Imiloa Astronomy Center, Educational astronomy center at University of Hawaii, Hilo, United States.

The ʻImiloa Astronomy Center is a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo facility whose building has three large titanium-clad cones representing the volcanoes Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualālai. It contains a 120-seat planetarium with a fulldome video projection system, bilingual Hawaiian and English exhibit halls, small theaters, a gift shop and the Sky Garden café. Its gardens grow native, endemic and canoe plants brought by Polynesian voyagers.

The center opened in 2006 as a place to connect ancient Polynesian navigation methods with modern astronomy and space exploration. It works with the observatories on Mauna Kea to bring current research and discoveries to visitors through its exhibits and shows.

The center presents exhibits in Hawaiian and English, connecting the ways ancient Polynesian navigators read the stars with how modern scientists study space. You can see how knowledge passed down through generations shapes the way the facility teaches about the cosmos today.

The center is open Tuesday through Sunday, with morning and afternoon hours for visiting. Admission includes access to planetarium shows, all exhibit areas, and the gardens, which you can explore at your own pace throughout your visit.

In September 2012 a statue representing Alpha Centauri was installed at ʻImiloa, extending the Sagan Planet Walk from Ithaca, New York, and making it the world's largest exhibition of its kind. The center's three titanium-clad cones stand for the volcanoes Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Hualālai.