Winter Planetarium Shows

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Time & Place

    • Virginia Living Museum

      January 2 - March 14, 2014, 12 a.m.

      524 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard
      Newport News, VA 23601
    • Phone: 757-595-1900
      Highway Exit: 258A from I-64
      Website: Click here to visit us online

Description

Choose among three shows in the Virginia Living Museum’s Abbitt Planetarium. Introduce your little astronomer to the wonders of the sky with “Friendly Stars” at 12:30 p.m. A staff astronomer takes a tour of the current night sky in “Virginia Skies” at 1:30 p.m. “Dark” is a full dome movie that explores the nature of dark matter, the missing 80% of the mass of the universe. It is shown at 2:30 p.m. The planetarium is open Wednesday through Sunday. Tickets $4 in addition to museum admission.