Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast Our favorite Rocket instructor blasts off soon! Join Rusty Rocket and his band of rocket rookies as they explore the solar system.     This new voyage conveys the audience on a visually astonishing odyssey through the solar … Read More

Dinosaurs at Dusk A whirlwind time travel adventure back to the epoch of the dinosaurs! We have to tell you that we’ve been waiting eons to announce that we have a full dome, computer animated dinosaurs show! A larger than … Read More

Molecularium “Molecularium”: the award-winning digital dome experience, is a science lesson, a thrill-ride, and a magical musical adventure in a world of atoms and molecules. Aboard the Molecularium, audiences join a cast of atomic characters on an immersive and unforgettable … Read More

Join us for an adventure through time, as we explore the past and imagine the future of the cosmos. Witness the birth of the Universe, the doom of the dinosaurs, and be there for the first landing on the moon! … Read More

Molecularium “Molecularium”: the award-winning digital dome experience, is a science lesson, a thrill-ride, and a magical musical adventure in a world of atoms and molecules. Aboard the Molecularium, audiences join a cast of atomic characters on an immersive and unforgettable … Read More

Join us for an adventure through time, as we explore the past and imagine the future of the cosmos. Witness the birth of the Universe, the doom of the dinosaurs, and be there for the first landing on the moon! … Read More

Season of Light explores the reasons humans are so fascinated with lighting up our lives during the December holiday season. It's an exploration of the astronomical meanings behind seasonal traditions, including the "Star over Bethlehem". Season of Light is a specialty program … Read More

The popular holiday show "Season of Light" returns in full dome splendor! We are delighted to announce that the "Season of Light" holiday program is returning to the Southworth Planetarium in full dome format.      NPR'S Noah Adams narrates this omni-dome … Read More

  Now in its fourth year, the OLLI Graduate Student Fellowship was established at the University of Southern Maine with a gift from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). The Fellowship provides scholarships of $3,000 for five selected USM graduate students whose research, scholarship … Read More

One World, One Sky is a 27-minute fulldome planetarium show that follows Sesame Street‘s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary … Read More

The moon has inspired humanity scientifically, philosophically, mathematically and poetically. This new planetarium program takes us to see the moon up close!  We explore its terrain, understand its origin and learn how it has influenced us throughout human history.   Show length: … Read More

The moon has inspired humanity scientifically, philosophically, mathematically and poetically. This new planetarium program takes us to see the moon up close!  We explore its terrain, understand its origin and learn how it has influenced us throughout human history.   Show length: … Read More

One World, One Sky is a 27-minute fulldome planetarium show that follows Sesame Street‘s Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary … Read More