GeorgiaThe Wetherbee Planetarium is the science-education centerpiece of Albany's Thronateeska Heritage Center, a nonprofit incorporated in 1974 out of the merger of the Southwest Georgia Historical Society and the Albany Junior Museum. The planetarium first opened in the center's old Railway Express Agency building in 1980, and a new planetarium and science museum was built in 2008 on the historic downtown railroad-depot campus, its façade echoing the design of the 1926 Central of Georgia roundhouse. The dome projects a rotating schedule of astronomy and space shows on a 40-foot high-definition fulldome screen, and it counts among only a handful of planetariums operating in Georgia. Alongside the planetarium, the heritage center campus includes history and science museum galleries.
Wetherbee Planetarium
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Wetherbee Planetarium is a museum in Albany, Dougherty County. It is one of 4 museums documented in Dougherty County, among 62 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.5814, -84.1519 near Albany. The nearest cataloged historic site is Albany District Pecan Growers' Exchange (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. Nicholas Hotel, De Soto in Georgia, and Dougherty County Courthouse.
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.
The Wetherbee Planetarium is the science-education centerpiece of Albany's Thronateeska Heritage Center, a nonprofit incorporated in 1974 out of the merger of the Southwest Georgia Historical Society and the Albany Junior Museum. The planetarium first opened in the center's old Railway Express Agency building in 1980, and a new planetarium and science museum was built in 2008 on the historic downtown railroad-depot campus, its façade echoing the design of the 1926 Central of Georgia roundhouse. The dome projects a rotating schedule of astronomy and space shows on a 40-foot high-definition fulldome screen, and it counts among only a handful of planetariums operating in Georgia. Alongside the planetarium, the heritage center campus includes history and science museum galleries.
Sources: heritagecenter.orgen.wikipedia.org
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