Come to the Planetarium Programs in Waukesha this spring 2023!

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 April Schedule:

• Wednesday 4/5 A-Z Astronomy: From 3 to 103! $4.00 per person
  • • Explore the depths of space in a wild ride through the universe!
      Appealing to all ages, this family romp through the galaxies includes a roller coaster ride on our huge
      dome, a strange stop at a black hole by Mr. Shakespeare, a talking letter with a jelly-bean universe, and a
      trip to Egypt to explore hieroglyphs- the origins of our letters.
      Don’t miss any of our out-of-this-world ABC adventures!  From the aurora to the zodiac, the alphabet
      voyage will leave you spinning for more.
• Wednesday 4/12 Space Quiz $4.00 per person
  • • “Space Quiz” is a series of interactive and educational children’s films for digital planetariums.  This film
      shows the relationship between the three best known astronomical bodies- the Earth, Moon, and Sun, the
      solar system, and the phases of the Moon.  Which planet has the highest crater?  Why is the Moon
      sometimes lit?  What makes the Sun shine?  Which of the planets rolls on its side as it orbits the sun?
      These are just some of the questions that will be answered in this space quiz.  Everyone leaves a winner
      because even if you didn’t know all the right answers, you will have learned something!
• Wednesday 4/19 Dynamic Earth $4.00 per person
  • • “Space Quiz” is a series of interactive and educational children’s films for digital planetariums.  This film
      shows the relationship between the three best known astronomical bodies- the Earth, Moon, and Sun, the
      solar system, and the phases of the Moon.  Which planet has the highest crater?  Why is the Moon
      sometimes lit?  What makes the Sun shine?  Which of the planets rolls on its side as it orbits the sun?
      These are just some of the questions that will be answered in this space quiz.  Everyone leaves a winner
      because even if you didn’t know all the right answers, you will have learned something!
• Wednesday 4/26 Galileo: The Power of the Telescope $4.00 per person
  • • Two eyes and two pieces of glass revolutionized human understanding 400 years ago.  The eyes belonged
      to Galileo Galilei, and the curved pieces of glass were the lenses of his telescope.This show tells Galileo’s
      personal and powerful story and explores how his discoveries displaced long-held views about the
      universe.  The film takes you back in time to Pisa, Italy to experience Galileo’s early experiments with
      gravity and the laws of motion, his advocacy of the idea that the Earth revolves around the sun, and his
      work with early telescopes.  You see how his keen observations culminated in The Starry Messenger, an
      early masterpiece in which Galileo described all his dazzling discoveries in a straightforward, easy to
      understand way.

APRIL SATURDAY SHOWS

4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/29 11:00am Max Goes to the Moon $5.00 per person

4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/29 1:00pm Dynamic Earth $5.00 per person

4/22 11am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:15pm Retzer Nature Center Earth Week Celebration Presentation: A Place Like No Other  FREE ADMISSION

Find additional programs here.

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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