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Hansen Planetarium
In 1965, Beatrice M. Hansen founded Salt Lake City's first planetarium using $400,000 from the estate of her deceased husband, George T. Hansen. Since then, the Hansen Planetarium has become internationally renowned for its star shows and astronomy-related publications.
Hansen Planetarium
Johanna Workman, Deseret News |
The planetarium is housed in a building on 15 S. State Street erected in 1905 to house the Salt Lake City Library. The planetarium building is a stately structure listed on the National Historic Registry.
Because of a shortage on space and parking, however, the planetarium will move into a new $19 million facility at the Gateway Project sometime in 2002 or 2003. The new facility will also have an IMAX theater.
About 100,000 people visit the planetarium each year. Officials expect that number to double when the new facility and theater opens.
Thousands of school students visit the planetarium each year to enhance their regular curriculum. Hansen Planetarium is part of a nationwide program called Star Station One that provides information on the International Space Station. Every state has a planetarium or museum that partners with NASA to provide information on the international space mission.
The planetarium hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission for Science Star Shows is $4.50 for adults and $3.50 for children and seniors. Laser Music Concerts are $5 for children, $6 for adults and $7.50 for all late-night shows.
More information on the planetarium is availabe online at www.hansenplanetarium.org/ or by calling 801-538-2104.
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