The Heavens Declare Planetarium at the Wonders Center & Science Museum

With a 60-foot full dome projection screen this 140 seat theater is an awe-inspiring experience outfitted with 6 state-of-the-art projectors and extreme graphics computers. Immersive tours of our incredible solar system and the entire cosmos.

Admit One

Each ticket is good for one planetarium show.
$10 Per person
  • Watch one of our incredible shows
  • Experience a Top-10 Planetarium
  • Stay after for the Tesla Coil Show

Our Planetarium is a nearly 8K digital 60-foot fulldome environment where we show incredible, life-like movies of our universe. It is the number one planetarium experience in the United States and is one of the TOP-TEN Planetariums in the world! A MUST SEE.

The planetarium ticket is $10 per person, and is an incredible experience! We rank top-ten in the world, making for an unforgettable visit. The planetarium is a large 80’ diameter sphere seen from the main highway. Inside is a 60’ full dome theater with 140 reclining seats that allow you to view the full rounded dome above you like a giant movie screen. Movies play on the sphere, allowing you to experience a closeup of the heavens as you travel through space. 25 speakers along with the curved dome make for an immersive surround experience very seldom achieved. 

STATS:

The Heavens Declare Planetarium is housed in the Wonders Center & Science Museum. A few stats of this record-breaking planetarium:

  • 60-foot Astro-Tec perforated dome with reflectivity-matching paint calibrated to projectors.
  • 24 individual JBL Speakers driven by 29,300 watts.
  • Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7 state of the art software.
  • Eight NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada graphics cards.
  • 6 Christie 35,000 lumen Griffyn 4k Laser projectors.
  • Over 7k resolution across the dome.
  • 140 reclined seats.
  • World’s only dual one-million-volt musical Tesla Coils housed in Planetarium.
  • 2 million dollar update in 2023.
 
Address: 855 TN-46 Dickson TN, 37055
Phone: 931-212-7990
Planetarium Director: David Rives
Museum opened: October 12th, 2023
Owner: David Rives Ministries
Latitude: 36° 02’42” N  (or: 36.045200)
Longitude: 87° 21’35” W (or: -87.359647)
Altitude: 259m (or: 850 ft)
 
 

Planetarium Director, David Rives, has quickly become a leading figure in science with a weekly television show “Genesis Science Report” on breaking scientific discoveries airing on GSN. Author of two books, David has made more than 2,000 media appearances.