The Beijing Planetarium () is a
planetarium
A planetarium ( planetariums or ''planetaria'') is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation.
A dominant feature of most planetarium ...
in
Xicheng District,
Beijing, China.
[Introduction to Beijing Planetarium from its official website]
Retrieved on November 29, 2022.
The planetarium comprises two main buildings, Building A & B. Building A, which was built in 1957,
[ contains the Celestial Theater, an Eastern Exhibition Hall and a Western Exhibition Hall. It was the first large-scale planetarium in China, and at one time the only planetarium in Asia. Building B, which began operations in 2004,][ contains a digital space theater, 3D and 4D theaters, several exhibition halls and two observatories.
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See also
* List of planetariums
References
External links
Official website
Official website
Museums in Beijing
Science museums in China
Planetaria in China
National first-grade museums of China
Xicheng District
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