Strickler
Bourbonnais, IL
Need to Know!
- NAME:
Strickler Planetarium - ADDRESS:
One University Ave.
(located on the Olivet Nazarene University Campus) - LOCATION:
Bourbonnais - STATE:
Illinois - ZIP CODE:
60914 - SCHEDULE:
Open to the public on select days, check website for current schedule. - COST:
$3
(No reservations are accepted, and tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.) - SEATING CAPACITY:
50 - FACEBOOK:
N/A - WEBSITE:
Visit Website - PHONE:
(815) 939-5395 - EMAIL:
strickler@olivet.edu
Prices and Schedule subject to change. Please contact the Planetarium for current information.
SIDE NOTE:
Strickler Planetarium, located on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, is a state-of-the-art digital planetarium dedicated to educating the public about the natural world. The planetarium, constructed in 1967, was extensively renovated in 2008 and transitioned from an opto-mechanical star projector to a fully digital projection system.
In 2019, the planetarium’s capabilities were again upgraded to a brand-new Digistar 6 system. Audiences are immersed as never before in a three-dimensional visualization of the night sky, the solar system, the galaxy, and beyond. The Digistar’s realtime database means that simulated travel through space is more than simple special effects — it’s an actual journey through an accurate model of the known universe, with the audience in the pilot’s seat!