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MINNESOTA

Planetarium
Forestview Middle School
12149 Knollwood Drive
Baxter, MN 56425

+1 218 454 6657

www.fmsplanetarium.com/

Opened 2006
SCHOOL/DIST

8.53m 9°, installed 2005
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2018
2x Sony Laser

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light

Brian Dale Wallace, 6th Grade Teacher ,

The JMO Geodome
Jackson Middle School
6000 109th Avenue North
Champlin, MN 55316

+1 763 506 5200
+1 763 506 5203

www.ahschools.us/domain/1017

Opened 2011
SCHOOL/DIST

3.0m 90° Elumenati Geodome
Capacity 15, movable
Elumenati Evolver

Ronald Schmit, Coordinator +1 763 506 3940

Marshall Alworth Planetarium
Univ. of Minnesota - Duluth
1023 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812

+1 218 726 7129

www.d.umn.edu/~planet

Opened 1965
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

9.1m, installed 1965
  Capacity 70, unidirectl; annual attendance: 5,000
   Spitz A3P, installed 1965
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2011
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2021
        1x fisheye

6.0m Elumenati Geodome, installed 2015
Elumenati Fisheye, installed 2015

Public shows every Wednesday at 7PM, private shows by appointment. All shows are free of charge, operated by University students.

Our fulldome shows: Light Years From Andromeda, MarsQuest, HUBBLE Vision 2, Larry Cat In Space, The Voyager Encounters

Mark S. Seigar, Planetarium Director
Jessica H. Rogers, Planetarium Director +1 218 726 8362
Howard Mooers, Department Head
James W. Rock, Dir. of Indigenous Programming +1 218 726 8649

Planetarium, Wolf Ridge
Environmental Learning Center
6282 Cranberry Road
Finland, MN 55603

+1 218 353 7414

http://wolf-ridge.org/class/star-lab/

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4.9m STARLAB
  Capacity 30, portable
   STARLAB
     Custom

Paulucci Space Theater
Minnesota North Coll./Hibbing
1515 East 25th Street
Hibbing, MN 55746

+1 218 403 9204

http://minnesotanorth.edu/campuses/...

Opened 1980
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

12.2m 11° Spitz, installed 1980
  Capacity 59, unidirectl; annual attendance: 15,000
   Spitz 512, installed 1980
   Elumenati Fisheye, installed 2021

Kevin J. Milani, Manager +1 218 208 7419
Heidi Werdier, Show Operator

Planetarium, P. S. Dist. #77
Mankato East High School
2600 Hoffman Road
Mankato, MN 56001-5805

+1 507 387 5671x241

www.ehs.isd77.org/page/2539

Opened 1974
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m, installed 1973
  Capacity 60, unidirectl
   Spitz 512, installed 1973
     SCISS Hecacool, installed 2011
        Uniview

Dave Burgess, Planetarium Director

Planetarium
Weaver Lake Elementary School
15900 Weaver Lake Road
Maple Grove, MN 55311

+1 763 420 3337

Opened 2023
SCHOOL/DIST

5.0m STARLAB, installed 2023
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2023

Melissa Pedersen, Tech. Integration Coordinator

SMSU Planetarium
Southwest Minn. St. University
1501 State Street
Marshall, MN 56258

+1 507 537 6173 office

www.smsu.edu/planetarium

Opened 1973
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

9.1m Spitz, installed 1972
  Capacity 56, unidirectl; attendance: 6,000 (2018)
   Spitz 512, installed 1972
   Elumenati Fisheye, installed 2018
        200 Series, 3840x2400px Laser Phosphor
        Uniview

LED lamps/East Coast Controls console & LED coves (2009). Skylase RGB (2009) Arion slide control system still operational (2000).

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING, The Cowboy Astronomer, Sky Quest

Dr. Kenneth L. Murphy, Planetarium Director ,

Planetarium
Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead
1104 7th Avenue South
Moorhead, MN 56563

+1 218 477 2920 recording
+1 218 477 5864 fax

www.mnstate.edu/planetarium

Opened 1972
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

9.1m, installed 1974
  Capacity 60, unidirectl; annual attendance: 11,334
   Spitz 512, installed 1974
   Elumenati Evolver, installed 2011

We view our planetarium programs as a teaser to get people to go out and look at the real sky. We hope they will want to learn more about the marvelous universe in which we live. We have several public programs a year at the University observatory 15 miles east of town.

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

Sara Schultz, Planetarium Coordinator

Planetarium, Room 1-226
Mayo High School
1420 11th Avenue SE
Rochester, MN 55904-5306

+1 507 328 5600
+1 507 328 5565 fax

http://mayo.rochester.k12.mn.us/aca...

Opened 1967
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m Spitz, installed 1966
  Capacity 54, unidirectl; attendance: 14,000 (2009)
   Spitz A3PR, installed 1966
   Elumenati Fisheye, installed 2007

A unique feature of our facility is a three foot diameter Magic Planet digital video globe in an adjoining classroom.

Paul Larson, Planetarium Director

McKnight-3M Omnitheater
Science Museum of Minnesota
30 10th Street East
Saint Paul, MN 55101-2265

+1 612 221 9403

www.smm.org

Opened 1978
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
GIFT SHOP

27.4m Spitz
Custom IMAX Laser 4K, installed 2019

Ellen O'Connor, Manager, Omnitheater Programs +1 651 221 9475

Whitney and ElizabethMacMillan
Planetarium, Bell Museum
2088 Larpenteur Avenue West
Saint Paul, MN 55113

+1 612 626 9660 Main

www.bellmuseum.umn.edu

Opened 2018
OBSERV/ASTRO
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

6.5m Elumenati GeoDome, installed 2006
  Capacity 32, portable; attendance: 16,000 (2018)
   Elumenati Omnifocus 30500, installed 2018
        Uniview, WorldViewer
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar Lite, installed 2023

16.0m 15° Astro-Tec Ulteria, installed 2017
  Capacity 120, unidirectl
     SCISS Colorspace, installed 2017
        2ch, Insight laser 4K
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2019

The Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium opened in the new Bell Museum in summer 2018. The ExploraDome Outreach is a portable Elumenati Geodome that travels to schools and events in Minnesota and the surrounding states.

Sally Brummel, Planetarium Manager +1 612 624 8146
Thaddeus LaCoursiere, Plt. Production Coordinator +1 612 625 3599
Kaitlin Ehret, Plt. Programs Coordinator , +1 612 626 2253
Phillip O'Toole, Plt. Technical Coordinator
Adrienne Wiseman, Director of Business/Marketing +1 612 624 0793
Darnell Eveleth

Como Planetarium
Saint Paul Public Schools
780 West Wheelock Parkway
Saint Paul, MN 55117-4039

+1 651 293 5398
+1 651 293 5375 fax

http://planetarium.spps.org

Opened 1976
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m, installed 1975
  Capacity 60, unidirectl; annual attendance: 24,000
   Spitz 512, installed 1975
   Elumenati Omnifocus, installed 2008
        SX-3

4.6m, installed 2016
Capacity 20, movable
Custom Mirror, installed 2016

Weekday school group lessons are available to all school districts in the area. Public shows are presented on a limited basis. Please call for details or go to website.

Our fulldome shows: Larry Cat In Space, Season Of Light, Seasonal STARGAZING

Sarah Weaver, Director