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 :

The venue for BAP 2013 conference has now been confirmed! Fri 27th & Sat 28th September 2013 at Centre for Life, Newcastle. More details will be available soon on the conference website: BAP 2013 conference


BAP is also pleased to announce it is now a partner organisation of the Fulldome Database.

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.