Welcome to the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium

Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium

Immerse Yourself

The only public planetarium in Vermont invites you to take a tour of the cosmos, get transported by extreme weather, or travel through time to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a selection of films and in-person presentations during your visit. Or reserve the planetarium for a private show!

Today’s Programs

  • Live Astronomy Presenter - "Tonight's Sky"
    March 2911:30 am - 12:00 pm
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  • Dinosaur Full-Dome Movie
    March 2912:30 pm - 1:00 pm
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  • SOLD OUT: Astronomy Full-Dome Movie
    March 291:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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  • Live Astronomy Presenter - "Eclipse"
    March 292:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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Membership

Adventure begins here.

What’s Happening at the Museum?

EarthWalk-Fairbanks
Summer Day Camps

Outdoor programs for kids and teens at Matsinger Forest in Danville, VT!

Summer Discovery Camps
Register today!

Week-long day camps at the Fairbanks Museum for your young naturalists!

Eclipse shows in our planetarium
Sun+Moon+YOU on April 8th

 

Join us on April 8th, or take in an eclipse-themed show in our planetarium.

Eye on the Sky the Vermont Weather Source Logo

Weather Forecast

***FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN NH TODAY***
Increasing northwest winds will slowly bring clearing west today, and east Saturday. A few snow showers, otherwise periods of sun for Easter Sunday.

Current Weather Information for March 29, 2024

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Today

Partly sunny west, mostly cloudy east. Gusty winds.
40s, 50 in warmer valleys

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Tonight

Periods of clouds
20s to low 30s

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Saturday

Increasing sun, breezy, and cool.
Upper 30s to lower 40s north, and in the 40s south

Mix of sun and clouds.

Sunday

Mostly to partly cloudy. Slight chc of a sprinkle or mtn flurry.
Mainly upper 30s to mid 40s

Eye on the Night Sky

Friday, March 29, 2024

Today:
Just after midnight, a waning Gibbous Moon climbs into the southeast, followed quickly by the red star Antares, the “heart” of the Scorpion. Through the wee hours of the morning, the pair slides low through the southern skies, cresting due south at 4:40 AM, only a quarter of the way above the horizon, fading as twilight brightens by 6 o’clock.