Chaffee Planetarium

You won't be bored over the holidays at the Grand Rapids Public Museum

Kids will have a ball as they "breakfast" with Santa at the Public Museum

Marine Colonel (ret) Jack Lousma, legendary pioneering NASA astronaut from the 1970s and early 1980s is coming back to Grand Rapids for a very special occasion. He will be here, May 3 and 4, to honor the memory of Roger B. Chaffee 50 years after the tragic Apollo 1 fire.

The Great American Total Solar Eclipse is coming, and you'll want to make plans now to see it.

There is something new and exciting at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. It's an exciting show at the Chaffee Planetarium, and just in time for spring break. It's an original planetarium show, Starlight Safari, an interactive trip across our continents to see and learn about various animal constellations.

The Grand Rapids Public Museum announced the opening of a brand new, original production at the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium titled Dark Side: The Light Show. This all new light show will open in the recently-renovated Chaffee Planetarium on Friday, April 3.

There will be a big sky show this weekend, something you shouldn't miss.  It should be a blast for the whole family. The Perseid Meteor Shower will be shooting across the sky both Saturday night/Sunday morning, and if weather predictions are accurate, viewing should be terrific.