Dome Planetarium

Planets
Explore the Solar System

Planet Passport

Join our planet passport series! Each month, come to the planetarium for a show focused on one planet or place in space. Shows will be included in museum admission, and free for museum members. Non-Members can purchase admission to the museum or a planetarium show ticket to attend. These shows are great for all ages.

Planetarium Showtimes

Regular planetarium shows included with Museum gallery admission.

Dome

Living Worlds

Daily

1 pm

Planetarium Show Poster: Dawn of the Space Age

The Sky Tonight (live)

Daily

2pm

Apollo 13

America in Space (live)

Daily

3 pm

Planetarium Show Poster: America in Space

Dawn of the Space Age

Fri, Sat, Sun

4 pm

moon

Earth, Moon, and Sun

Daily, Except Sunday

11:30 am

Meet the World's Most Advanced
Planetarium System

Dome Planetarium's new state-of-the-art Evans & Sutherland 6.5K Digistar 7 system uses six laser phosphor projectors for 360-degree ultra-bright high-resolution views. It features 3D models and instant real-time access to an extensive cloud of astronomy and science databases from NASA and NOAA to universities and planetariums worldwide, including the latest planetarium shows.

Outreach

Introduce your students to the wonders of space with Skylab, our Telescope Program, or Astronomy Presentation

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Community Solar System

Peoria Riverfront Museum's Community Solar System model is the world's most complete large-scale model of the Solar System. The scale factor is 99,000,000:1, covering 6,000 square miles of Central Illinois. In addition to the Sun and 8 planets, the model includes 5 dwarf planets and numerous unnamed comets spread across the globe.

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