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Planetarium Programs – Waukesha
May 22 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
$5
Come to the Planetarium Programs in Waukesha this spring and summer 2024!
The Horwitz DeRemer Planetarium is located at the Retzer Nature Center in Waukesha.
All shows are held at the Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium located inside the Retzer Environmental Learning Center. Private show reservations are available for community groups, private parties, corporate events, or scout groups. If seats are available you can purchase them up to the time of the show. For more information or to register a group, call 262-970-4139.
Tickets are available at https://hdplanetarium.ticketleap.com.
Planetarium Programs May Schedule:
- Wednesday 5/1 at 11:00am – Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 5/8 at 11:00am – Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 5/15 at 11:00am – Mars: The Ultimate Voyage – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 5/22 at 11:00am – The First Stargazers – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 5/29 at 11:00am – Space Aliens: Looking for Life in the Universe – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25 at 11:00am – Double Feature- World of Curiosity & Cosmix – $5.00/person
5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25 at 1:00pm – Aurora: Lights of Wonder – $5.00/person
Planetarium Programs June Schedule:
- Wednesday 6/5 at 11:00am – Satelix – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 6/5 at 1:00pm – Red-Eye to the Stars – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 6/12 at 11:00am – Secret of the Cardboard Rocket – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 6/12 at 1:00pm – Sky Wars: Battles of Discovery – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 6/19 at 11:00am – One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
- Wednesday 6/19 at 1:00pm – The Hot and Energetic Universe – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 6/26 at 11:00am – Double Feature: Cosmix + Surviving in Space – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 6/26 at 1:00pm – Nine Planets and Counting – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29 at 11:00am – 3-2-1 Liftoff! Space Adventure of Elon the hamster – $5.00/person
6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29 at 1:00pm -Cosmic Mashups: Gravity, Galaxies, and Supermassive Black Holes – $5.00/person
SPECIAL EVENT
6/22- 50th Anniversary of Retzer Nature Center – 100 Years of Eternity – $5.00/person – Offered at 3:30pm, 5:00pm, 6:30pm, and 8pm
Planetarium Programs July Schedule:
- Wednesday 7/3 at 11:00am – The Solar System Show – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/3 at 1:00pm -A Teenagers Guide to the Galaxy – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/10 at 11:00am -Cosmic Colors: An Adventure Along the Spectrum – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/10 at 1:00pm – Out There:The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds- $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/17 at 11:00am – Dark Side of Light – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/17 at 1:00pm – Aurora: Lights of Wonder – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/24 at 11:00am – Star Signs – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/24 at 1:00pm – A Place Like No Other – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/31 at 11:00am – Space Quiz -3 segments (Earth, Moon and Sun/Solar System/Phases of the Moon) – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 7/31 at 1:00pm – Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs? – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27 – 11:00am – Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival- $5.00/person
7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27 – 1:00pm – The Sun, Our Living Star – $5.00/person
Planetarium Programs August Schedule:
- Wednesday 8/7 at 11:00am – Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast- $5.00/person
- Wednesday 8/7 at 1:00pm – 5000 Eyes- Mapping the Universe with DESI – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 8/14 at 11:00am – Galileo: The Power of the Telescope- $5.00/person
- Wednesday 8/14 at 1:00pm – Stars of the Pharaohs – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 8/21 at 11:00am – 3-2-1 Liftoff! Space Adventure of Elon the hamster – $5.00/person
- Wednesday 8/21 at 1:00pm – Forward! To the Moon – $5.00/person
SATURDAY SHOWS
8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24 at 11:00am – Little Draggy Adventures – $5.00/person
8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24 at 1:00pm -Dark Side of Light – $5.00/person
SPECIAL EVENT
LASER SHOWS $5.00/person/show
Taylor Swift Laser Show: 8/10 at 12pm, 8/14 at 10am, 8/24 at 12pm
Legends of Perseus & Orion 8/17 and 8/21 at 12pm
Retzer Laser Show Beer Garden $5/person/show
Friday 8/23 from 4-9pm, shows start hourly at 4:30pm
Saturday 8/24 from 3-9pm, shows start hourly at 3:30pm
Find additional programs here.
About the Horwitz DeRemer Planetarium:
The Charles Horwitz Planetarium opened in May 2005. The state-of-the-art, 90-seat, Digistar-6 planetarium is owned and operated by the School District of Waukesha. With the new, high-definition laser projection system, guests can fly through the rings of Saturn, land spacecraft on Mars and travel at light speed to stars and distant galaxies… all without leaving their seats!
In the Spring of 2018, the planetarium was renamed: Horwitz DeRemer Planetarium after David A. DeRemer, who was the director of the planetarium from 1978 to 2018.
The planetarium is not only an accurate day and night sky projection system, but the program serves as a district and community science resource center. School and community programs are designed to meet state and national astronomy standards, but these programs also present fundamental science concepts of weather, climate, chemistry, physics, and earth science.
The entrance to the planetarium, lobby area, and the theater are completely wheelchair accessible.
Expand your experience by enjoying the Retzer Nature Center facilities and grounds!
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