Facility and Rentals

Nowhere else in the Great Lakes Bay Region will you find such a unique, modern facility with a focus on learning. We are one of three regional Delta College centers outside our main campus. Approximately 700 Delta College students take college classes at this center fall and winter semesters. We are intricately tied to the Delta College mission which is: “to educate, inspire, challenge and support a diverse community of learners to achieve academic, professional and personal excellence.”

This $8.75 million facility funded by NASA and opened February 5, 1997 in downtown Bay City houses a state-of-the-art Planetarium Digital 360 theater, seven classrooms, a large multipurpose two story room called “The Space Explorer’s Hall”, a computer lab, rooftop observation deck, gift shop, office/learning support area and a magnificent lobby with a floor that displays the major star constellations. The Planetarium Digital Theater has a JVC full dome video projection system with Digistar® 4 software housed under a tilted 50 foot domed screen with 146 unidirectional seats. The entire building is designed as a metaphor of space and space exploration. See Building Design & History for more information.

The primary purposes of the Delta College Planetarium & Learning Center are to:

• expand Delta’s educational outreach within the Great Lakes Bay region
• enhance NASA education and community knowledge of space and space exploration
• provide opportunities for educational partnerships
• promote learning application themes
• link Delta College with our communities and residents