The Queen Elizabeth Planetarium or Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium is a planetarium located within Coronation Park, in Edmonton, Alberta. It was the first public planetarium in Canada, operating between 1960 and 1983 and again from 2023 onward. Designed by Walter Tefler and R.F.
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Dress for the weather! Like all observatories, this is an "open sky" venue, so in mid winter, it gets cold. Come and take a look through one of, if not the, best equipped (based on my experienxe only) public observatories in Canada. That Edmonton has some of the worst light pollution in the country makes that claim all the more amazing. The staff here really know the night (and daytime) sky, and always have a variety of objects to share. Make a point of trying to show up for events like meteor showers, eclipses, and any other significant astronomical events. The staff would love to help you...
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My first experience at this planetarium wasn't pleasant.
We waited in line for over 30 minutes, only to get stuffed into a room full of people, where this lady took her shoes off and stunk the whole area with her feet.
The room was crowded with people, that we had to sit on these chairs and look up the whole duration that it felt like our necks were going to break.
Overall the experience was educational and...
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I remember coming here as a kid back around 1980 it was a really cool experience then. It’s been closed since 1983 when the Telus World of Science opened. Now it is been renovated and refurbished and supposed to reopen in 2020. There have been some delays so it may be a 2021 opening. When it does reopen it will be an intimate experience. The unique design of this building makes it...
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