(510) 336-7300
10000 Skyline Blvd
Oakland,
CA
94619
37.8108
-122.175
Neighborhood: Joaquin Miller Park
Reviews & Ratings for Chabot Space and Science Center
2 reviews
What users are saying:
06/25/07
Explore eclipses, supernovae or take a trip to Antarctica after you visit the heart of the sun.
by Contributor
In Short
Originally built in 1883, the Chabot Space and Science Center (CSSC) sits atop a 13-acre site in the Oakland hills. The 86,000-square-foot facility houses a state-of-the-art planetarium, a 70-foot dome-screen theater (the "Tien Megadome"), two giant telescopes, hands-on interactive science and technology exhibits, a multimedia center, teacher training, student labs, public science programs and a gift store featuring astronaut ice cream. Take a guided tour of the night sky in the Ask Jeeves Planetarium, then top it off by gazing through the country's largest refractor--known as Rachel to her friends--in the Observatory. Rachel's companion, an 8-inch Alvan Clark refractor named Leah, was donated by founder Anthony Chabot in 1883.
09/10/02
STELLAR!!!
by shimmerystar787
Chabot has to be my favorite science museum. It's got so much to do and is a nice facility with primo location for star-gazing. Staff is super nice and the flight simulation is uber cool! definitely recommend! and be sure to check out the state-of-the-art planetarium!
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