J. Watumull
Honolulu, HI
Need to Know!
- NAME:
J. Watumull
Planetarium - ADDRESS:
1525 Bernice St.
(located in the Bishop Museum) - LOCATION:
Honolulu - STATE:
Hawaii - ZIP CODE:
96817 - SCHEDULE:
On the hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
(Timed General Admission to the Museum) - COST:
Museum entrance fees…
$25.95 Adults
$21.95 Seniors
$16.95 Children
$14.95 Military
( Planetarium tickets are included but must be requested on-site only) - SEATING CAPACITY:
64 - FACEBOOK:
Visit Page - WEBSITE:
Visit Website - PHONE:
(808)-847-3511 - EMAIL:
visitorexperience@bishopmuseum.org
Prices and Schedule subject to change. Please contact the Planetarium for current information.
SIDE NOTE:
The Watumull Planetarium has served over six million visitors and students over 60 years of continuous operation. The Planetarium was instrumental in the recovery of the nearly lost art and science of traditional, non-instrument navigation in Hawaii.
Nainoa Thompson spent countless hours in the Planetarium with Will Kyselka and other Planetarium staff in the late 1970s learning how to read the night sky. We are honored to continue that legacy by serving as a training space for today’s navigators.
Their GOTO Chronos II optical star projector provides one of the most vivid, realistic recreations of the night sky available today, with 8,500 pinpoint stars and realistic, bright planets. Fly through the rings of Saturn, into the depths of the Orion nebula, out to the edge of the universe, and even simulate a voyage across the Pacific.
The Planetarium serves 70,000 people a year. The planetarium focuses on programs about Hawaii, blending live and prerecorded elements within each program.