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WEST VIRGINIA

Planetarium, Youth Museum
of Southern West Virginia
513 Ewart Avenue
Beckley, WV 25801

+1 304 252 3730
+1 304 252 3764 fax

www.beckley.org/youth_museum/planetarium.html

Opened 2011
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4.3m, installed 2011
Capacity 30, portable
Digitalis Digitarium Zeta, installed 2011

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Leslie Gray Baker, Director of Operations +1 304 256 1747

Planetarium, Morgan County
Observatory Foundation
8989 Winchester Grade Road
Berkeley Springs, WV 25411

www.mcof.org

Opened 2023
OBSERV/ASTRO

5.0m  Avela Go-Dome, installed 2023
  Capacity 30, portable
   ePlanetarium Rover 360, installed 2023
        Epson HD

Our fulldome shows: Seasonal STARGAZING

Planetarium, Physics & Engrn.
West Virginia Wesleyan College
59 College Avenue
Buckhannon, WV 26201-2995

+1 304 473 8023 plt
+1 304 472 2571 fax
+1 304 473 8000 college

www.wvwc.edu/planetarium

Opened 1969
UNIV/COLLEGE

7.3m
  Capacity 40
   Spitz A3PR
   Digitalis Digitarium Zeta, installed 2017

Dr. Tracey DeLaney, Planetarium Coordinator +1 304 473 8330

Caperton Planetarium
Clay Center
One Clay Square
Charleston, WV 25301

+1 304 561 3570
+1 304 347 2313 fax

www.theclaycenter.org/films-planetarium/

Opened 2003
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

18.6m 22° Spitz, installed 2003
  Capacity 175, unidirectl
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2022
   AVI OmniStar, installed 2015

Thaddeus Papke

Bernard L. Flynn Planetarium
Davis and Elkins College
1519 Taylor Avenue
Elkins, WV 26241

+1 304 636 1900x235
+1 304 637 1262

Opened 1972
UNIV/COLLEGE

7.6m
  Capacity 35
   GOTO INC VENUS
     Custom Mirror, installed/planned 2024

Jerod Caligiuri +1 304 637 1206

Digital Starlab Planetarium
Fairmont State University
1201 Locust Avenue
Fairmont, WV 26554

+1 304 367 4000

UNIV/COLLEGE

5.0m STARLAB
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab

Starlab and Cosmodome
Carnegie Hall Inc.
611 Church Street
Lewisburg, WV 24901

+1 304 645 7917 main
+1 304 645 5228 fax

www.carnegiehallwv.com/education/starlab-cosmodome

Opened 2009
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 25, portable
STARLAB

5m Digitalis, installed 2009
Capacity 30, portable
Custom Fisheye, installed 2009

Our fulldome shows: Oceans In Space

Susan L. Adkins, Executive Director
Leah Trent, Education Coordinator

WVU Planetarium
West Virginia University
White Hall, 135 Willey Street
Morgantown, WV 26506

+1 304 293 4961
+1 304 293 5732 fax

http://planetarium.wvu.edu

Opened 1952
UNIV/COLLEGE

8.5m Spitz Nanoseam, installed 2011
  Capacity 30, unidirectl
   Spitz A3P, installed 1977
   ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2008
   Spitz SciDome, installed 2011
        XD
   Elumenati GeoDome Evolver, installed 2023
        2ch cove, 4k

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

Kathryn Williamson, Planetarium Director +1 304 293 5099
Jason E. Ybarra, Planetarium and Obs. Director

Starlab Planetarium
Ridgedale Elementary School
1550 Goshen Road
Morgantown, WV 26508

+1 304 291 9231

4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 20, portable
STARLAB

Planetarium
Challenger Learning Center
316 Washington Avenue
Wheeling, WV 26003

+1 304 243 8740
+1 304 243 2497 fax

http://clc.cet.edu

Opened 1995
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

5m Avela Go-Dome, installed 2009
Capacity 30, portable
ePlanetarium Newtonian, installed 2009

WISCONSIN

Planetarium, Children's
Museum of Eau Claire
126 North Barstow Street
Eau Claire, WI 54703

+1 715 832 5437

www.childrensmuseumec.com/

Opened 2004
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR

6.0m Digitalis, installed 2017
Capacity 40, portable
Digitalis Digitarium Iota, installed 2017

Planetarium, David A.Straz Jr.
Center, Carthage College
2001 Alford Park Drive
Kenosha, WI 53140-1994

+1 262 551 5856
+1 262 551 6208 fax

www.carthage.edu/physics/facilities

Opened 1965
UNIV/COLLEGE

4.9m STARLAB, installed 1994
  Capacity 30, portable
   STARLAB, installed 1994
   Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2+

7.3m Spitz NanoSeam, installed 2015
Spitz SciDome, installed 2015
HD

Dr. Jean Quashnock, Director

Planetarium, Bradford High
School, Kenosha Un. Sch. Dist.
3700 Washington Road
Kenosha, WI 53144-1641

