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Planetarium Sheet Buhl Planetarium
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

USA , PENNSYLVANIA , PITTSBURGH

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Type: Museum
Opened in 1939
Closed in 1991
Address: 10 Children's Way - Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Country: USA
Email:
Phone: +1 412-322-5058

Website: https://carnegiesciencecenter.org/about/about-our-history/
Website 2: http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2012/02/former-buhl-planetarium-observatory.

Team
James Stokley (first director)
Arthur L. Draper (1962)
Paul J. Oles (1979)
Frank Mancuso (retired in 2015)

381 seats

Dome of 19.8m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-II
Seat: + 44 removable seats

Facilities
Other: Foucault pendulum, Siderostat (November 1941, $30,000)

Operation
Frequenting: 250000 people per year

History
- 14 April 1938: groundbreaking
- 24 October 1939: Opening ($1.07 million) 425s/Zeiss II on lift ($135,000)
- 31 August 1991: closed (moved to Carnegie Science Center One Allegheny Avenue)

Comments

Latitude: 40°27'10" N - Longitude: 80°00'22" W - Altitude: 236m
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