Barlow Planetarium
The Barlow Planetarium is a planetarium located at the Winnebago County, Fox Cities Campus in Menasha, Wisconsin. Established in 1998, it was the first major planetarium in Wisconsin. It is named after late businessman and mineral collector F. John Barlow.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Elizabeth Hospital and Hearthstone Historic House Museum.
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Hospital
St. Elizabeth Hospital, officially Ascension Northeast Wisconsin St. Elizabeth Hospital, is a hospital founded in 1899 that serves the south side of Appleton, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Its emergency department is a level III trauma center. St. Elizabeth Hospital is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Barlow Planetarium.
Hearthstone Historic House Museum
Museum
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The Hearthstone Historic House Museum is a historic home in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States that has been converted into a museum. On September 30, 1882, it became the first residence in the US powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system. Hearthstone Historic House Museum is situated 1½ miles north of Barlow Planetarium.
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Arts center
Photo: MoTabChoir01, CC0.
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, also called the PAC, is a performing arts center in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin, US. The Center is the home of the Broadway Across America – Fox Cities series, the Boldt Arts Alive! series, the Spotlight series, the Amcor Education Series, the Viewpoint speaker series, and the Fox Valley Symphony. Fox Cities Performing Arts Center is situated 2 miles north of Barlow Planetarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waverly Beach and Grand Chute.
Waverly Beach
Hamlet
Waverly Beach is an unincorporated community in the Town of Harrison, Calumet County and Fox Crossing, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The Calumet County portion of Waverly Beach is located on the north shore of Lake Winnebago along U.S. Route 10 and the Canadian National Railway, 3.6 miles south of downtown Appleton.
Grand Chute
Locality
Grand Chute is a ghost neighborhood in the city of Appleton in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. Grand Chute is situated 1½ miles north of Barlow Planetarium.
Appleton
Photo: SoloTwo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Appleton is a growing city in central-eastern Wisconsin, with a population of approximately 72,000 residents and a metro area of ~350,000. It is known as being safe, quiet, and visually pleasant.
Barlow Planetarium
- Type: Planetarium
- Description: planetarium in Menasha, Wisconsin
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: City of Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.23044° or 44° 13′ 50″ northLongitude
-88.41543° or 88° 24′ 56″ westOperator
Winnebago CountyOpen location code
86PH6HJM+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1970887562OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=planetariumWikidata ID
Q4861221
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