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Millholland Planetarium

 

Science that is Out of the World!

The Millholland Planetarium is a 65-seat, digital planetarium theater featuring a giant screen, 30 ft dome images, and surround sound to transport visitors beyond the confines of Earth. Journey to the center of a black hole, tour the surface of the Sun, the rings of Saturn, and more! We cannot wait for you to experience shows and programs in the Millholland Planetarium!

Upcoming Showtimes

  • CLOSED

    Mon, Jul 15 2024

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*Planetarium shows are included with admission based on seat availability

Destination Mars

30 minutes

Ever wonder what it would be like to fly to Mars? Nasa, and others, have their sites set on the Red Planet and they're building the Technology to get us there! Destination Mars: The New Frontier gives you an up-close look at humanity's most epic endeavor.

The Little Star That Could

35 minutes

Explore The story about Little Star, an average yellow star in search for planets of his own to protect and warm. Along the way, he meets other stars, learns what makes each star special, and discovers that stars combine to form star clusters and galaxies. Eventually, Little Star finds his planets and each is introduced with basic information about our Solar System.

We are out-of-this-world excited to announce that the Millholland Planetarium has a state-of-the-art digital projector! The new projector still has old favorites, now with brighter and more crisp images, along with new shows!

Features of the new projector include...

  • The ability to 'dome cast' or share live and recorded events from other planetariums!
  • Access to the database of over 400 partners that CSC can use as programmatic elements!
  • The Digistar 7's connectivity will allow CSC to stream live feeds like NASA's Perseverance landing mission control experience!

Thank You to our sponsors

The following sponsors' generosity help support the Millholland Planetarium:

John & Eileen Leach
Kenneth K. & Suzanne G. Millholland Endowment
Pepsi Bottling Co. of Hickory, NC
TSH Foundation
E.R. Carpenter Foundation
Underdown Family Foundation

Special Group Shows in the Planetarium

You can book a planetarium show for your group! For more information contact our Office Staff at info@catawbascience.org or 828.322.8169 x. 0

Larry W.

Took the kiddos and they loved it. Employees were nice and helpful. If your looking for something to do with the kids give this place a shot.

-Larry W.

Meredith C.

What a wonderful place to visit! Great environment to learn and the staff is very helpful! Hickory is lucky to have great family education and entertainment.

– Meredith C.

Sam H.

This place was great. We have kids from 8 to 1 and they all had a great time. What I really liked is most of the exhibits are hands on and that really kept them occupied.

– Sam H.

Denise G.

Fabulous and I don’t often give praise. We took our grandson and were there for hours. He loved it and so did we.

– Denise G.

Tiffany F.

We love the Science Center! I take my 2 and 4 year old boys weekly to play and enjoy the exhibits. The staff are wonderful and the classes offered are excellent! We are so blessed to have such an amazing resource in our area.

– Tiffany F.

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