Public Shows are held every Friday and Saturday.
Children’s Shows
(Ages 3-8)
Saturdays 2:00 pm 40 minutes Prices: Child $3, Adult – FreeThese interactive shows are specially designed for our youngest visitors. You can expect to get up out of your seat and get moving! Show topics vary: Hula hoop with Saturn, bounce on the moon, find and make up your own constellations, fly to another star system and much more!
- Tickets can be purchased with CASH ONLY at the door starting 20 minutes before show time.
Current Children’s Show:
During this interactive expedition our youngest explorers (ages 3-8) will take a trip around Earth and the solar system to seven different wonders and seven different mysteries(a mix of old and new!). Will they be able to find the secret hidden on Easter Island? Or get the balance of Stonehenge just right? Come to the show to find out!
General Audience Shows
Fridays 7 pm Saturdays 3:15 pm 1 hour Prices: Adult – $6, Child $3, Pierce College Student – $3General Audience shows start with an interactive tour of our current night sky. Explore the stars, planets, constellations and other celestial objects in our current night sky and then watch a 20-35 minute fulldome show. A question and answer period will follow the show if time permits. There are currently four shows that rotate (see below).
- Tickets can be reserved online using a major credit card in advance through Eventbrite for small fee: (clicking
will take you to a 3rd party website) - Tickets can be purchased with CASH ONLY at the door starting 20 minutes before show time.
| Date | Time | Show |
| 4/5 | 7 pm | Two Small Pieces of Glass |
| 4/6 | 3:15 pm | Two Small Pieces of Glass |
| 4/12 | 7 pm | Dynamic Earth |
| 4/13 | 3:15 pm | Dynamic Earth |
| 4/19 | 7 pm | Life: A Cosmic Story |
| 4/20 | 3:15 pm | Life: A Cosmic Story |
| 4/26 | 7 pm | Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity |
| 4/27 | 3:15 pm | Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity |
| 5/3 | 7 pm | Lamps of Atlantis |
| 5/4 | 3:15 pm | Lamps of Atlantis |
| 5/10 | 7 pm | Dynamic Earth |
| 5/11 | 3:15 pm | Dynamic Earth |
| 5/17 | 7 pm | Life: A Cosmic Story |
| 5/18 | 3:15 pm | Life: A Cosmic Story |
| 5/24 | 7 pm | Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity |
| 5/25 | 3:15 pm | Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity |
| 5/31 | 7 pm | Lamps of Atlantis |
| 6/1 | 3:15 pm | Lamps of Atlantis |
Dynamic Earth
The award-winning Dynamic Earth explores the inner workings of Earth’s great life support system: the global climate. With visualizations based on satellite monitoring data and advanced supercomputer simulations, this cutting-edge production follows a trail of energy that flows from the Sun into the interlocking systems that shape our climate: the atmosphere, oceans, and the biosphere. Audiences will ride along on swirling ocean and wind currents, dive into the heart of a monster hurricane, come face-to-face with sharks and gigantic whales, and fly into roiling volcanoes.
Dynamic Earth is the result of a two-year long collaboration between Spitz Creative Media, the Advanced Visualization Lab at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, and Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc., in association with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and NASA Earth Science. Narrated by Liam Neeson.
Life: A Cosmic Story
Narrated by two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster, Life begins in a grove of towering redwoods, majestic emblems of Northern California. From there, the audience “shrinks” dramatically as it enters a single redwood leaf and then a redwood cell, learning that despite their unique appearance, redwoods are composed of the same basic molecules as all other organisms on Earth. After this opening statement of shared ancestry, the audience launches on a journey through time, witnessing key events since the Big Bang that set the stage for life. The first stars ignite, galaxies coalesce, and entire worlds take shape. On the early Earth, two scenarios for the dawn of life are presented — one near a turbulent, deep-sea hydrothermal vent, and the other in a primordial “hot puddle” on a volcanic island. From these microscopic beginnings, life transformed the entire Earth as it evolved and diversified: filling the atmosphere with oxygen, turning the continents green, and altering global climate patterns. The 25-minute show ends with a review of geological evidence and the connectedness of all living things on Earth.
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Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
Be dazzled with striking, immersive animations of the formation of the early universe, star birth and death, the collision of giant galaxies, and a simulated flight to a super-massive black hole lurking at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy. This cutting-edge production features high-resolution visualizations of cosmic phenomena, working with data generated by computer simulations, to bring the current science of black holes to the dome screen. Narrated by Liam Neeson.
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Lamps of Atlantis
Our search for the lost continent of Atlantis takes us on a journey through the astronomical knowledge and understanding of the ancient Greeks. How did the constellations get their names? What different patterns did ancient cultures see in the sky? Was Atlantis a real place? Did it really sink into the sea? We will uncover clues to help us solve this age-old mystery. Narrated by Terry O’Quinn, John Locke from TV’s LOST.
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