A girl watches the pendulum exhibit at Clark Planetarium at the Gateway Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah USA. (Photo by: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Clark Planetarium

Salt Lake City


You'll be seeing stars at Clark Planetarium, home to the latest and greatest 3-D sky shows. There are free science exhibits and an IMAX theater, too. The planetarium is on the edge of the Gateway, a combination indoor-outdoor shopping complex anchored by the old railway depot.


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