🔭 Planetariums, observatories and star parties in Minneapolis–St. Paul
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Planetariums
- Bell Museum Planetariumbellmuseum.umn.edu
St Paul · The Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium at the University of Minnesota's Saint Paul campus shows domed space programs, including A Dance of Seasons.
- Como Planetariumcommed.spps.org
St. Paul · A 55-seat planetarium inside Como Elementary that has run since 1975 and holds public evening and weekend shows on constellations, Pluto and telescope nights.
- Science Museum of Minnesota Omnitheatersmm.org
St. Paul · The museum's giant-screen theater lists space films such as Journey to Space and a live digital telescope show called Lost in Space: A Stellar Tours Adventure.
Observatories with public nights
- Goodsell Observatorycarleton.eduFree
Northfield · Carleton College's observatory holds open houses on the first Friday of most months, free and open to the public, unless clouds close the domes.
- Tate Hall Public Telescope Viewingcse.umn.eduFree
Minneapolis · Friday evenings in fall 2026 pair a student astronomy talk with viewing through a 19th-century refractor in the Tate Hall dome, weather permitting.