# Tereshkova Planetarium, Yaroslavl > The Tereshkova Planetarium is Yaroslavl’s space centre at ulitsa Chaykovskogo 3: a 12-metre star dome, a space-history museum and an observatory. A dome show runs 30–55 minutes and costs 300–400 ₽; the museum is 150 ₽. Shows run daily, roughly 9:00–20:00, and the box office closes at 20:30; the only closure is the last Monday of the month. Allow 1–1.5 hours. Web page: https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/yaroslavl-planetarium - City: [Yaroslavl](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl), Russia - YesGo score: 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) - Time on site: 1 h 30 min - Entry: show 300–400 ₽, museum 150 ₽ - Opening hours: Daily, shows ≈ 9:00–20:00, box office 9:00–20:30 with a lunch break from 13:00; closed on the last Monday of each month - With kids: Fine with kids - Star Hall show: 300 ₽; some programmes, such as Black Holes, 400 ₽ - History of Cosmonautics museum: 150 ₽; interactive tour 200 ₽ - Interactive gallery: 150 ₽, until 19:00 - 5D Shuttle ride: 180 ₽, 9:00–20:00, no under-5s - Observatory: By phone booking only (+7 4852 72-82-00), clear skies only; price not published - Box office: Daily 9:00–20:30, lunch break from 13:00 (to 14:00 or 13:50 — the site gives both) - Closed: Last Monday of every month - Age: Star Hall not recommended under 5; programmes rated 6+ or 12+ - Late arrival: No entry once the show starts, no refund - Language: Shows and the museum are in Russian - Address: ulitsa Chaykovskogo 3, Yaroslavl - Coordinates: 57.62108, 39.87003 - Facts checked: 30.10.2026 ## Key facts - **12 m** — Star Hall dome, over 300 m² of screen (source: Official website of the Tereshkova Centre, “Star Hall”; Tonkosti travel guide; Fulldome Database) - **7 April 2011** — opened with Valentina Tereshkova present, for Yaroslavl’s millennium and the Year of Cosmonautics (source: Official website of the Tereshkova Centre, “History”; Tonkosti travel guide (2011)) - **16 June 1963** — Tereshkova, born in the Yaroslavl region, flew Vostok 6 — the first woman in space (source: English and Russian Wikipedia, “Valentina Tereshkova”; Great Russian Encyclopedia) - **92 seats** — under the dome (Fulldome Database lists 94) (source: Official website of the Tereshkova Centre; Fulldome Database) - **7,500 stars** — projected by a Carl Zeiss Skymaster ZKP4, paired with six digital projectors (source: Official website of the Tereshkova Centre, “Star Hall”) - **5 m** — observatory dome with a 203 mm telescope, up to 15 visitors at a time (source: Official website of the Tereshkova Centre, “Observatory”) - **1948** — the city’s first planetarium opened in a former convent church; it moved here in 2011 (source: Official website of the Tereshkova Centre, “History”) - **Chaykovskogo 3** — next to the 17th-century Church of St Nicholas Mokry, near the Kotorosl embankment (source: Official website of the Tereshkova Centre, “Contacts” and “History”) ## Tereshkova Planetarium tickets and prices **A Star Hall show costs 300 ₽**, a few programmes such as Black Holes 400 ₽ — one price for adults and children, with a seat picked when you buy. The History of Cosmonautics museum is 150 ₽, the interactive gallery 150 ₽, the 5D Shuttle ride 180 ₽. Buy at the box office (daily 9:00–20:30, lunch break from 13:00) or online through the “Купить билет” (buy a ticket) button next to each show on the centre’s official website. The online desk is Russian-only, and **Visa and Mastercard cards issued abroad don’t work in Russia** — so if you’re a foreign visitor, plan to pay at the desk in roubles. Weekend and school-holiday shows sell out: the hall has only 92 seats. Phone bookings must be paid at least 30 minutes before the start or the seats go back on sale. > **Late by a minute? You won’t get in** The Star Hall doors close the moment the show starts, and tickets can’t be refunded or exchanged. Be at the desk 15 minutes early. On the last Monday of every month the whole centre is shut for a cleaning day. ## Opening hours and the show schedule The centre is open every day except the last Monday of the month. Dome shows start roughly every hour from mid-morning; the last one usually begins at 19:00. The museum stays open until 21:00, the gallery until 19:00 and the Shuttle until 20:00 — no fixed times, just walk in. Programmes come in two kinds. **6+** shows are short, 27–35 minutes: Space Adventures, Amazing Blue Planet, and the double bill Step into Infinity and Story of a Grain of Sand. **12+** shows run 40–55 minutes — a star-sky tour followed by a fulldome film such as Journey through the Solar System or The Mystery of Dark Matter, plus Galaxy and Its Inhabitants and Black Holes. The day’s schedule is on the “Афиша” (listings) page of