National Museum of Natural Science

Public shows at National Museum of Natural Science: Yes

Space Theater dome shows daily (planetarium and fulldome films); 2026 new releases. Check the official site for the current schedule and tickets before you go.

A planetarium show is the one astronomy outing that clouds and city lights cannot cancel. Most public shows run 30 to 50 minutes; live shows, where a presenter flies the sky to tonight's planets and constellations, are the best preparation for a night at a dark site. Shows often sell out on weekends and school holidays.

1 Guanqian Road, North District, Taichung, Taiwan 404. Phone +886 4-2322-6940.

National Museum of Natural Science has a 23 m (75 ft) dome and 300 seats

That makes it one of the large domes, built for big public shows. The largest planetarium domes in the world are about 35 m across; a classroom dome is 5 to 8 m.

Its projection system is the Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5 8K, a digital fulldome system that can fly the audience through the solar system as well as show the night sky.

How dark the real sky is outside National Museum of Natural Science

National Museum of Natural Science has no Bortle rating in the list yet. The scale below shows what each class looks like.

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added, at the coordinates below. Planetariums sit in towns, so the dome shows the sky the street outside cannot; the dark sky places nearby show the real one.

National Museum of Natural Science among the planetariums of Taiwan

Pink dots are planetariums, green dots observatories open to the public, squares dark sky places and diamonds star parties; select one for its page. See Planetariums in Taiwan for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung (approximate): 24.157°N, 120.666°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near National Museum of Natural Science

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Lulin ObservatoryXinyi Township (Mount Lulin), Nantou County, Taiwan, 79 km (49 mi). Limited open days; near Tataka recreation area in Yushan National Park

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Astronomical Society of the Republic of China (ASROC)Taipei, Taiwan, 132 km (82 mi)

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Taipei Astronomical MuseumTaipei, Taiwan, 135 km (84 mi), 25.0 m dome

National Museum of Natural Science record

From the site's planetariums dataset (planetariumsglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.