Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Year-round
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- wheelchair-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory, one of the oldest in Indonesia, sits within the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts complex in central Jakarta. Opened in the 1960s as part of a national push for science education, it presents shows about the night sky, the solar system and space exploration beneath a large projection dome. A small observatory allows public stargazing on clear evenings. Generations of schoolchildren have visited to learn astronomy, and the planetarium remains a fixture of the cultural quarter it shares with theatres and.
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