400 College Avenue - Lancaster, PA 17603-3393 Phone: (717) 291-3941
    HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. & Sunday from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

    DateEvent
    03/13/10
    10:30 AM
    Grands are Grand!
    03/18/10
    03:30 PM
    Coffee and Conversation - Jay Parrish
    03/31/10
    07:00 PM
    Bill Thompson Lecture - No Child Left Inside
    04/04/10
    10:00 AM
    Closed for Easter
    04/05/10
    01:00 PM
    Open Family Science MONDAY
    04/10/10
    10:30 AM
    Grands are Grand!
    04/10/10
    12:00 PM
    Cub Scout Belt Loop Day
    04/15/10
    03:30 PM
    Coffee and Conversation
    04/17/10
    01:00 PM
    Chocolate Moose Daze
    04/18/10
    01:00 PM
    Chocolate Moose Daze

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    EXPERIENCE THE NEW NORTH MUSEUM PLANETARIUM!

    PROGRAM SCHEDULE


    Planetarium upgrade provides a digital full dome video immersive experience

    Get ready to explore the universe like never before as the North Museum Planetarium received a cosmic make-over. A new digital projector now splashes video across our entire 41-foot dome providing an immersive experience and propelling central Pennsylvania’s largest planetarium into the 21st century.

    You’ll feel like you are soaring through the universe, visiting the planets, or running along with dinosaurs, with video completely surrounding you.

    Our new High Definition system and high brightness projector, the first of its kind in the nation. The cutting-edge system was developed by ePlanetarium of Houston, Texas.

    This new projector system dramatically improves our visitors’ experience. Not only are we be better able to visually show astronomical concepts, but we’ll be able to use the planetarium technology to venture into the other sciences.

    We'll continue to use our star projector to provide its incredibly accurate depiction of the night sky for our live Night Sky Tour programs.

    The $50,000 projector comes with a new sound system and shows. Two board members, Andrew H. Appel and Roger W. Sandt, are spearheading the fund drive to make this possible. Also leading the way are Lancaster Neuroscience and Spine Associates in honor of Dr. Dan Good, Caroline S. Nunan, and Dan and Karen Good.

     Planetarium Programs & Showtimes

    ** Programs and show times are subject to change.

    Saturdays & Sundays through June 13, 2010

    Special Offering - April 5

           1:00 p.m. - Dinosaur Prophecy

           2:00 p.m. - IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System

    11:00 am

    Saturdays ONLY

    Astro-Tots

    This short feature uses song to explain how the rotation of the earth causes night and day abd introduces some of the major seasonal constellations. 

    Astro-Tots is included with Museum admission.

    Produced by the North Museum of Natural History and Science.

    Recommended for ages 3 & 4 Approx. 20 minutes
    1:00 pm

    Dinosaur Prophecy

    Investigate dinosaur bones and footprints "CSI style" as Dinosaur Prophecy takes you through time to solve four cold cases from the age of the dinosaurs.

    Produced in collaboration with Rice University, through NASA’s Immersive Earth Project.

    Recommended for ages 8 & older Approx. 20 minutes
    2:00 pm

    IBEX: The Search for the Edge of the Solar System

    Travel to the far reaches of our solar system with NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) as it maps the dynamic interactions between our solar system and the rest of our galaxy. Click HERE for Trailer

    Produced by the Adler Planetarium for the Southwest Research Institute.

    Recommended for ages 10 & older Approx. 27 minutes
    3:00 pm

    Night Sky Tour

    Our planetarium staff will teach how to identify the stars, constellations, and planets of the current night sky, along with observing tips for upcoming celestial events. Packed with science facts, the sky will come alive and you'll really be able to identify constellations from your own backyard!  Night Sky Tour program is different for each operator. 

    All Night Sky Tour programs include the current night sky but each operator also emphasizes on an additional topic of thier interest.

    Erin ( Galaxies and stellar evolution ) - March 27

    Kate ( Constellations and their stories ) - March 13, 14, 20, 21 & 28

    Kevin ( Current night sky and special events )

    Recommended for ages 10 & older 30 - 40 minutes (dependant on operator)

     


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Programs Coming Soon

     Saturdays & Sundays starting June 19, 2010

    We apologize for the inconvenience.  Please visit this section again closer to time.

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