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Think your phone alarm is harsh? Come see a device that once fired a cannon to let you know it’s lunchtime. Stargazers of ages past in Ancient Greece, the Middle...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stand in the shadow of the Moon? As the Moon blots out the Sun, turning day into night, you will...
In a dark sky, you can see about 4,500 stars with the naked eye. In Chicago’s sky, you can see about 35. As long as people have walked the Earth,...
Lighting the way to out-of-this-world adventures. The Clark Family Welcome Gallery at the Adler Planetarium kicks off your journey to the stars. Created using approximately 13,000 linear feet of aluminum...
Curiosity, connections, and exploration await! The Adler Planetarium’s Community Design Labs are flexible spaces for visitors to imagine, discover, and have fun together. Whether creating your own artwork in Star...
The Adler Planetarium’s Doane Observatory is pretty special. It is home to the largest telescope available to the public in the Chicagoland area! That means that guests get to see...
Take a ride back in time to Chicago's night sky as it appeared in 1913. Experience the night sky over Chicago as it appeared in 1913 in the Atwood Sphere—Chicago’s...
Launch a stomp rocket, race against the clock to save the crew of Apollo 13, look inside the Gemini 12 spacecraft, and take a very personal journey into space with...
Space rocks (literally and figuratively) make up the building blocks of pretty cool celestial objects in our solar system and beyond. This exhibition is out-of-orbit to make way for a...
Blast off to Planet X with your littlest explorers! Junior space explorers enter a world where they can climb, crawl, play, and learn what it takes to be part of...
Talk to astronomers about cutting-edge research and experience awe-inspiring visualizations! In this working laboratory, scientists, technology experts, artists, and educators work together to create new ways for people to virtually...
Meet Chicago's legendary Dearborn refractor, take a look through a 17th-century instrument, and learn how telescopes transformed our understanding of the universe Astronomers have studied the sky for thousands of...
Transport yourself to the distant corners of the cosmos and witness how the universe has evolved over 13.7 billion years, from the big bang to this morning’s sunrise. Follow the...