The Daniel M. Soref Planetarium & Dome Theater is now open!
One Planetarium program is included with your Museum admission. At this time, programs cannot be reserved in advance and are first-come, first-served.
Giant-screen films are sold separately from Museum admission and can be reserved online, by phone, or in-person. Members $5, non-members $6. Sustainer+ members can reserve for free, but must call 414-278-2728 or visit MPM.
Daily Schedule
October 2, 2024 through October 31, 2024
| 10:15 a.m. | Wisconsin Stargazing |
| 11 a.m. | T. REX |
| Noon | Spooky Space |
| 12:45 p.m. | T. REX |
| 2 p.m. | Wisconsin Stargazing |
| 2:45 p.m. | T. REX |
| 3:45 p.m. | Spooky Space |
| 4:30 p.m. | Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon |
Now Showing
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon - Giant Film
Pink Floyd’s iconic album Dark Side of the Moon, originally released in 1973, turns 50. Celebrate and experience it at the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium! Combining breathtaking views of the solar system, played out to 42 minutes of Dark Side in surround sound, this truly immersive and all-encompassing treat will transcend reality. Each song has a different theme, some futuristically looking forward and some a retro acknowledgment to Pink Floyd’s visual history, all relating to a time and space experience.
Showtimes at 4:30 p.m. beginning October 2.
Special Saturdays
Join us for special viewings on two Saturdays of each month: October 12 and 26, November 16 and 30, December 14 and 28, from 5:45-8 p.m. Includes an additional live 25-minute Planetarium program plus concessions. $18 all members, $20 non-members.
5:45 p.m. - Doors & concessions open
6:15 p.m. - Stargazing with Pink Floyd
6:45 p.m. - Short intermission
7:00 p.m. - Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Spooky Space - Planetarium Program
Looking for cosmic fun this Halloween season? Meet the stars of Halloween—monsters, zombies, and ghosts—and their far more terrible counterparts in space—black holes, zombie stars, and spectacular ghostly nebulae!
Showtimes at Noon and 3:45 p.m. now through October 31.
T. REX
For more than 100 years, dinosaurs have inspired and thrilled audiences, commanding blockbuster status in museums and at the box office. But among them towers a king—a tyrant lizard king! Meet the discoverers of remarkable new bones in the badlands of Hell Creek in the summer of 2023. Explore the life and times of the Greatest Of All Tyrants (the GOAT), T. rex!
Showtimes at 11 a.m., 12:45 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Stargazing - Planetarium Program
Take a live tour of the current Wisconsin night sky in this 22-minute guided Planetarium program. A lively astronomy educator will show you all of the current sights on a clear dome “sky,” such as planets, constellations, meteors, and other fun celestial phenomena. The program includes a cosmic Q&A session and requests from the audience.
Showtimes at 10:15 a.m. and 2 p.m.
COMING SOON
Space Aliens - Giant Film
Join our alien experts, “Hopeful” and “Skeptical,” as they examine extraterrestrial files and try to convince each other whether or not life exists beyond Earth. Follow their astro arguments from the ocean floor to a journey across the galaxy!
Showtimes at Noon and 3:45 p.m. beginning November 1.