Adler Planetarium

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Adler Planetarium
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Adler Planetarium Entry
Adler Planetarium Entry
Location: 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
Coordinates: 41°51′58.15″N 87°36′24.03″W / 41.8661528, -87.606675Coordinates: 41°51′58.15″N 87°36′24.03″W / 41.8661528, -87.606675
Built/Founded: 1929
Architect: Ernest Grunsfeld,Jr.
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Designated as NHL: February 27, 1987[1]
Added to NRHP: February 27, 1987[2]
NRHP Reference#: 87000819
Governing body: Private

The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was the first planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence today.[1] The Adler was founded and built in 1930 by the philanthropist Max Adler, with the assistance of the first director of the planetarium, Philip Fox. It is located among the Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago's Museum Campus on the shores of Lake Michigan.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.[1][3]

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The Adler is the only museum in the world with two full-size planetarium theaters.[citation needed] Since the museum's opening in 1930, visitors view representations of the night sky in the historic Sky Theater planetarium, the dome of which is visible from the exterior of the building. The Zeiss Planetarium projector is capable of accurately reproducing the movement of every aspect of the night sky. In 1999, the Adler expanded its exhibition space, including the addition of the StarRider Theater, a completely digital fulldome video environment powered by Digistar 3 simulator technology. Outside the Planetarium is a Henry Moore sundial sculpture named Man Enters the Cosmos.

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Building

Building

Building

Man Enters the Cosmos

planets

meteorite

size wise

exhibition

Atwood Celestial Sphere

projector


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Adler Planetarium. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ James H. Charleton (October, 1985), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Adler Planetarium / Adler Planetarium and Astronomical MuseumPDF (547 KiB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1985.PDF (335 KiB)
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[edit] External links

http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attractions/adler-planetarium-astronomy-museum.html

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