London Planetarium

The planetarium is a great visit. I personally love anything space related so I thoroughly enjoyed it. Like most places in London the exhibits are free. That being said it is quite small. There are only 3 rooms. For those really into this sort of thing it possible to stretch the experience to 1.5 hours (if you read everything and play with every exhibit). Obviously because of it’s size it really only has the bare bones of space related information. There are multiple exhibits to play with making it likely more enjoyable for kids.
On my visit there was a photo exhibit which isn’t permanent but a great exhibit nonetheless.
I opted to see one of the planetarium shows. 6.5 quid. The show I was told was half an hour… That was a stretch. By the time the «astronomer» provided her safety instructions opening remarks we were a few minutes late, ended a few minutes early, and the closing credits lasted for probably 25% of the show. Saw dark matter. It had enough of the space visuals to check the box for what you want to accomplish when seeing something in a planetarium but again the very bare essentials of information if that’s what your looking for.
Overall a great stop off in grenwich but might not be enough on it’s own to take a trip for. Luckily there is enough to see in the area

I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to things like planets and the stars though not so much that I don’t need to be educated on them. I was surrounded by a few too many children here which made me feel a bit old for it but I loved it all the same. You’re never too old to gaze at the stars.