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Planetarium Programs – Waukesha
October 2 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
$5
Come to the Planetarium Programs in Waukesha this fall 2024!
The Horwitz DeRemer Planetarium is located at the Retzer Nature Center in Waukesha.
All shows are held at the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium located inside the Retzer Environmental Learning Center. Private show reservations are available for community groups, private parties, corporate events, or scout groups. If seats are available you can purchase them up to the time of the show. For more information or to register a group, call 262-970-4139.
Tickets are available at https://hdplanetarium.ticketleap.com.
Planetarium Programs September Schedule:
- Wednesday 9/25 at 11:00am – 100 Years of Eternity – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
- 9/28 at 11:00am – Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast – $5.00/person
- 9/28 at 1:00pm – Chasing The Ghost Particle: From the South Pole to the Edge of the Universe – $5.00/person
SPECIAL EVENT
9/21 from 9am-4pm (every 30min, last show begins at 3:30pm) – Retzer’s Apple Harvest Festival Featured Show: Cosmic Questions – $3.00/person
Planetarium Programs October Schedule:
- Wednesday 10/2 at 11:00am – Aurora: Lights of Wonder – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 10/9 at 11:00am – Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 10/16 at 11:00am – Spooky Space – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 10/23 at 11:00am – 3-2-1 Liftoff! Space Adventure of Elon the Hamster – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 10/30 at 11:00am – Halloween: Celestial Origins – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
- 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 at 11:00am – Spooky Space – $5.00/person
- 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 at 1:00pm -Supermassive Black Holes: Unveiling the Invisible – $5.00/person
Planetarium Programs November Schedule:
SPECIAL EVENT
11/2-Science Fest (Theme Energy in Nature)
11:00 am Sunstruck
12:00 pm Dynamic Earth
1:00 pm 5000 Eyes- Mapping the Universe with DESI (Dark Energy Spectrograph Instrument)
- Wednesday 11/6 at 11:00am – Red-Eye to the Stars – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 11/13 at 11:00am -Dark Side of Light – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 11/20 at 11:00am – DinoSOARS! Changes Over Time – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 11/27 at 11:00am – Mars: The Ultimate Voyage – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
- 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 – 11:00am – Cosmic Colors: An Adventure Along the Spectrum- $5.00/person
- 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 – 1:00pm – 100 Years of Eternity – $5.00/person
Planetarium Programs December Schedule:
- Wednesday 12/4 at 11:00am – Khrumka’s Adventures in the Winter Forest- $5.00/person
- Wednesday 12/11 at 11:00am – Let It Snow- $5.00/person
- Wednesday 12/18 at 11:00am – Mystery of the Christmas Star – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
- 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28 at 11:00am – Let It Snow – $5.00/person
- 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28 at 1:00pm -Mystery of the Christmas Star – $5.00/person
Holiday Break Shows
- December 23rd at 11am- George and Oatmeal Save Santa – $5.00/person
- December 23rd at 1pm- Cosmic Questions – $5.00/person
- December 26th at 11am- Our Place in Space – $5.00/person
- December 26th at 1pm- Season of Light – $5.00/person
- December 27th at 11am- One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure – $5.00/person
- December 27th at 1pm- Seven Wonders – $5.00/person
- December 30th at 11am- Khrumka’s Adventure in the Winter Forest – $5.00/person
- December 30th at 1pm- Defying Gravity – $5.00/person
Find additional programs.
About the Horwitz DeRemer Planetarium:
The Charles Horwitz Planetarium opened in May 2005. The state-of-the-art, 90-seat, Digistar-6 planetarium is owned and operated by the School District of Waukesha. With the new, high-definition laser projection system, guests can fly through the rings of Saturn, land spacecraft on Mars and travel at light speed to stars and distant galaxies… all without leaving their seats!
In the Spring of 2018, the planetarium was renamed: Horwitz DeRemer Planetarium after David A. DeRemer, who was the director of the planetarium from 1978 to 2018.
The planetarium is not only an accurate day and night sky projection system, but the program serves as a district and community science resource center. School and community programs are designed to meet state and national astronomy standards, but these programs also present fundamental science concepts of weather, climate, chemistry, physics, and earth science.
The entrance to the planetarium, lobby area, and the theater are completely wheelchair accessible.
Expand your experience by enjoying the Retzer Nature Center facilities and grounds!
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