I have lived in the Fox Valley for almost 20 years and I never been to the planetarium. It just wasn't something that overly interested me. However, when UW-Fox Valley announced its closure at the end of the academic year, me like many people in the area wasn't sure what's going to happen to the planetarium so I decided I needed to visit at least once. Stacy was bringing the kids up for a haunted hayride so I thought it was perfect to do this beforehand.
Barlow Planetarium is located at UW-Fox Valley in Menasha. They have shows Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4 pm, Fridays at 4 pm as well evening laser shows, and Saturdays at 1, 2:30, and 4 plus evening laser shows. I think tickets were $10/adult.
We went with the 4 pm Friday show which was Chasing the Ghost Particle which was a Feature Astronomy show. It was all about this neutrino that bounces off ice deep inside the earth's ice in Antarctica from space using these special telescopes. It was interesting but definitely not what I was expecting. I seriously was not in the mood for a science lesson. I wanted something fun, not educational.
However, once we sat through the educational part, they gave us a bonus laser show. It was all set to a Halloween song. It was great. It was fun and just what I wanted to see at the planetarium. That was worth the price of admission.
I highly recommend checking out the planetarium for one of their star or laser shows while you get the chance. No one knows what's going to happen to it but it is definitely worth keeping since schools and scout groups is it as field trips.
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