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NORTH CAROLINA

Planetarium
Asheville Museum of Science
43 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801

+1 828 254 7162

http://ashevillescience.org/

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4.0m Digitalis
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB

3.0m Elumenati Geodome Portal
Elumenati Omnifocus

Anna Priest, Executive Director

Arthur Planetarium, Mayland
Community College Earth to Sky
Park, 66 Energy Exchange Drive
Burnsville, NC 28714

+1 828 766 1277

www.mayland.edu/planetarium/

Opened 2022
UNIV/COLLEGE

11.0m , installed 2022
Capacity 60, movable; attendance: 4,000 (2022)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2022

Amanda K. Pastore, Planetarium Coordinator

GlaxoSmithKline Fulldome Theat
er, Morehead Planetarium and
Science Center, CB#3480, UNC
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3480

+1 919 962 1236 bus. off.
+1 919 962 1238 pltm. fax
+1 919 549 6863 show info

www.moreheadplanetarium.org

Opened 1949
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

20.7m Astro-Tec, installed 2009
  Capacity 240; annual attendance: 119,165
   Zeiss VI, installed 1969
     Sky-Skan, installed 2022
        Sony GTZ370s

5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2008
  Capacity 30, portable
     Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2008
        PD

Training site for Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, early Shuttle astronauts. Large outdoor sundial. World's largest walk-in orrery. On the campus of the first State University in the country.

Dr. Todd R. Boyette, Director +1 919 843 2085
Mickey Jo Sorrell, Planetarium Educator +1 919 962 3200
Stephen R. Nichol, Chief Technician +1 919 843 7950
Richard H. McColman, Star Theater Director , +1 919 843 7961
Jeffrey Hill, Director of External Relations +1 919 843 7995
Ron Risch, Retail Manager +1 919 843 7996
Amy Sayle, Science Program Manager
Claire Ruocchio, Membership/Pub. Rel. Coord. +1 919 843 3475
Susan Durham +1 919 843 2600

Accenture IMAX Dome Theatre
Discovery Place Science
301 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202-2138

+1 704 337 6261 main
+1 704 337 2670 fax

www.discoveryplace.org/pframe.htm

Opened 1991
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

24m, installed 1991
Capacity 307, unidirectl; annual attendance: 100,000
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2022

Closed.

Brian Hester, Director, Theater Operations

Planetarium ????????
Discovery Place Nature
1658 Sterling Road
Charlotte, NC 28209

+1 704 372 6261x601
+1 704 348 1965 office

http://nature.discoveryplace.org

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

8.5m , installed 2017
Digitalis Digitarium Zeta, installed 2017

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING, Larry Cat In Space, MarsQuest

Marvin Bouknight, Director/Naturalist +1 704 619 0576 cell

Planetarium
Durham Public Schools
511 Cleveland Street
Durham, NC 27702

+1 919 560 2000

SCHOOL/DIST

5.0m STARLAB , installed 2015
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2015

Dacia Jones, District Science Specialist

Khan Planetarium, Elizabeth
City St. University, Campus
Box 845, 1704 Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, NC 27909

+1 252 335 3620
+1 252 335 3SKY
+1 252 335 3775 fax

www.ecsu.edu/planetarium

Opened 1990
UNIV/COLLEGE

9.1m, installed 1990
  Capacity 54, unidirectl
   Spitz 512, installed 1990
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6

James M. Reynolds, Planetarium Director +1 252 335 3235

FSU Planetarium
Fayetteville State University
1200 Murchison Road
Fayetteville, NC 28301

+1 910 672 1650
+1 910 672 1159 fax

www.uncfsu.edu/community/planetarium

Opened 1980
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

9.1m Spitz, installed 1980
  Capacity 65, epicentric; attendance: 3,500 (2016)
     Sky-Skan, installed 2022
        10x 4K projectors

Most shows are scheduled by groups. Students volunteer to help out. Closed until 2019.

Dr. Jonathan Breitzer, Director/Asst. Prof. of Chem. +1 910 672 1176
Joseph Kabbes, Manager +1 910 672 1759

Portable Planetarium
Fontana Regional Library
33 Fryemont Street
Franklin, NC 28713

+1 828 488 2382
+1 828 488 2368 fax

Opened 2016
OTHER

   installed 2016
  portable
   ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2016

Karen Wallace, Director

James H. Lynn Planetarium
Schiele Museum of Nat. History
1500 East Garrison Boulevard
Gastonia, NC 28054-5133

+1 704 866 6922 plt.
+1 704 866 6900 Main

www.schielemuseum.org/schiele-planetarium.html

Opened 1960
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

15.2m 10° Spitz, installed 1991
  Capacity 156, epicentric; attendance: 32,000 (2016)
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2016
        XD
        Starry Night Pro v7, Layered Earth

