Worldwide Planetariums Database


    

List of US planetariums
ILLINOIS
Planetarium Name, location Information
Museum of Science and Industry (MSI)
Henry Crown Space Center

CHICAGO
Official Website
Giant screen
1986
22.0m
353 seats
Optical
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Adler Planetarium
Grainger Sky Theater

CHICAGO
Official Website
Museum
1930
21.3m
195 seats
Digital
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Adler Planetarium
Definiti Space Theater

CHICAGO
Official Website
Museum
1999
16.8m
195 seats
Digital
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Parkland College
William M. Staerkel Planetarium

CHAMPAIGN
Official Website
School
1987
15.2m
128 seats
Optical
Digital
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Triton College
Cernan Earth and Space Center

RIVER GROVE
Official Website
School
1984
13.4m
93 seats
Digital
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Peoria Riverfront Museum
Planetarium

PEORIA
Official Website
Museum
2013
12.2m
70 seats
Optical
Digital
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Augustana College
John Deere Planetarium

ROCK ISLAND
Official Website
School
1969
9.1m
92 seats
Digital
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Joliet Junior College
Herbert Trackman Planetarium

JOLIET
Official Website
School
1973
9.1m
70 seats
Digital
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Illinois State University
ISU Planetarium

NORMAL
Official Website
School
1964
9.1m
61 seats
Optical
Digital
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Indian Prairie School District 204
Waubonsie Valley High School
WVHS Planetarium

AURORA
Official Website
School
1975
9.1m
58 seats
Optical
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Evanston Township High School (ETHS)
Leonard D. Schaeffer Theater
Michael Planetarium

EVANSTON
Official Website
School
1969
9.1m
56 seats
Digital
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Olivet Nazarene University (ONU)
College of Arts & Sciences
Strickler Planetarium

BOURBONNAIS
Official Website
School
1966
9.1m
50 seats
Digital
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McHenry County College
Liebman Science Center
MCC Planetarium

CRYSTAL LAKE
Official Website
School
2018
8.3m
45 seats
Digital
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Marist High School
MHS Planetarium

CHICAGO
Official Website
School
2019
8.0m
30 seats
Digital
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Elgin National Watch Company Observatory
U-46 Planetarium

ELGIN
Official Website
School
1963
7.3m
55 seats
Optical
Digital
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Adler Planetarium
Atwood Sphere

CHICAGO
Official Website
Globe
1913
5.2m
8 seats

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Discovery Center Museum


ROCKFORD
Official Website
Science Center
1974
4.2m
30 seats
Digital
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Macon County Conservation District
Planetarium

DECATUR
Official Website
Planetarium
2025
6.0m
30 seats
Digital
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE)
SIUE portable planetarium

EDWARDSVILLE
Official Website
School
2012
6.0m
30 seats
Digital
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Peoria Riverfront Museum
Mobile Planetarium

PEORIA
Official Website
Planetarium
2023
6.0m
30 seats

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Salem Bryan Bennett Library
Portable planetarium

SALEM
Official Website
Planetarium
2023
5.5m
20 seats
Optical
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Macomb School District
Planetarium

MACOMB
Official Website
School
2024
5.0m
30 seats
Digital
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