Aurora Restaurant, Snow King Observatory & Planetarium, and Scenic Gondola Summer Opening!

Daily Schedule

Please enjoy our self-guided exhibits and ask our Guides any questions as you explore. 

When weather permits, a solar telescope will be available at any time upstairs on the Observing Deck. In the Classroom Theater, science and space shows will play whenever a presentation is not taking place in that room.

Watching a planetarium show, listening to a talk (Science On a Sphere or Classroom Theater), and going up to the observing deck is about a 90-minute experience–but you are welcome to stay for the entirety of our daytime operating hours. There are different experiences every hour!

12:00pm         Observatory Opens for Daytime Experience

12:30pm:        Planetarium Show

1:15pm:           Science On a Sphere Talk

1:45pm:          Observing Deck: Our Research Telescope & Solar Telescope

2:00pm:         Planetarium Show

2:45pm:         Classroom Theater Presentation

3:15pm:          Observing Deck: Our Research Telescope & Solar Telescope

3:30pm:         Planetarium Show

4:00pm:         Observatory Closes for Daytime Experience

Show, Talk, & Presentation Topics Change Each Day!