On Saturday, Feb. 4 the MSUM Planetarium partnered with Prairie Public and sponsored by Moore Engineering to bring the 3rd Annual Stars of PBS to campus. The event featured the planetarium show, “One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure,” showing every 45 minutes throughout the day and activities ranging from playing with light and shadows, creating mini-planetariums, boom whackers, dippin dots, trips to the moon, and others. More […]
Assistant Professor of Photography Carlos Rene Pacheco has photographs from his in-progress body of work titled Flatland on display now in the Planetarium on campus. Inspired by the near unbroken flatness of rural Minnesota and North Dakota along a horizontal plane, Flatland is a series of photographs, evoking alien landscapes, that explores the textures and space of the Midwest, from […]
The Planetarium is currently showing two holiday shows. “Star of Wonder: Mystery of the Christmas Star” is about uncovering the mystery of the Christmas star. The other show is titled “Season of Light” and reveals the history of fascinating holiday traditions.
The MSUM Planetarium began featuring three brand new shows on Oct. 1! The Saturday Morning Children’s show is The Weather. This show follows a young girl as she learns about seasons, weather, clouds and the water cycle. Recommended for children up to grade 2. Sundays we are showcasing our other two new shows: Did An Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs and Dark […]