Saturday Public Show Schedule

NOTICE: The John C. Wells Planetarium is closed for all Saturday Shows for Summer Vacation. See you this Fall.

Come on most Saturdays during the JMU school year (closed during JMU Breaks) and see a FREE full dome show and hear a live seasonal star talk highlighting the Shenandoah Valley night sky. The monthly schedule of shows is listed below.

Family Shows are designed for families with young children (ages 4 to 8) in mind. The showtimes for Family Shows are at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. Feature Shows are great for middle/high school students and adults. The showtimes for Feature Shows are at 2:15 pm and 3:30 pm. All are welcome to attend either show and the public ic cordially invited.

All shows are free admission for the public and no tickets are needed.

Family Show Schedule - 11:00 am and 1:00 pm

SEPTEMBER	One World One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
OCTOBER*	Magic Tree House: Space Mission
NOVEMBER*	Legends of the Sky: Orion
DECEMBER*	Molecularium
JANUARY*	A Teenager's Guide to the Galaxy
FEBRUARY	Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs?
MARCH* (closed March 11 and March 18)	Earth, Moon and Sun
APRIL	Legends of the Sky: Perseus & Andromeda
MAY (closed May 27 Memorial Day)	This is Our Sky
JUNE	Closed for maintenance
JULY/AUGUST	Closed for Science Explorers Camp

Feature Show Schedule - 2:15 pm and 3:30 pm

SEPTEMBER	Black Holes: To Infinity and Beyond
OCTOBER*	Magnetism - Defending Our Planet, Defining the Cosmos
NOVEMBER*	Stars of the Pharoahs
DECEMBER*	Two Small Pieces of Glass
JANUARY*	Dynamic Earth
FEBRUARY	The Energetic Universe
MARCH* (closed March 11 and March 18)	Secrets of the Sun
APRIL	Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds
MAY (closed May 27 Memorial Day)	Seeing: A Photon's Journey Across Space, Time & Mind
JUNE	Closed for maintenance
JULY/AUGUST	Closed for Science Explorers Camp

Closed during JMU Fall Break, Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring Break and Summer Vacation.

Please note: The John C. Wells planetarium strives to bring cutting-edge science to JMU as well as to the larger Shenandoah Valley community. Hence, the planetarium staff presents established science that is based on consensus from the scientific community. We will present the scientific evidence on topics such as climate change, evolution, age of the Earth, the Big Bang, and the age of the Universe. All of our full dome shows, activities, and live star talks make reference and begin with the premise that the age of the Universe is 13.8 billion years old, and that our Sun and the Solar System formed ~5 billions years ago. Our staff will not alter their presentations when discussing what some may consider controversial science topics.