The Helium Monument & Time Capsule is located in front of the Don Harrington Discovery Center

Don Harrington Discovery Center is an interactive science center in Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A., targeting towards young children with hands-on science exhibits and a planetarium. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A planetarium is a Theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about Astronomy and the night sky or for training in Celestial navigation The Discovery Center is located in the city's hospital district and is named after philanthropist, Don Harrington. ^[1]

Located in front of the Discovery Center is the Helium Monument, which was constructed to designates Amarillo as the "Helium Capital of the World" and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of helium in 1868. Helium ( He) is a colorless odorless tasteless non-toxic Inert Monatomic Chemical ^[2][3] The planetarium was renovated in 2003 and was implemented with the Digistar 3, fulldome video projection technology. Digistar 3 is a dome-based projection technology created by Evans & Sutherland - to offer audiences Immersive entertainment and education experiences that integrate Fulldome is used to refer to immersive dome-based video projection environments ^[4]

The Discovery Center's primary fundraiser was the Labor Day festival, Discover. Labor Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September The festival consisted of a concert by the Amarillo Symphony set with a fireworks display. ^[5] Most of the Discovery Center's income comes from admission fees and gift shops, while the rest comes from charitable organizations such as Amarillo Area Foundation and the Harrington Foundation. ^[6]

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External links

• Don Harrington Discovery Center official web site