Mayan Archaeoastronomy

TUE & SAT

In a feast of colours and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of 6 Mayan temples: San Gervasio, Chichen Itzá, Uxmal, Edzná, Palenque and Bonampak where the spectator dives into a Mayan world of knowledge about the importance of the orientations of its temples in relation to the movement of some stars like the Sun, the Moon and Venus.

11/02/2021 - 11/20/2021

6:30 PM

Stars of the Pharaohs

TUE

Travel to ancient Egypt to see how science was used to tell time, make a workable calendar, and align huge buildings.

You’ll learn about the connection the ancient Egyptians felt with the stars and various astronomical phenomena, and experience some of the most spectacular temples and tombs of the ancient world recreated in all of their original splendor.

11/02/2021 - 11/20/2021

7:15 PM

FRI

6:30 PM

FRI & SAT

Take tour of the winter wonders of the night sky.  We will explore stars, constellations, planet, and deep space objects visible throughout the winter months.

7:15 PM

Winter Wonders of the Night Sky

Colgate At 200!

Premiered April 27, 2019

Experience Colgate's Bicentennial in the Ho Tung Visualization Lab with an immersive fulldome production of Colgate's history.

Flight into the Cell

Travel from outside the body into a lung epithelial cell to show the inner workings of this fantastice factory.

Murder on the Ides

March, 44 BCE was the day when the most celebrated Roman of all time, Gaius Julius Caesar, was brutally murdered by assassins.
Colgate students, staff, and faculty produced this full dome show to uncover the mysteries surrounding this fateful day. 

Socrates on Death Row

Premiered October 27, 2016​

Travel back in time to 399 BCE and meet one of the greatest philosophers of all time, Socrates. 

The Making of a Star and Her Entourage

Trace the evolution of humankind’s understanding of the universe.

Paradise

Civilization has played a major role on Earth's environment. Can we live in harmony with plants and animals? What will you do with paradise? Explore these questions and how the environmental movement started with our first planetarium show produced at Colgate University