+1 262 653 6200

http://bradford.kusd.edu

SCHOOL/DIST

7.1m
Spitz SciDome, installed 2011

Christine Pratt, Coordinator of Science
Art Smurawa

Planetarium
Central High School
1801 Losey Boulevard S
La Crosse, WI 54601-6866

+1 608 788 7900
+1 608 789 7938 fax

Opened 1967
SCHOOL/DIST

7.3m
  Capacity 45
   Spitz A3P
     Custom, installed 2021

Chad Wilkinson, Planetarium Director

MMSD Planetarium
Madison Metro. School District
201 South Gammon Road
Madison, WI 53717-1499

+1 608 663 6102 landline
+1 608 442 2203 fax

www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium

Opened 1966
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m Spitz, installed 1965
  Capacity 67, unidirectl; annual attendance: 10,000
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2022
        2x Barco F35

The MMSD Planetarium offers a full range of interactive, fulldome, and "lab" programs for groups by reservation and a monthly public program themed to important current topics. We are open for the academic year and closed for school breaks.

Benjamin Senson, Planetarium Director

Daniel M. Soref Planetarium
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233

+1 414 278 2728 reservs.
+1 414 278 6108 fax

www.mpm.edu

Opened 2006
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS

22.5m 30° Spitz, installed 1996
Capacity 275, unidirectl; attendance: 250,000 (2006)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2016

Combined IMAX Dome and planetarium. Imax 15/70 film projector installed 1996, QTRU intalled 2004.

Robert Bonadurer, Director +1 414 278 6985
Matt Wooten

Racine Unified Planetarium
Gifford Elementary School
8332 Northwestern Avenue
Racine, WI 53406-1722

+1 262 886 9191

http://gifford.racine.k12.wi.us

Opened 1967
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m, installed 1967
  Capacity 80, concentric
   Spitz A3PR, installed 1967
   Ash Enterprises Warped Media, installed 2010

Our fulldome shows: Season Of Light, Seasonal STARGAZING, MarsQuest, HUBBLE Vision 2, Light Years From Andromeda, Sky Quest, The Cowboy Astronomer, Larry Cat In Space

John Surendonk, Planetarium Director

Planetarium, Physics Dept.
Univ. of Wisc. - River Falls
410 South Third Street
River Falls, WI 54022-5001

+1 715 425 3196
+1 715 425 0652 fax

www.uwrf.edu/PHYS/Planetarium.cfm

Opened 1969
UNIV/COLLEGE

6.1m
Capacity 40, unidirectl
Elumenati Evolver, installed 2012

Dr. Eileen Korenic, Planetarium Director +1 715 425 3560 physics

Allen F. Blocher Planetarium
Univ. of Wis. at Stevens Point
2100 Main Street
Stevens Point, WI 54481-3897

+1 715 346 2208
+1 715 346 2640 fax

www.uwsp.edu/physastr/plan_obs

Opened 1964
UNIV/COLLEGE
PUBLIC SHOWS

7.3m Spitz, installed 1999
  Capacity 70, concentric
   Spitz 1024, installed 1999
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar Lite, installed 2020

Sebastian Zamfir, Planetarium Director +1 715 346 4462
Dr. Randy W. Olson, Plt. Director/Assistant Prof. +1 715 346 4876
Nancy Stokosa, Program Assistant +1 715 346 2139

Planetarium, Stonecipher Astr.
Center, Door Peninsula Astro.
Society, 2041 Michigan Street
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

+1 920 746 5895

www.crossroadsatbigcreek.com/facilities

ATTR/PARK

5m Digitalis, installed 2007
Capacity 30, portable
Digitalis Digitarium, installed 2019

David Lenius, Vice President, DPAS
Tom Gwilym

Planetarium
CESA #11
225 Ostermann Drive
Turtle Lake, WI 54889

+1 715 986 2020
+1 715 986 2040 fax

SCHOOL/DIST

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

Larry Parfitt

Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium
Retzer Nature Center
S14 W28167 Madison Street
Waukesha, WI 53188

+1 262 970 4139

www.waukeshaschools.com/planet/

Opened 1978
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS

12.2m, installed 2005
Capacity 90, unidirectl; attendance: 30,000 (2018)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2017

Lisa Swaney +1 262 970 1090
Brian Cieslak

WSD Planetarium
Wausau West High School
1200 West Wausau Avenue
Wausau, WI 54401-2898

+1 715 261 0886x1
+1 715 261 3140x3317

www.wausauspace.org

Opened 1970
SCHOOL/DIST

9.1m tilt Spitz
  Capacity 70, unidirectl
     Custom Mirror, installed 2008
   Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed/planned 2024

Chris M. Janssen ,

Gary E. Sampson Planetarium
Wauwatosa West High School
11400 West Center Street
Wauwatosa, WI 53222-4213

+1 414 773 3183
+1 414 773 2010 fax

Opened 1970
SCHOOL/DIST

9.7m Spitz, installed 1970
  Capacity 55, epicentric; attendance: 7,000 (2005)
   Spitz A4, installed 2004
   Elumenati Geodome Evolver, installed 2015

2004 upgrade by Ash Enterprises, ECCS, and Loch Ness Productions included: ECCS manual controls/automation system, Pleiades LED lighting with effects, 3-screen CRT video system, AV workstation, and 5 days of training.

Todd DeZeeuw, Planetarium Director +1 414 773 3194
Gary E. Sampson, Emeritus