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Buhl Planetarium
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Construction


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Buhl Planetarium
Buhl Planetarium
Buhl Planetarium
Buhl Planetarium
Buhl Planetarium
Buhl Planetarium
Buhl Planetarium


Type: Museum
Opened in 1938
Closed in 1991
Address: 10 Children's Way - Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Country: USA
Email: 


Website: https://carnegiesciencecenter.org/about/about-our-history/
Website 2: http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Buhl.html


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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