Calendar of Shows

All shows are free to the public

Shows are appropriate for all ages, and include audience interaction.  Most shows are unique creations of Hardin Planetarium.

 

Current Public Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Past Calendar

 

Our Past 2024 Public Shows:

• ”Celebrations for a Long Winters Night” - 1 Dec through 5 Jan 2025
• "When the Universe Was Young" - 6 Oct rhough 26 Nov
• "Saturn's Young Rings" - 13 Aug through 3 Oct
• "Two Small Pieces of Glass" - 30 June through 11 Aug
• "Hubble 30th Anniversary Redux" - 14 May through 27 June
• "Metalworld: Mission to Asteroid Psyche" - 31 March through 12 May
• "When the Universe Was Young" - 13 Feb through 28 March
• "Our Star: the Sun" - 7 Jan through 11 Feb

Our Past 2023 Public Shows:

• ”Celebrations for a Long Winters Night” - 26 Nov through 4 Jan 2024
• ”Lives of the Stars” - 3 Oct through 23 Nov
• (interrupted for equipment repair)
• ”Asteroidhunter: the Return of OSIRIS-REx” - 13 Aug through 3 Sept
• "PlanetQuest: Discovering Worlds Around Other Stars" - 27 June through 10 August
• "Ancient Earth" - 14 May through 25 June
• "Moonbeings" - 30 March through 11 May
• "Invisible Universe" - 14 February through 28 March
• "Spaceship Earth" - 19 January through 12 February

Our Past 2022 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winters Night" - 27 November through 5 January
• "When the Universe Was Young" - 23 October through 24 November
• "Lives of the Stars" - 2 August through 8 September
• "Moonbeings" – 19 June through 31 July
• "Starry Tales for Summer Skies" - 8 May through 16 June
• "Saturn's Young Rings" - 3 April through 5 May
• "Spaceship Earth" - 27 February through 31 March
• "Eyes on the Early Universe: JWST" - 15 January through 24 February

Our Past 2021 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winters Night" - 25 November through 13 January
• "Two Small Pieces of Glass" - 24 October through 23 November
• "Finding Your Way Around Autumn Skies" - 12 September through 21 October
• "PlanetQuest: Discovering Worlds Around Other Stars" - 1 August through 9 September
• "Ancient Earth" - 1 June through 29 July
• "Lives of the Stars" - 6 April through 30 May
• "Invisible Universe" - 21 February through 1 April
• "Perseverance to Reach Mars" - 7 January through 18 February

Our Past 2020 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winters Night" - 29 November through 5 January
• "Phantom of the Universe" - 13 October through 24 November
• "Hubble Space Telescope's 30th Anniversary" - 25 August through 11 October
• Closed 14 March through 23 August for COVID
• "When the Universe Was Young" - 23 February through 9 April
• "Spaceship Earth" - 7 January through 20 February

Our Past 2019 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winters Night" - 1 December through 5 January
• "Our Star" - 8 October through 26 November
• "Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky" – 25 August through 6 October
• "First Steps on the Moon" - 7 July through 22 August
• "Musica" - 19 May through 2 July
• "Saturn's Youthful Rings" - 2 April through 16 May
• "Starry Tales for a Winter Night" – 17 February through 31 March
• "Phantom of the Universe" – 3 January through 14 February

Our Past 2018 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winter's Night" – 25 November through 30 December
• "Lives of the Stars" – 1 October through 20 November
• "Humans on Mars" – 14 August through 30 September
• "Phantom of the Universe" – 1 July through 12 August
• "Happy Birthday, Earth" – 15 May through 28 June
• "Moonbeings" – 3 April through 13 May
• "Starry Tales for a Winter's Night" – 15 February through 29 March
• "Musica" – 2 January through 13 February

Our Past 2017 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winter's Night" - 26 November to 28 December
• "Lives of the Stars" - 24 October to 21 November
• "Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky" – 19 September through 22 October
• "Ring World: The Grand Finale" - 6 July through 17 September
• "Into the Shadow of the Disappearing Sun" - 1 May through 20 August
• "Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter" - 1 March through 30 April
• "Curiosity and a Habitable Mars" - 16 February through 28 February
• "Starry Tales for a Winter Night" – 3 January through 14 February

Our Past 2016 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winter's Night" - 1 December to 29 December
• "Lives of the Stars" - 11 October to 29 November
• "Moonbeings? Looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn" - 21 August to 9 October
• "Night Sky Stories Over a Summer Camp Fire" - 3 July to 18 August
• "Pluto: A Whole New World" - 12 May to 30 June
• "Hubble Space Telescope" - 29 March through 10 May
• "Starry Tales for a Winter Night" – 16 February through 24 March
• "Humans on Mars" – 5 January through 14 February

Our Past 2015 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winter's Night" - 29 November through 3 January
• "Our Star" - 13 October through 24 November
• "Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky" - 25 August through 11 October
• "New Horizons at Pluto" - 2 July through 23 August
• "Hubble Space Telescope" - 17 May through 30 June
• "Invisible Universe! Seeing Our Cosmos in a Different Light" - 7 April through 14 May
• "Starry Tales for a Winter Night" – 17 February through 2 April
• "When the Universe Was Young" – 4 January through 15 February

Our PAST 2014 Public Shows:

• "Celebrations for a Long Winter's Night" - November 30 to December 30
• "Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky" - October 14 to November 25
• "Curiosity Climbs:The Extended Mission on Mars" - August 26 to October 12
• "Moonbeings? Looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn" - July 13 to August 24
• "Night Sky Stories Over a Summer Camp Fire" - May 25 to July 10
• "When the Universe was Young" - April 20 to May 22
• "PlanetQuest: Discovering Worlds Around Other Stars" - March 9 to April 17
• "Back to the Moon for Good" - January 28 to March 7
• "Starry Tales for a Winter Night" - December 26 to January 27

Our PAST 2013 Public Shows:

• "Comets: Icy Interlopers Interacting with the Sun" - December 1 to December 22
• "Invisible Universe!" - October 15 to November 26
• "Ring World" - August 27 to October 13
• "Night Sky Stories Over a Summer Campfire" - July 9 to August 25
• "Spaceship Earth" - May 14 to July 7
• "Curiosity: Drilling into Mars' Past" - March 26 to May 12
• "Two Small Pieces of Glass" - February 12 to March 24
• "Starry Tales for a Winter Night" - December 27 to February 10

Our PAST 2012 Public Shows:

• "Doomsday 2012" - November 25 to December 27
• "PlanetQuest" - October 23 to November 21
• "Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky" - September 18 to October 22
• "Curiosity on Mars" - August 8 to September 6
• "Ancient Earth" - April 3 to May 1

 

Public Parking:

1) Along State Street

2) Two spots in the lot between Ogden College Hall and Kelly Thompson Hall

3) College Hill Lot, up College Heights Blvd. on the right

4) Chestnut Street North Lot, at the corner of Chestnut and 14th Ave, two blocks from the Planetarium 

 

Bus Unloading:

» Download the bus unloading map (PDF)

 

Wheelchair Accessibility: A ramp from State St. provides access to the building's main floor. The below lots are only available on weekends or after 4:30 PM.

1) Two spots in a tiny lot behind the building, at the end of a driveway from State St. That lot is lower than the building, so it is an uphill climb.

2) Three spots in the lot between Ogden College Hall and Kelly Thompson Hall.

3) The large parking lots on top of College Heights Blvd. The path from there is down hill.