The Adler Planetarium is included with the purchase of a Go Chicago Card. (Buy Direct)
Daily: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Adler Planetarium is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Extended Hours: From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Adler Planetarium is open from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily.
- General Admission (exhibits only): Adults, $7; Seniors (ages 65+), $6; Children (ages 4-11), $5.
- Galaxy Package (Admission, 1 show and audio tour): Adults, $16; Seniors (ages 65+), $15; Children (ages 4-11), $14.
- Universe Package (Admission, 2 shows and audio tour): Adults, $20; Seniors (ages 65+), $19; Children (ages 4-11), $18.
- (each additional show added to Galaxy or Universe packages are $5)
- Star Rider Theater Virtual Reality Environment
- Sky Theater
- Atwood Sphere
- Bringing The Heavens To Earth
- CyberSpace
- From The Night Sky To The Big Bang
- Milky Way Galaxy
- Our Solar System
- Shoot for the Moon
- Universe In Your Hands
- Doane Observatory
The stellar (pun intended) Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum was founded in 1930 by Chicago businessman and philanthropist, Max Adler. The Adler Planetarium is the United States' first planetarium, and features two full-size planetarium theaters -- the Sky Theater, which has a traditional Zeiss projector, and the StarRider Theater, which is a full "virtual reality" experience, making you feel as if you were floating through outer space!
The Astronomy Museum portion of the Adler contains one of the most important antique astronomy scientific instrument collections in the world. A number of exhibits educate on this vast universe of which we are a tiny part.
The Doane Observatory at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum showcases a huge aperture telescope with a 20 inch (.5 m) diameter mirror, which gathers 5,000 times more light than the human eye. The telescope is the largest one open to the public in the Chicago area, and is available for viewing during "Far Out Fridays", which takes place the first Friday of every month between 4:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Adler Planetarium Website: http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
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The Adler Planetarium is included with the purchase of a Go Chicago Card. (Buy Direct)
