Melaka Planetarium


Melaka Planetarium, officially known as Melaka Planetarium Adventure Science Centre, was a planetarium located at Melaka International Trade Centre business district in the town of Ayer Keroh, at the Malaysian state of Malacca. Its opening was officiated by Malacca State Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam on 10 August 2009, and is the second planetarium in the state after the Al-Khawarizmi Astronomy Complex in Masjid Tanah. The planetarium features Islamic architecture and a landing UFO, costing MYR20 million to be built. It covers an area of 0.7 hectares, with 3 floors. The planetarium is divided into four sections—which are astronomy, outer space, simulation, and physics, and exhibits the magnificent cosmos, history of astronomy and astronomers and also various other attractions.

Closing

Two incident occur in 2018. In May, a temporary extension of the structure got in fire while in November, a wall part of the structure collapsed. It have been declared unsafe on 2019 and sealed. Muhammad Jailani Khamis, Malacca state exco announced that the state government will repair the structure along with Galaxy World development. However, this was never materialised.