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Candice Jordan, Planetarium Administrator
Tony Pasour, Head of Interpretation +1 704 866 6919

Planetarium, Cline Observatory
Guilford College
5800 West Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410

+1 336 316 2193

www.facebook.com/guilfordobservatory

Opened 2001
UNIV/COLLEGE

15m 10°, installed 2001
Capacity 135, unidirectl
Swinburne MirrorDome, installed 2008

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING, MarsQuest, The Voyager Encounters, HUBBLE Vision 2, Light Years From Andromeda

Thomas P. Espinola

Time Warner Cable OmniSphere
Greensboro Science Center
4301 Lawndale Drive
Greensboro, NC 27455-1899

+1 336 288 3769 switchbrd.
+1 336 288 2531 fax

www.greensboroscience.org/attractions/omnisphere

Opened 1954
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

12.2m 15° Astro-Tec, installed 2008
Capacity 86, unidirectl; attendance: 35,000 (2009)
Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2010

We also have an AVI laser system and we do wide-screen 3D movies using a Dolby Digital Cinema system utilizing a Barco DP-2000 projector. I think we are one of the very few planetariums that can do full-dome, laser, and wide-screen 3D under one dome.

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING, Season Of Light

Ron Settle, Director of Innovative Tech.

Planetarium, GO-Science Center
729 Dickinson Avenue
Greenville, NC 27834

+1 252 328 6885
+1 252 328 6491 fax
+1 800 919 0824

www.go-science.org

UNIV/COLLEGE

5m Digitalis, installed 2005
Capacity 25, portable
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha, installed 2005

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Roger Conner, Executive Director, GO-Science
Sandra Martin, Administrative Assistant
Nancy Bray, Presenter
John T. Meredith

Chia-yu Li Mem. Planetarum
A Time for Science
949 Contentnea Lane
Grifton, NC 28530

+1 252 746 4470

www.atimeforscience.org

Opened 2009
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

10m, installed 2014
Custom

6m Digitalis
Capacity 30, portable
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha

7.0m Digitalis, installed 2015
Capacity 35, portable
Digitalis Digitarium Zeta, installed 2015

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Emily Jarvis, Executive Director +1 252 531 7203
John Bray

Millholland Planetarium
Catawba Science Center
243 Third Avenue NE, Box 2431
Hickory, NC 28603

+1 828 322 8169
+1 828 322 1585 fax

www.catawbascience.org

Opened 2007
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

9.1m Astro-Tec, installed 2007
Capacity 65; attendance: 25,000 (2008)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2021

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Erin Graves, Director of Programs +1 828 322 8169x305
Karen Warmbein
Tricia Little

Culp Planetarium
High Point University
One University Parkway
High Point, NC 27268

+1 336 841 9000
+1 800 345 6993 toll-free

www.highpoint.edu/planetarium/

Opened 2019
UNIV/COLLEGE

15.2m 23° Spitz, installed 2019
  Capacity 121, unidirectl; attendance: 6,000 (2024)
   Spitz SciDome XL Laser, installed 2019
        4K

Dr. Brad N. Barlow, Planetarium Director +1 336 841 9542

Planetarium, Sturgeon City
Environmental Education Center
50 Court Street, P.O. Box 1056
Jacksonville, NC 28541

+1 910 938 6456 main
+1 910 938 5079 programs

www.sturgeoncity.org/

Opened 2019
SCHOOL/DIST

5.0m STARLAB , installed 2019
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab, installed 2019

Paula Farnell, Director of Operations
Amber Mallard, Program Coordinator
Jamie McIntire, Programs And Events Coord. +1 910 750 5876

Ellis Planetarium
Neuseway Nature Park
401 West Caswell Street
Kinston, NC 25801

+1 252 939 3302
+1 252 939 3129 fax

www.neusewaypark.com/456/Planetarium

Opened 2003
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

7.3m
Capacity 52
ePlanetarium Newtonian

Sara Bartlett-Peters, Planetarium Director

Planetarium
WoodmenLife
PO Box 6127
Kinston, NC 28501

Opened 2023

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

Our fulldome shows: Chronicle Of A Journey To Earth

Eric Pilson +1 252 229 4549

Geodome, North Carolina
Aquarium at Fort Fisher
900 Loggerhead Road
Kure Beach, NC 28449

+1 800 832 3474x2
+1 910 458 6812 fax

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

6.5m Elumenati Geodome, installed 2009
Capacity 30, portable
Elumenati Omnifocus, installed 2009

Robeson Planetarium
and Science Center
100 Hargrave Street
Lumberton, NC 28358

+1 910 671 6000x3381
+1 910 671 6017 fax

www.robeson.k12.nc.us/o/Robeson/page/robeson-planetarium

Opened 1969
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

6.2m
  Capacity 20, portable; attendance: 2,000 (2021)
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2012
        HD

