The Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium at the Fairbanks Museum is the only public planetarium in Vermont.

Installed on the top floor of the museum between 1959-1960 and opened in 1961 by the museum’s director Fred Mold, using a Spitz dodecahedron pinhole projector, which remains on display in the museum.

The planetarium was later renovated in 2012 with a Digitalis Digitarium system and new astronomy gallery. It was then upgraded in 2018-2019 with new seating, tilted dome, and a new 4K projection system.

The planetarium currently hosts daily live presentations and full dome movies for the public and school groups.