It included an interactive science museum, an Omnimax system cinema, an aviary and an area for temporary exhibits and events.

At its inauguration the then Secretary of Education, Fernando Solana Morales, and the then president of the ALFA Group Bernardo Garza Sada were present.

[1] Personalities such as the Mexican Nobel Literature Prize winner Octavio Paz, and the astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela, stand out among the most relevant visitors to the Alfa Planetarium.

In 2014 it was also visited by King Charles III, and by his wife Queen Camilla, where they met with the top companies of Nuevo Leon, and the Secretary of Economy.

[1] On April 19, 2023, most of its former attractions were relocated and unveiled at the newly-inaugurated Museo Universitario de Ciencias, located on the right corner of the Preparatoria 3 of the UANL.