host public school groups from Prince George's County. On the second Friday of the month we offer a public program at 7:30 p.m. We run SPICE automation and have the flexibility of manual control.

Patricia T. Seaton, Director ,
Russell R. Waugh, Lead planetarium teacher ,
Bob McCaskill, Technician

Arthur Storer Planetarium
Calvert County Public Schools
600 Dares Beach Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678

+1 410 535 7339
+1 410 535 7200 fax

www.spaceflightamericamuseum.org

Opened 1977
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

9.1m, installed 1977
  Capacity 71, unidirectl; annual attendance: 25,000
   Spitz 512, installed 1977
     Custom, installed 2014

Public programs 2 Friday evenings each month, quarterly observing sessions, and school programs. 12-projector pan, all-sky, 3 screens and special effects. E.C.C.S. 3-color cove lighting.

Gary Graff, Planetarium Director
Mary Gloster
Alan Hayes

Planetarium
Wicomico County Public Schools
2424 Northgate Drive Suite 100
Salisbury, MD 21801

+1 410 677 4400

www.wcboe.org/Page/4581

Opened 1975
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m Konica Minolta
  Capacity 40, V-chevron
   Konica Minolta MS-8
     Free Fall Technologies FFTSP, installed 2021
        Benq LK953

Hemalatha Bhaskaran, Science Supervisor +1 410 677 4508

Planetarium
Astro Adventures
1003 Marquis Avenue
Salisbury, MD 21801

+1 410 742 0244

Opened 2007
PRIVATE/COMML

5m Digitalis, installed 2007
Capacity 30, portable
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2, installed 2007

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Daniel J. Savoy

Planetarium
Montgomery College
7600 Takoma Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912-4197

+1 240 567 1463

http://montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/planet

Opened 1960
UNIV/COLLEGE

7.3m, installed 1988
  Capacity 42, unidirectl; annual attendance: 3,200
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2016
        XD

Reopening in fall 2022 at Montgomery College at the Takoma Park/Silver Sprng campus in the new Math and Science Leggett building

Dr. Harold Alden Williams, Director , +1 240 461 4948

Watson-King Planetarium
Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252

+1 410 830 3020 Dept. Sec.

www.towson.edu/~physics

Opened 1966
UNIV/COLLEGE

7.3m, installed 1966
  Capacity 50, concentric; annual attendance: 5,000
   Spitz SciDome
   STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2009

Operated by Towson University Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences. We are requesting major renovations.

Elmer C. Kreisel, Director
Christian Ready, Planetarium Director
Dr. Norman J. Dean

Digital Dome Theater, James E.
Richmond Science Center, CCBOE
5305 Piney Church Road
Waldorf, MD 20602

+1 301 934 7464

www.ccboe.com/sciencecenter

Opened 2014
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

18.3m 15°, installed 2014
  Capacity 184, unidirectl
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2022
        JVC Cove

Our theater is unique because we service daytime school trips that are embedded into the district curriculum as well as provided community evening and weekend events.

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING, MAGELLAN: Report From Venus, Season Of Light

Monique Wilson, Director ,
Jennifer Lennon, Administrative Assistant +1 301 753 2090
Charles Rowley, Technology Facilitator

Planetarium
Bear Branch Nature Center
300 John Owings Road
Westminster, MD 21158-3149

+1 410 848 2517

Opened 1993
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

6.1m, installed 1993
  Capacity 35, unidirectl
   GOTO INC E-5 MOD., installed 1993
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2013
        HD

Our fulldome shows: The Cowboy Astronomer

Melinda Byrd, Nature Center Director
Dawn Harry, Park Superintendent
Ron Smith, Westminster Astronomical Soc.
Roelle Curtis
Scott Diegel