the centre’s official website. Titles are only in Russian, so match them by age rating and length. ## Is the Tereshkova Planetarium worth visiting? It depends on who you are. For **families and space fans**, yes: a real Zeiss star projector under a 12-metre dome, a solid space-history museum and an observatory are rare in a city of this size, and it’s an easy rainy-day or evening plan. For a short first trip, though, it isn’t essential. **Everything is narrated in Russian**, the exhibits have Russian labels only, and the old town’s churches and riverfront are what Yaroslavl is famous for. The **YesGo score** is middling for that reason: worth it if you’re nearby or with kids, skippable on a one-day visit. If you go, pick a 12+ sky show — the star field needs no translation, and you see both the optical projector and the digital dome. ## What to see inside - **The Star Hall** — a 12 m dome where a Carl Zeiss projector throws 7,500 stars and six digital projectors run fulldome films. According to the centre, Yaroslavl was the second planetarium in Russia to combine optical and digital projection in one hall. - **History of Cosmonautics museum** — rocket models from the R-7 to Energia-Buran, a Soyuz-TMA, a full-size spacesuit and a section on Tereshkova’s 1963 flight. - **The observatory** — a 5 m dome and a 203 mm telescope on a robotic mount; on clear nights you can see the planets, and by day sunspots. - **Interactive gallery “Under the Planetarium Dome”** — hands-on exhibits; under-7s with an adult. - **5D Shuttle** — a five-seat motion simulator; no under-5s, not for anyone prone to motion sickness. - **The building itself** — a glass dome and observatory tower beside the 17th-century Church of St Nicholas Mokry, a striking old-and-new pairing even from outside. > **No photos under the dome** Photos and video are banned in the Star Hall on any device, phones included — a lit screen ruins the sky for everyone. No food or drinks either. Cameras are fine in the museum, the observatory and the gallery. ## How to get to the Tereshkova Planetarium 1. The address is **ulitsa Chaykovskogo 3** (улица Чайковского, 3), on the left bank of the Kotorosl river, just west of the old centre. 2. From the [Yaroslavl Kremlin](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/yaroslavl-kremlin) (Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery): 12–15 minutes on foot west along the Kotorosl embankment (Kotoroslnaya naberezhnaya), then 250 m up Chaykovskogo street. 3. From Sovetskaya Square and the [Church of Elijah the Prophet](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/church-of-elijah-the-prophet): about 2 km — 25–30 minutes on foot past the monastery, or 7–10 minutes by taxi (Yandex Go works in Yaroslavl). 4. By public transport: bus 57 or 62, or trolleybus 5, to the stop **Ulitsa Chaykovskogo** (Улица Чайковского), then cross the road. Route numbers change — check them in Yandex Maps before you set off. ## Before you go: checklist - [ ] It isn’t the last Monday of the month - [ ] Picked a show by age: 6+ or 12+ - [ ] Roubles in cash or a Russian card — foreign Visa and Mastercard don’t work - [ ] At the desk 15 minutes before the start - [ ] Clear sky, if you want the observatory (book by phone) - [ ] Phone silent and dark in the hall ## Planetarium vs Yaroslavl Kremlin vs Metropolitan’s Chambers | | Planetarium | Yaroslavl Kremlin | Metropolitan’s Chambers | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What it is | Star dome, space museum, observatory | Monastery museum: cathedral, bell tower, exhibitions | Museum of old Russian art | | Best for | Families, science fans | Everyone on a first visit | Icon and art lovers | | Best time | Evenings, rainy days | Daytime; bell tower in dry weather | Daytime, any weather | | Entry | Show 300–400 ₽, museum 150 ₽ | Grounds 100 ₽, exhibitions extra | Museum ticket | | Time needed | 1–1.5 h | 1–2 h | About 1 h | With one day in Yaroslavl, do the Kremlin and the Volga embankment first and keep the planetarium for the 19:00 show. With kids or in the rain, it can go first. ## Yaroslavl after dark compared Places in Yaroslavl worth an evening, rated by YesGo. - [Tereshkova Planetarium](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/yaroslavl-planetarium) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · show 300–400 ₽, museum 150 ₽ ## Old town by day, stars by night Spend the day at the Kremlin, the Church of Elijah the Prophet, the Volga embankment and the Strelka, then walk along the Kotorosl to the planetarium for the last show. Add them to your route — YesGo fits in the timing and transfers. 