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CTMQ > planetarium

World’s Largest Indoor Planetarium Dome

December 10, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mohegan Sun(s) Casino of the Sky, Mohegan Sun, Montville Please don’t ask me what separates a “planetarium dome” from a “planetarium.” And please don’t bother Googling this claim to come back and tell me it’s rubbish. It very most likely is rubbish, but Mohegan Sun is especially proud of this claim, which is all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Astronomy, casinos, Dubious Claims, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, mohegan sun, Montville, New London County, planetarium

422. Talcott Mountain Science Center & Academy

June 15, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Night of a Quadrillion Stars Avon (Google Maps location) May 24, 2019 It's funny that it took me nearly 13 years into this CTMQ adventure to get up to the closest entity on CTMQ to my house. (Maybe Westmoor Park or Crown Market is closer, but not by much. Why am I even qualifying this? You certainly don't care. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Astronomy, Avon, Calvin, Great Views, Hartford County, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, planetarium, Private School, superlatives

303. GEHMS Planetarium

October 13, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

Spacing Out Glastonbury (Google Maps location) October 10, 2015 This cool little planetarium ignited a heated debate in my house. I mentioned that I would be including it as a museum visit for this website, and my wife roundly chastised me for that. “It’s a planetarium. It’s not a museum.” “I know. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Astronomy, Calvin, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Not Really a Museum Museum, planetarium

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