The Marie Drake Planetarium
Where the stars always shine in Juneau, AK
Where the stars always shine in Juneau, AK
The Marie Drake planetarium is currently closed to the public due to Covid-19 . We are offering shows to JSD classes only.
We hope to give presentations to the public and community groups starts in early October.
We will send out an email and post here and on Facebook when we are able to safely
reopen.
The Marie Drake planetarium is currently closed to the public due to Covid-19 . We are offering shows to JSD classes only.
We hope to give presentations to the public and community groups starts in early October.
We will send out an email and post here and on Facebook when we are able to safely
reopen.
August Grant Awarded from PPA
The planetarium provides free astronomy education to people of all ages and levels of astronomy knowledge.
We are a non profit and have been run by volunteers for 30 years.
We educate the the public, school classes and community groups.
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We were selected in August to receive a $500 Mini Grant from the Pacific Planetarium Association (PPA) . We were one of three planetariums selected. Our grant is to purchase a 360 degree camera. Please contact us:
- If you are interested in using this camera to take photos for the planetarium,
- If you have a recommendation of which model we should buy
Saturn shown with our new digital projector.