Take your students on a journey they will never forget by making your next field trip at the Robison Planetarium. Located on Truman State University’s campus in Kirksville, MO, we offer the perfect destination for your students to explore the solar system and beyond.
Scheduling your Field Trip
To start preparing your journey through the cosmos, fill out the Event Reservation Request Form. Once we receive your request, we will contact you via email to confirm your request and ask any additional questions.
What You can Expect
You can expect an out-of-this-world experience that is both fun and educational. Our typical field trips are one-hour long and consist of one of our staff members guiding your group on a tour of space. We can customize our presentations to meet the needs of your group, such as complimenting what students are learning about in your classroom. We also welcome questions before, during, and after the presentation and encourage audience participation throughout.
If you have an idea of what you would like to do with your field trip that best aligns with your classroom’s curriculum, we are happy to work with you to provide the best experience possible for your students.
What We Expect
In order for the field trip to run as smoothly as possible, we ask that your group follows these expectations.
- Please note that the Planetarium charges a flat fee of $60/hour for field trips.
- A 15:1 student to chaperone ratio is recommended.
- Please stay quiet when walking through Magruder Hall. We do not want to disturb the Truman Students in their natural habitat, the classroom.
- Stay with your group.
- Please silence all cell phones, tablets, pagers, holographic communicators, time machines, and teleportation devices during the presentation.
- Touching any of the equipment could result in being trapped in a parallel universe, so for your safety we ask that you do not touch any of the equipment.
- Most importantly, have fun! It’s not every day that you get to fly through space.
Bus Drop-off and Parking
The best place to drop off students is on Franklin St. in front of the Student Union Building (SUB). Buses can park in the lot at Patterson and Franklin, across from the General Services building.
All vehicles other than school buses need a Truman parking sticker or a temporary parking pass to park in any of the Truman lots. To obtain a temporary parking pass, please contact the Department of Public Safety at 660-785-4176 or police.truman.edu. Street parking is also available around campus without the need of a parking pass.