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H. R. MacMillan Space Centre

Address: Vanier Park, 1100 Chestnut St., Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC | Map It
Phone: 604/738-7827
www.hrmacmillanspacecentre.com

Category: Museums/Galleries, Observatories/Planetariums
Location: Kitsilano

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Fodor's Review:

The interactive exhibits and high-tech learning systems at this museum include a Virtual Voyages ride, where visitors can take a simulated space journey (definitely not for those afraid of flying); GroundStation Canada, showcasing Canada's achievements in space; and the Cosmic Courtyard, full of hands-on space-oriented exhibits including a moon rock and a computer program that shows what you would look like as an alien. You can catch daytime astronomy shows or evening music and laser shows at the H. R. MacMillan Planetarium. When the sky is clear, the ½-meter telescope at the Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory (604/738-2855) is focused on whatever stars or planets are worth watching that night. Admission to the observatory is by donation, and it's open year-round Friday and Saturday evenings, from 8 PM to 11 PM, weather permitting.

Cost: C$15
Open: July and Aug., daily 10-5; Sept.-June, Tues.-Sun. 10-5

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