Canada Guide
Alberta and the Rockies
TELUS World of Science
Address: 11211-142nd St
Opening time: July & Aug daily 10am–9pm, Sept– June Sun– Thurs 10am–5pm, Fri & Sat 10am–9pm
Price: $10, Combo Pack $16 includes Zeidler Star Theatre Shows, exhibits and scientific demonstrations or one IMAX film presentation
Website: www.odyssium.com
The splendid TELUS World of Science, in Coronation Park, is one of the city's principal attractions. The complex has two main attractions: the Margaret Zeidler Star Theatre (daily 11am–7pm) houses Canada's largest planetarium dome and several galleries, and presents different laser and star shows hourly; and the IMAX Theatre, housed with a café and shop in the so-called Lower Gallery, is a large-screen cinema with special-format films and laser shows (prices and times vary according to shows). Elsewhere, the Middle Gallery features a range of temporary exhibitions on scientific and technological themes, while the Upper Gallery contains the Challenger Centre and its "Astronaut Missions", designed to allow you to make simulated space missions. There are also assorted displays on advanced communications technology, and a selection of the various science demonstrations you can expect to see around the centre throughout the day. Computers are dealt with in the Dow Computer Lab, while budding astronomers can check in to the centre's Observatory (weather allowing). To get here on public transport take a #5 (Westmount) bus travelling west on 102nd Avenue and then north on 124th Street – ask the driver to tell you when you're close.