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Planetarium Sheet Sunrise Planetarium
Charleston Children's Museum

USA , WEST VIRGINIA , CHARLESTON

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Type: Museum
Opened in 1962
Closed in 2003
Address: 746 Myrtle Road - 25314 Charleston, WV
Country: USA
Email:
Phone: +1 304 344 8035

Website:
Website 2: http://charlestonhomeandliving.com/2017/09/29/looking-back-at-the-sunrise-mansio

Team
Winona Cosner (1971)
Robert A. Gardner (1977)
Robert Frostick, Greg Rawlings (1987)
Tom Garcia (1994)
Chuck English (1995)
Curt Spivey (1998), Denise Deegan,

65 seats

Dome of 7.3m

Technical
Optical system SPITZ : A3P

Facilities
Gift Shop Yes

Operation

History
Probably Spitz A1 around 1954
- 1962 to 1986: Charleston Children's Museum, then Sunrise Children's Museum,
- 1999: then Sunrise Museum
- 2003: new building, other location (Clay Center)

Comments

Latitude: 38°20'44" N - Longitude: 81°38'28" W - Altitude: 250m
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