Our museums and galleries house fascinating collections, from living bugs to The Beatles, fine art to photography, the Titanic to ancient Egypt.

Follow us online: Facebook Twitter Flickr

National Museums Liverpool Blog - A new era for the museum's planetarium

 Tuesday, December 20, 2011

A new era for the museum's planetarium


Tuesday 20 December 11

Staff at the World Museum are getting very excited, as a generous donation has meant that a massive refurbishment can go ahead on the much-loved planetarium!

It will be closed from 4 - 30 January 2012, but here's planetarium demonstrator John Moran to tell us what fantastic new facilities will be available in the new year...


I used to get asked, "Are there any changes coming to the Planetarium anytime soon?" My answer would always be, "Only if a private benefactor with deep pockets decides they;d like to invest some money into the planetarium!". But I never believed for a moment that it would happen.

For years, the team at the planetarium have gone on trips to other planetaria around the country and always came back saying how great it would be to have digital projectors in the World Museum's planetarium.  Well, dreams do come true, because the nice folks at Zeiss have kindly given us £110,000 worth of digital projection equipment absolutely free! (Thanks Zeiss!)

Throughout January 2012 the planetarium will be closed for the installation of a Zeiss Spacegate Duo as well as brand new software. This will enable us to run more exciting and more immersive shows than ever before. We will be able to use the 'all-dome' technology of this system to create mind blowing shows. These could be; a close-up of the moon or the volcanoes of Mars or even the rings of Saturn spread across every inch of the dome. 

It's worth remembering that we are still the only free static planetarium in the country and we will stay that way after the refurbishments too. The planetarium is about to go digital and if you liked it before, you won’t believe your eyes at the beginning of February. See you then!

Planetarium 2011The planetarium before refurbishment.

Posted by Lisa | 20/12/2011 16:18   | Comments [1]

Posted in: world museum liverpool
Tagged with: planetarium

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:12:37 PM
Fantastic! I can't wait to visit and see the improvements.
Jayne Richards

Post a comment

All comments require the approval of the site owner before being displayed.
Name
E-mail

Comment (HTML not allowed)  

Enter the code shown (prevents robots):

Live Comment Preview

By posting your comment you have agreed to the terms and conditions below

Terms & Conditions

National Museums Liverpool welcomes your comments. All comments are moderated and will only be published if they adhere to the following standards. The editors reserve the right not to publish comments which they deem inappropriate:

  1. Our Maritime Archives and Library deals with enquiries relating to all aspects of Liverpool's maritime history including ships, passengers, seafarers, shipping and maritime companies. Their web pages describe the information they hold and how to get in touch, along with useful research guides on popular subjects such as tracing seafaring or emigrant ancestors. Please do not submit requests for this type of information as comments on this blog.
  2. Specific enquiries, as opposed to comments on blog posts, should be submitted using our contact system. Please note that we do not provide valuations.
  3. Posts must be text only and under 1000 characters (including spaces). Html code, links or multimedia are not permitted.
  4. We will aim (but do not guarantee) to publish approved comments within 72 hours although there may be delays over weekends and during public holidays.
  5. Please do not post anything that is libellous, abusive, obscene, prejudiced or unlawful.
  6. Do not contravene any rights to privacy (such as personal contact details), copyright or trademark legislation.
  7. Please do not spam or post commercial promotional information.
  8. By posting you agree that you are wholly responsible for the content that you post. Although the blog comments will be moderated National Museums Liverpool will publish comments in the good faith that they comply with the law.
  9. By posting your comment you agree that it may be reproduced by National Museums Liverpool online or in print without compensation.