Parking Lot Update

Until further notice, weekday visitors must pay using ParkMobile (Zone Code 4468) or the Pay Station near our iguana. For more info, go to our Plan A Visit page.

[SOLD OUT] Skywatching | Stagville Under the Stars

Join us with friends at Historic Stagville for outdoor stargazing and storytelling. Join Historic Stagville and Morehead Planetarium & Science Center for Stagville Under the Stars! Storytelling, science, and stargazing, all in one evening. This year's event will be ALL OUTDOORS. This event is free, but pre-registration is required and the event is limited to Read more...

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

[CANCELED] Skywatching: Dix Park

Due to poor weather forecast, this skywatching session has been CANCELED. Check our skywatching page in the coming weeks for information on future skywatching sessions.

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe | Climate Change and Global Social Justice

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Understanding the Role of Water on Public Health, Development, and Conflict Join us on Nov 19 as Andy Al Wazni gives an overview of how climate change impacts global populations in relation to public health and social justice, with an emphasis on the role of water. Climate change impacts the entire world, but not equally. Read more...

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

Take Flight

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe | The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Our Health and Wellbeing

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Join us for this Teen Science Cafe with Rachel Dumez, doctoral candidate in the Curriculum of Genetics and Molecular Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Rachel will discuss the trillions of microorganisms that live on and inside our bodies, including the community of microbes that colonize the gastrointestinal tract that are referred to as our gut microbiome. Read more...

Dynamic Earth

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Solar Skywatching at Kidzu Children’s Museum

Join us at Kidzu Children's Museum on Saturday 12/18 for safe solar observing as part of their James Webb Space Telescope Launch Party community event. We'll be set up in the parking lot at University Place in Chapel Hill, near the mall entrance by Alfredo's Pizza. The mall address is 201 S. Estes Dr, Chapel Read more...

Free

Take Flight

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater