Montreal Planetarium

The Montreal Planetarium is a planetarium located in the Space for Life, near the and the in , , Canada. It is the successor to the Dow Planetarium, closed in 2011.
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  • Type: Planetarium
  • Description: building in Quebec, Canada
  • Also known as: “Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan” and “Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympic Stadium Montreal and Saputo Stadium.

Stadium
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Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in , Canada, located at in the district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof. is situated 330 metres south of Montreal Planetarium.

Stadium
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is a at Olympic Park in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in , Quebec, Canada. The stadium opened on May 21, 2008, and is the current home of CF Montréal. is situated 310 metres northwest of Montreal Planetarium.

Zoo
Photo: storem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a museum of enclosed ecosystems located at Olympic Park in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that allows visitors to walk through replicas of five ecosystems found in the Americas: Tropical rainforest, Laurentian maple forest, a Gulf of St. is situated 130 metres southeast of Montreal Planetarium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Longue-Pointe.

Photo: Nicolas Marchildon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district in . Located a ways east of , it features the Olympic Stadium and other major attractions.

Neighborhood
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was a neighbourhood now located in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighborhood was permanently divided by the construction of the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel.

Photo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is an area of north of the . Unlike in many other North American cities, Montreal's Little Italy is still authentic and has not seen any tourist-oriented development.

Montreal Planetarium

Latitude
45.56065° or 45° 33′ 38″ north
Longitude
-73.55056° or 73° 33′ 2″ west
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
87Q8HC6X+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 160672184
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­planetarium
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10346684
Wiki­data ID
Q15961512
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Satellite Map

Discover Montreal Planetarium from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Montreal Planetarium” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Maisonneuve and Hochelaga.

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