Science & Discovery Center

Adler Planetarium

Ages 0–12
1300 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, USA

About this place

Adler Planetarium is America's first planetarium and a museum located in Chicago, Illinois, housing one of the largest collections of historic scientific instruments in the world. Families can explore exhibitions including Stargazers Hub, Mission Moon, Universe In Your Hands, and Chicago's Night Sky, which feature rare objects spanning from the early medieval period through the Space Age, including one of the world's oldest telescopes. The planetarium offers immersive experiences allowing visitors to soar through Saturn's rings, dive into buried oceans, and search for signs of life on distant worlds.

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