1. [Yaroslavl Kremlin (Transfiguration Monastery)](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/yaroslavl-kremlin) — YesGo score 35/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 2 h · Grounds 100 ₽, combined ticket 800 ₽ 2. [Church of Elijah the Prophet](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/church-of-elijah-the-prophet) — YesGo score 47/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · ≈ 200–250 ₽, May to October 3. [Volga Embankment](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/yaroslavl-volga-embankment) — YesGo score 51/100 (Yes, go) · 1 h · Free, open 24/7 4. [Strelka Park](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/yaroslavl-strelka) — YesGo score 47/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 40 min · Free 5. [Tereshkova Planetarium](https://yesgo.io/russia/yaroslavl/yaroslavl-planetarium) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · show 300–400 ₽, museum 150 ₽ ## Good to know Locals just say “planetarium”; the official name is the V. V. Tereshkova Culture and Education Centre. The Kosmos museum about Tereshkova is a different place, in Nikulskoye outside the city, near the village where she was born. Yaroslavl’s old planetarium (1948–2011) was in a former church that was due to go back to the Orthodox Church. ## Tips - One hour: a 30-minute 6+ show and the space museum. Ninety minutes: a 12+ sky show plus the museum. - Book a day or two ahead for weekends and Russian school holidays — the hall seats only 92. - The observatory only opens in clear weather: phone on the morning of your visit to book. - Booked by phone? Pay at least 30 minutes before the start, or the seats go back on sale. - After an evening show, walk back along the Kotorosl to the floodlit Kremlin. - Don’t speak Russian? The 12+ sky shows work best — the stars need no translation. ## Questions ### How much are tickets to the Tereshkova Planetarium? A Star Hall show costs 300 ₽, some programmes 400 ₽. The space museum and the interactive gallery are 150 ₽ each, the 5D Shuttle 180 ₽. ### What are the planetarium’s opening hours? Daily; the box office is open 9:00–20:30 with a lunch break from 13:00. Dome shows run until about 20:00. The centre closes on the last Monday of each month. ### Are the shows in English? No — shows, labels and the museum are in Russian. The 12+ star-sky shows work best for non-Russian speakers. ### Can I pay by card? Visa and Mastercard cards issued abroad don’t work in Russia, so bring roubles in cash for the box office. ### How do I get to the planetarium? Walk 12–15 minutes west along the Kotorosl embankment from the Yaroslavl Kremlin, or take bus 57 or 62 or trolleybus 5 to Ulitsa Chaykovskogo. ### How long do you need? About an hour for a short show and the museum, 1.5 hours for a 12+ show plus the museum, two hours with kids and the Shuttle ride. ### Is it suitable for young children? The dome isn’t recommended for under-5s. Pick 6+ shows of about 30 minutes; the Shuttle is for 5 and up. ### Can you look through the telescope? Yes, in the observatory, by phone booking and only on clear days or nights. Up to 15 people go up at a time. ### Why is it named after Valentina Tereshkova? The first woman in space was born in the Yaroslavl region and lived and worked in Yaroslavl before her 1963 flight. She attended the centre’s opening in 2011. ## How we checked Prices come from the centre’s official online box office, which the “buy a ticket” buttons on its website lead to, for shows on 30.10.2026; the website itself publishes no price list, and guidebooks quote outdated figures of 100–250 ₽, which we don’t use. The box-office lunch break is 13:00–14:00 on one page and 13:00–13:50 in the site footer — we give both. The centre says 92 seats, Fulldome Database says 94 — we use the centre’s figure. We confirmed the monthly closure in the online box office: no shows on the last Monday of November. The observatory price isn’t published, and “Russian only” is our reading of the listings — both marked “verifying”. Bus and trolleybus numbers come from guides and OpenStreetMap routes; walking times are our estimate from the map. ## Sources - Official website of the V. V. Tereshkova Culture and Education Centre: listings, tickets, visitor rules, concessions, contacts, areas, history, 30.10.2026 - The centre’s official online box office (linked from the listings): show prices, 30.10.2026 - Tonkosti travel guide: Yaroslavl Planetarium - Fulldome Database: planetariums of Russia - English and Russian Wikipedia: Valentina Tereshkova; Great Russian Encyclopedia - Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve: Kosmos museum in Nikulskoye - OpenStreetMap: building and coordinates - Visa and Mastercard statements on suspending operations in Russia, March 2022 --- This is the Markdown version of a YesGo page for AI assistants. Quote the web page link above, not this file.