Hooper Planetarium — Attraction in Greenville

May, 20, 2021 Years ago, when my children were young, we were members of Roper Mountain Science Center. Now that I have grandchildren, I decided to rejoin and allow my grandchildren to trap all the wonder of this educational place!

Now as members, we may attend many functions for free, one of which is The Planetarium. We were mesmerized by how wonderful the show was and how much we all learned about our beautiful solar system! At the end, they showed an "Ice Ride", like a virtual roller coaster ride on ice! Well, being that I have motion sickness, I closed my eyes thru the entire virtual ride! But, my granddaughter loved it! Mind you, she is only 7 years old!

The family membership is $65 per year, but, they said that the price is going up June 1, 2021. Better get your membership now to a really wonderful place! You won't regret it!

Thank you Roper Mountain Science Center for all that...

Hooper Planetarium was a cool way to spend a Friday evening with the family! The kids enjoyed themselves very much, and so did we parents. We went to Friday Starry Nights and saw the Exploding Universe show which was immersive and very informative. Their staff were very friendly. Afterwards, the virtual Mars Roller Coaster was a neat experience too. Due to the weather and low visibility, we unfortunately did not get to go look through the giant telescope but it’s fine because we will...

The wife and I hadn't been to a planetarium since 1972, and we were in Greenville on a trip so if figured check it out. Went to the Blackhole Friday showing at 8:45pm. Wife loved it, gave me a little poisitional vertigo. The added bonus was after the show we were able to look at Jupiter thru the Hooper Mountain 23" telescope. Much better view than the 3" telescope I...