Welcome to the British Association of Planetaria

The British Association of Planetaria (BAP) is a group of planetarium professionals and individuals devoted to astronomy and science education.

Find a planetarium - this website provides information and contact details for all BAP planetaria within the UK and Ireland as well as offering useful links to additional astronomy related resources.

As an organisation we aim to promote planetaria and improve communication between like-minded people who share interests in science and astronomy. If you're an astronomy enthusiast, a planetarium professional or you're thinking about setting up a planetarium then feel free to get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

"The heavens are half of our visual field. If we don't pay attention to the sky, we are missing half of the beauty of the world " - Chet Raymo

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Latest News :

Thanks to all who contributed and made BAP2011 such a huge success! In particular we'd like to thank our generous and ever-friendly and welcoming host - the National Museum, Liverpool.
We'd also like to publically thank our sponsors for their continued support of BAP and the work we do:

Evans & Sutherland, Global Immersion, Konica Minolta, NSC Creative, RSA Cosmos, Sky-Skan, Soft Machine and
Carl Zeiss AG

Join the BAP :

If you feel that you or your organisation could benefit from being a BAP member, then take a moment to fill out our membership application form.