SOUTH DAKOTA
Planetarium, Math and Science
Dept., Oglala Lakota College
3 Mile Creek Rd., P.O. Box 490
Kyle, SD 57752
Opened 2015
UNIV/COLLEGE
4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 25, portable
STARLAB
5.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2015
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2015
Star Lab Planetarium, S.Dakota
Discovery Center & Aquarium
805 West Sioux Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
+1 605 224 8295
+1 605 224 2822 fax
www.sd-discovery.com
Opened 1991
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
4.9m STARLAB, installed 1991
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB, installed 1991
Digitalis Digitarium Theta, installed 2023
Dr. Rhea Waldman, Executive Director
Anne Lewis, Special Programs Director
Kristine Heinen, Educator
+1 605 224 8295
Planetarium
The Journey Museum
222 New York Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
+1 605 394 6923
+1 605 394 6940 fax
www.journeymuseum.org
Opened 2009
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
6.5m Elumenati GeoDome, installed 2009
Capacity 30
Elumenati Omnifocus, installed 2009
SX-3
Ray Summers, Executive Director +1 605 394 2249
Troy Kilpatrick
Sweetman Planetarium
Washington Pavilion
301 South Main Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
+1 605 367 6000
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
18.3m tilt Spitz Nanoseam, installed 2023
Capacity 164, unidirectl
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2023
Brandon Hanson, Director of Museums
Daren Jessip, I.T.
TENNESSEE
AEDC STEM Discovery Dome
Arnold Air Force Base
100 Kindel Drive, Suite B213
Arnold AFB, TN 37389-2213
+1 931 454 7086
www.arnold.af.mil/STEM
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
Clarence T. Jones Planetarium
Univ. of TN, 323 Grote Hall
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403
+1 423 755 4546 Physics
+1 423 622 5733 Obsvrtry
www.utc.edu/~jonesobs
Opened 1936
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS
7.3m, installed 1952
Capacity 40; annual attendance: 3,500
Digitalis Digitarium Theta 2, installed 2023
Bobby J. Thompson, Manager
+1 423 755 4518
Opened 1967
UNIV/COLLEGEPUBLIC SHOWS
9.1m Spitz, installed 2007
Capacity 60, unidirectl; attendance: 1,500 (2019)
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2, installed 2008
Public shows: Tuesdays 5:30 pm. Kids' After School Special Planetarium Show,
2nd Friday/month, 3:45 pm; Kids' Saturday Morning Planetarium Show, 4th Sat.
/month, 9:30 am. Open to the public ONLY for those showtimes listed. School
and community group field trips scheduled by appointment.
Opened 1962
UNIV/COLLEGE
7.3m Spitz
Capacity 45, unidirectl
Spitz A3P
Digitalis Digitarium Epsilon, installed 2011
Dr. Gary Henson, Planetarium Director
+1 423 439 6906 (423) 439-6905 fax
Dr. Robert Gardner, Planetarium Co-Director
+1 423 439 6978
Opened 1971
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
12.2m Astro-Tec Ultimate Seam, installed 2008
Capacity 102, unidirectl; attendance: 25,000 (2009)
Zeiss ZKP 4, installed 2009
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2021
6x, VELVET LED
We went through a major refurbishment in 2008-09. Paid mostly by a tourism
tax, the $1.3M project included gutting the old theater, installing new
ECCS Pleiades Advanced LED cove lighting, 6.1 custom system, Greystone
seats, etc.
Adam Thanz, Planetarium Director
Valerie Cole, Sales
Jason Dorfman, Educational Interpreter
Opened 1976
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
9.1m 23°, installed 1976
Capacity 56, V-chevron
Spitz A3P, installed 1976
Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2013
Opened 2011
UNIV/COLLEGE
6.1m, installed 2011
Capacity 35
Digitalis Digitarium Epsilon, installed 2011
Paul Lewis, Dir., Space Science Outreach
Billy Hix, Assoc. Professor of Education
Opened 1954
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
15.2m Astro-Tec, installed 2017
Capacity 145, unidirectl; attendance: 46,481 (2019)
Konica Minolta Super MEDIAGLOBE-II, installed 2017
ECCS automation.
Tony Hardy
Robert Friedstand, Technical Producer
Opened 1952
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
19.2m tilt, installed 2008
unidirectl; attendance: 85,000 (2017)
GOTO INC CHIRON HYBRID, installed 2008
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5, installed 2015
2x Sony S110
When in the neighborhood, please stop and visit. Our dome is always
open - almost always. Ask about our wide variety of complete, original,
award-winning, planetarium productions that are available for sale.
Morgan Rehnberg, Manager
Drew Gilmore, Production/Program Specialist
+1 615 401 5097
Bobcat Planetarium Renovation
McNairy Central High School
493 High School Road
Selmer, TN 38375
+1 731 645 3226
Opened 1969
SCHOOL/DIST
9.1m, installed 1969
Digitalis Digitarium Aethos, installed 2018
2.4k
Jessica Huff, Planetarium Operator
Brian Huff, Technician
Sarah Gage Allison
Planetarium
Motlow State Community College
6015 Ledford Mill Road
Tullahoma, TN 37388
+1 931 393 1500
UNIV/COLLEGE
7.0m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2013
Capacity 60, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2013
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