Museum

Georgia College & State University Planetarium

Milledgeville · Baldwin County

Georgia history, up close and curated.

The Story

The Planetarium at Georgia College & State University is a small full-dome facility on the first floor of Herty Hall on the Milledgeville campus, at the corner of West Montgomery and North Wilkinson streets. Built in 2008, it features digital graphic projection and seats about twenty visitors for programs about astronomy and the night sky. It has served as part of the university's astronomy laboratories since opening and hosts monthly public shows during the academic year, often paired with public observatory nights. The planetarium is free to the public and is a frequent destination for campus outreach with school and youth groups.

About this site

Georgia College & State University Planetarium is a museum in Milledgeville, Baldwin County. It is one of 5 museums documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0810, -83.2289 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Blackbridge Gallery (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Museum of Fine Arts, Natural History Museum, and The Great Seal of Georgia.

This record is drawn from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Planetarium at Georgia College & State University is a small full-dome facility on the first floor of Herty Hall on the Milledgeville campus, at the corner of West Montgomery and North Wilkinson streets. Built in 2008, it features digital graphic projection and seats about twenty visitors for programs about astronomy and the night sky. It has served as part of the university's astronomy laboratories since opening and hosts monthly public shows during the academic year, often paired with public observatory nights. The planetarium is free to the public and is a frequent destination for campus outreach with school and youth groups.

Sources: gcsu.edugcsu.edu

📍 33.0810, -83.2289 · Milledgeville, Baldwin County
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