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Family Nights

family nights

Family Nights

One Friday night a month during the school year, the WVHS Planetarium invites the community to Family Nights. These live, multimedia lecture-like programs are created to be educational and entertaining for everyone (not just families). All Family Nights include looking at the planetarium's night sky, which is a memorable experience for every visitor.

  • Public Welcome
  • Appropriate for all ages with an occasional target audience specified
  • Approximately 50 minutes
  • New topic each month (see schedule)
  • Runs multiple times per night (6:00 pm and 7:00 pm)
  • September through April
  • Purchase tickets online via webstore
  • Tickets appear on the webstore the Monday before Friday's Family Night
  • Tickets disappear from webstore when the program sells out
  • Please read the VISIT GUIDE before purchasing tickets

NAA Telescopes

Thanks to a longstanding partnership, volunteers from the Naperville Astronomy Association (NAA) bring personal telescopes to WVHS after the September and April Family Nights. 

  • FREE of charge
  • Separate from Family Night programs
  • 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
  • OUTSIDE *weather permitting*
  • Location: Grassy field to the west of the planetarium's parking lot
  • NAA offers many public telescope viewing opportunities. Check NAA's Website

**The WVHS Planetarium is NOT an observatory. Family Night programs take place INSIDE the dome.