In My Backyard – Planetarium

(25 min — Tickets $2.95)

A tour of the night sky with cartoons and song. Recommended for ages 8 years old and younger, and any adults in tow.

AVAILABLE WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS.

Moons: Worlds of Mystery – Planetarium

(25 min — Tickets $2.95)

This program immerses you in the amazing diversity of moons and the important roles they play in shaping our solar system. Follow in the footsteps of astronauts to our silvery Moon, then venture beyond to unfamiliar and exotic worlds. Journey to the outer planets and their moons, and return home with newfound wonder about the dynamic and intricate solar system in which we all live. This show was produced by the staff of the Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston, with distribution by Loch Ness Productions.

Support for this show was provided, in part, by the 2018-2019 City and County of Honolulu Grants in Aid fund.

AVAILABLE DAILY

The Hawaiian Sky Tonight – Planetarium

(25 min — Tickets $2.95)

In this live program you’ll explore the current evening sky in Hawai’i under the guidance of one of our planetarium presenters, enhanced with our new fulldome Digistar 4 system. You’ll get a star map (yours to take home!) to help find tonight’s constellations and planets.

AVAILABLE DAILY

The Hawaiian Sky Tonight – Planetarium

(25 min — Tickets $2.95)

In this live program you’ll explore the current evening sky in Hawai’i under the guidance of one of our planetarium presenters, enhanced with our new fulldome Digistar 4 system. You’ll get a star map (yours to take home!) to help find tonight’s constellations and planets.

AVAILABLE DAILY

The Stars Tonight – Evening Planetarium Show

(60 min — Tickets $10.00)

Explore the night sky in our planetarium and through our observatory telescope! The Stars Tonight shows once per month, on the first Saturday of each month. For adults 21 and older with valid ID, come early at 6:30 p.m. for a chance to mingle and taste a selection of Ola Brew beer with wine options prior to the show starting at 8 p.m. Stay for stargazing through our observatory telescope after the show and find the objects discussed in the presentation.

Navigating by the Stars – Iwikuamo‘o

(60 min — General adult: $10, members receive 10% off)

At Bishop Museum, we believe in exploring the world around us and in the importance of sharing knowledge. Join Bishop Museum Planetarium educators and Polynesian Voyaging Society navigators as the stars are projected on Bishop Museum’s 30-foot Planetarium dome and listen as Hōkūleʻa navigator and Honolulu Community College Hoʻokele Instructor Ka‘iulani Murphy shares how voyaging navigators use the stars to navigate. Each talk will include an introduction to the night sky and will feature the Hawaiian star line most prominent that month. To help remember the pattern of stars in the sky, it is organized into four star lines, each taking up about a fourth of the celestial sphere.

Following each talk, weather permitting, you will be invited to the Bishop Museum viewing deck to find the stars in the actual night sky that were discussed earlier in the program.