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light

Ken Brandt, Director, Master Educator , +1 910 735 2147

Geodome, North Carolina
Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601

+1 919 707 9800
+1 919 733 1573 fax

MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

6.5m Elumenati Geodome, installed 2009
Capacity 25, portable
Elumenati Omnifocus, installed 2009

12.8m Elumenati Daily Planet, installed 2012
Capacity 30, movable
Elumenati Omnifocus, installed 2021

Dr. Emlyn Koster, Museum Director +1 919 707 9802

Cummins Planetarium, Imperial
Centre for the Arts & Sciences
270 Gay Street
Rocky Mount, NC 27804

+1 252 972 1266

http://imperialcentre.org/science-center/cummins-planetarium/

Opened 1971
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

9.10m tilt Spitz Premium Seam, installed 2005
Capacity 56, unidirectl
Spitz SciDome, installed 2006

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light, The Cowboy Astronomer, Seasonal STARGAZING

Candy Madrid, Museum/Science Ctr. Director +1 252 972 1168
Steve Schmidt, Space Science Educator +1 252 972 1586
Tabitha Richardson

AdventureDome, Pisgah
Astronomical Research Inst.
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC 28772

+1 828 862 5554 main
+1 828 862 5877 fax

www.pari.edu/education/adventuredome-portable-planetarium/

Opened 2001
OBSERV/ASTRO

6.7m STARLAB, installed 2001
  Capacity 35, concentric; attendance: 10,000 (2005)
   STARLAB, installed 2001
   Digitalis Digitarium Zeta

Serving schools and other venues in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

Dr. Robert R. Hayward, Part Time Astronomer/Educator ,
Gary Lazich, Volunteer
Ben Goldsmith

Explorer Dome Planetarium
KidSenses InterACTIVE Museum
172 North Main Street
Rutherfordton, NC 28139

+1 828 286 2120
+1 818 286 0697 fax

www.kidsenses.com/interact-outreach.php

Opened 2009
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

6.5m Elumenati GeoDome, installed 2008
Capacity 30, portable
Elumenati Fisheye, installed 2009

Margaret C Woodson Planetarium
Horizons Unlimited
1636 Parkview Circle
Salisbury, NC 28144

+1 704 639 3004 office
+1 704 639 3015 fax

www.rssed.org/district-post/~board/...

Opened 1967
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m Spitz, installed 1967
  Capacity 71, unidirectl; attendance: 20,000 (2005)
   Spitz A3P, installed 1967
     Custom Mirror, installed 2015

The planetarium offers programs following the standard course of study for Kindergarten through 6th grade. Other groups are served by special request.

Neil Pifer, Director ,

Planetarium
Livingstone College
701 West Monroe Street
Salisbury, NC 28144

http://livingstone.edu/2-24m-stem-grant-largest-in-college-history/

Opened 2021
UNIV/COLLEGE

9.1m tilt, installed 2021
Capacity 48, unidirectl
Spitz SciDome IQ 2400, installed 2021

Dawn McNair, Dean, Mathematics and Science

Ingram Planetarium
Museum of Coastal Carolina
7625 High Market Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468

+1 910 575 0033
+1 910 575 0031 fax
+1 910 579 1016 museum

http://museumplanetarium.org

Opened 2002
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP

12.2m 15° Spitz, installed 2002
  Capacity 84, unidirectl; attendance: 18,000 (2022)
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2018
        IQ 2400
        Chromacove, AVI Skylase

We offer robust 45- to 60-minute programs with a fully live and improvised interactive star show. We also offer laser music shows on a regular basis with live elements. Being situated between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach SC along the coasts of Brunswick County makes us a major tourist destination.

Katherine Elizabeth Hunt, Planetarium Director , +1 910 575 0033
Jim Hoffman, Executive Director +1 910 579 1016
Callie Boyle, Planetarium Assistant

Rotary Planetarium and Science
Center, Anson County Schools
320 Camden Road
Wadesboro, NC 28170

+1 704 694 7479

www.ansonschools.org/resources/rotary-science-center--planetarium

Opened 2005
SCHOOL/DIST

7.3m, installed 2005
  Capacity 30
   STARLAB, installed 2005
   STARLAB Digital Starlab
        Atlas

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light

Wendy P. Efird , +1 704 694 4417x0100 5

Planetarium
Cape Fear Museum
814 Market Street
Wilmington, NC 28401

+1 910 798 4370
+1 910 798 4382 fax

http://capefearmuseum.com

Opened 1970
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4.9m STARLAB , installed 1995
  Capacity 25, portable
   STARLAB, installed 1995
   Digitalis Digitarium Zeta, installed 2014

12.0m, installed/planned 2026
Capacity 60
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed/planned 2026

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Amy Manor Thornton, Education Manager +1 910 798 4355
Pepper Hill, Museum Educator
Tom Osborne