National Grid ExploraDome

Experience science like never before in the National Grid ExploraDome! Our state-of-the-art theatre and Silverman Planetarium immerse visitors in a completely new experience through vibrant colors, out-of-this-world surround sound, and a giant screen spanning beyond your vision. (Closed-captioning devices available upon request)

Now Playing

Syracuse Skies
Planetarium Show

Run Time: 25 Minutes

Syracuse Skies Tickets (FREE)

Animal
Kingdom

Run Time: 25 Minutes

Animal Kingdom Tickets
Mission: Moon

Mission: Moon
Planetarium Show

Run Time: 20 Minutes

Mission: Moon Tickets

Penguin Island
Starting October 1

Run Time: 22 Minutes

Tickets Available Soon

Tickets also available in person

Tickets

Tickets available online through links above, or in person at the museum.

Film Tickets
Syracuse SkiesFREE
MOST Member$4
Adult/Youth/Senior
Children under 2 are free		$6
Museums for All
(*requires EBT card; must buy in person)		$2

Current Schedule

10:30 |Syracuse Skies Planetarium Show
11:30 |Animal Kingdom
12:30 |Mission: Moon Planetarium Show
1:30 |Syracuse Skies Planetarium Show
2:30 |Animal Kingdom

Starting October 1

10:30 |Penguin Island NEW!
11:30 |Animal Kingdom
12:30 |Syracuse Skies Planetarium Show
1:30 |Penguin Island NEW!
2:30 |Animal Kingdom

Subject to change and cancelations for special events. Please see our daily activities calendar for the most up-to-date film schedule. 

Film Information

🔭 Syracuse Skies planetarium show (FREE)

presented by The Summit Federal Credit Union

From solstices and solar activity to constellations and comets, explore the night sky in Syracuse. Discover new trips and tricks for stargazing, learn how to identify constellations visible year-round in our region, and experience unique astronomical phenomena that take place at specific times each year — or only once in a “blue moon”! Planetarium shows are presented live by science educators during most showings.

🌙 Mission: Moon planetarium show

Travel to the Moon to learn about our nearest neighbor in the solar system. Explore our moon, from historical observations to plans to establish a long-term human presence on the surface. Perfect for all ages, this show explores lunar features and key milestones in our scientific study of the moon (moon rocks, anyone?). Plus, learn about the history of NASA lunar exploration and get a sneak preview of NASA’s Artemis upcoming missions! Planetarium shows are presented live by science educators during most showings.

🐘 Animal Kingdom: A Tale of Six Families

Animal Kingdom is a stunning exploration into just what makes our natural world so spectacular. An educational journey from A-Z, the film introduces audiences to animals from all over the world and explores the ways in which we can help to protect them. Across frozen snowy forests, under scorching African Sun, and into the darkest depths of the ocean, learn why animals are the way they are and answer the simple but important questions that form the basis of our knowledge about the animal world.

🐧 Penguin Island – Coming October 1!

Much like their close cousins the Emperors, crowd-pleasing King penguins star in one of nature’s most extraordinary circle of life stories. Shot on the dramatic and uninhabited sub-Antarctic Crozet Archipelago, home to over half a million breeding pairs of penguins, the film chronicles the arrival of a lone, determined male suitor, driven by instinct to return to this treeless mote in the vast Southern seas. Here, against all odds, he must find a special someone among a cacophony of colony rivals, protect a precious egg, and start a family. Navigating a world of hungry orcas, predatory petrels, and feuding, farting elephant seals, a touching story of perseverance and parental care emerges, offering a family-friendly, timeless tale at the windswept and beautiful edge of the world.

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