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Kaoru Kimura
IPS President
president@ips-planetarium.org

“2021 marks a new era of IPS in various

changes in terms of overall governance
and management structure. Our new
members have a lot of innovative ideas Monthly Newsletter
and I hope they will show us a new way for
IPS. All IPS members need to know they
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are always encouraged to contact me and
other Society officers. Let us know if you
have any ideas or suggestions for projects
that IPS can support.” The Planetarian Network
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Whether it’s downloading free dome media
or gathering information on the value
of education in the planetarium, there’s @IPS_Planetarium
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through the work done by our members @International Planetarium Society
and use the IPS Directory to connect with
other professionals for your projects.
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Mike Smail
IPS Treasurer
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The International Planetarium Society is committed to respecting

and embracing equity, diversity, and inclusion in people, ideas,
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The Shanghai Astronomy Museum in China.
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There are thousands of
planetariums worldwide.
EVENTS
The IPS provides the 2022
planetarium community Virtual General Meeting | October 29
professional development, Noon UTC, On-Line
science literacy and arts
& humanities awareness, 2024
innovative ideas, and Berlin, Germany
partnership opportunities
in order to enhance the
world’s appreciation and
understanding of our
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There are many membership options Join in on the significant efforts of IPS
available. Individual membership to the volunteers and serve on committees, work
IPS is $65 USD/year or $100 for two years. on various projects and initiatives, and help
Additionally, young professionals may join planetariums worldwide. With committees
for $25/year and emerging community on education, inclusion, emerging
members may join for a year at no cost. communities, portable planetariums, and
Members may receive access to the latest more, there’s something for everyone.
Planetarian, attend virtual and in-person www.ips-planetarium.org/committees
conferences, serve on IPS Leadership, and Almost 100 years ago, the sky was East Africa’s first
more. brought down to Earth when the first
permanent
planetarium in
www.ips-planetarium.org/howtojoin Nairobi, Kenya, built
planetarium projector was unveiled using locally
harvested bamboo.
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planetarium then opened to the public The Travelling

Telescope
on May 7, 1925, when the Deutsches
Museum opened in Munich.

Celebrate the centennial of the

planetarium with us from 2023 to 2025!
Macquarie
University
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New South
Wales,
Planetarium professionals at the 2016 Biennial IPS Conference in Australia.
Warsaw, Poland.