The Adler Planetarium will offer FREE admission during Charter One Explorer Days all week from June 7-11. On these days, general admission to the planetarium is free. There is an additional fee for shows and the Atwood Sphere. Visit www.adlerplanetarium.org for details.
Adler Planetarium
1300 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
312.922.STAR
www.adlerplanetarium.org Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Come out for some more free 2010 Discount Days at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago for the whole week of June 7-11! The Adler is a recognized leader in science education, with a focus on inspiring young people to pursue careers in science. Come check out the new exhibit called Planet Explorers, – it offers a great space adventure packed with excitement and fun. Each child will become a space explorer and embark on an awe-inspiring journey through the Universe to the mysterious Planet X.
Planet Explorers is divided into three different play areas: Exploring Earth, which includes backyard stargazing, Exploring Space, which includes Mission Control, a rocket, and space station, and Exploring Planet X, which includes the Planet X Research Station. All of the play areas engage and entertain families with children ages 3 – 8. Children will enter a world where they can play and learn what it takes to be part of a mission to outer space. They will become scientists, astronauts and space explorers. Imagine studying the Moon from your own backyard with your very own telescope. Be a Mission Control specialist guiding the next rocket flight into space, or climb a gantry like a real astronaut and blast a 26-foot tall rocket off to new worlds. In the space station, learn how to operate the robotic arm to do important tasks and take a very special walk into space. Try your hand at planet exploration by driving rovers over the Planet X terrain. Drive X-Movers, crawl through and discover secret tunnels, and do cool experiments in the Planet X Lab. Free with general admission. For more information, call 312.922.STAR.
Activities will engage all of the senses as future space explorers and their caregivers climb, crawl, control, fly, land, discover and excavate their way through the exhibition. Families will feel the wonder of discovering a new world and the excitement of solving its mysteries. Learn more at www.adlerplanetarium.org
Shoot for the Moon – Ongoing
We’ve been to the Moon. We’re going back. What part will you play in our next space adventure? This permanent exhibition highlights the stories of space exploration and America’s bold plans to return to the Moon. The exhibition begins with A Journey with Jim Lovell, featuring the fully– restored Gemini 12 spacecraft and the Lovell Collection of personal space artifacts. In the second gallery, Mission: Moon, young visitors discover the thrills and dangers of being an explorer and imagine their own futures in space. The new, interactive Moon Wall allows visitors to fly over the lunar surface, exploring the most up-to-date images from the Moon’s surface. For more information, call 312.922.STAR.
Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass – Continuing through December 31, 2010
The most comprehensive exhibition of its kind to date, Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass presents the technology used to gather information about our Universe. From the earliest telescopes used by Galileo 400 years ago, to the Hubble Space Telescope and into the future with leading-edge technologies, the exhibition shows how these amazing instruments changed our concepts of the Universe and our place in it.
Featuring some of the world’s most important telescopes and one-of-a-kind hands-on interactives, the exhibition will explore the extraordinary beauty and technology of these amazing instruments and the objects they discover. Science changes every day and our understanding of the Universe evolves. Telescopes provide new views that improve our knowledge of the marvelous cosmos in which we live. For more information, call 312.922.STAR.
EXHIBITS Now Playing:
3-D Vision: Imaging the Universe
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System
3D Universe: A Symphony
Cosmic Collisions
Skywatchers of Africa
Night Sky Live
FREE DAYS IN 2010
January February March April May June September October November December | 5, 11-15, 19, & 26 2, 8-12, 16, & 23 2, 9, 16, & 23 20 & 27 4, 11, 12, 18 & 25 7-11 7, 13-17, 21, & 28 5, 12, 19, & 26 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30 7, 14, & 21 |
About the Adler Planetarium
Take advantage of the Adler’s free on-site telescopes for a breath-taking view of Chicago’s world-famous skyline. Recently named one of USA Today’s “Ten Great Places to Study Skylines of the World,” the Adler Planetarium telescopes are available to museum visitors during regular museum hours (weather permitting). On the first Friday of every month, get a glimpse of the night sky through Chicago’s largest public telescope, the Doane Telescope, during the Adler’s monthly Far Out Friday event. Check www.adlerplanetarium.org for more details.
Location and Travel Information
The Adler Planetarium is located at 1300 South Lake Shore Drive on the shores of Lake Michigan on Chicago’s beautiful Museum Campus. Exit Lake Shore Drive at 18th Drive, continue north on Museum Campus Drive. Then veer right onto Solidarity Drive. Cash-only parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Adler.
Adler Planetarium - 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 922-7827, adlerplanetarium.org.
Regular Schedule | Hours 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.† 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.† 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
