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Museo de Ciencias Felipe Poey



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Museo de Ciencias Felipe Poey
Museo de Ciencias Felipe Poey
Museo de Ciencias Felipe Poey
Museo de Ciencias Felipe Poey


Type: Museum
Opened in 1964
Closed in 1995
Address: Capitolio, 66 Cienfuegos - La Habana 10200
Country: CUBA
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Website: https://www.cubaperiodistas.cu/2022/06/el-planetario-del-capitolio-y-la-obra-de-








59 seats











Dome of  6.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZKP1

Facilities

Operation

History
- June 14, 1962: two Zeiss ZKP1 received (one for Museo Tomas Romey in Santiago de Cuba: see 1595 and the second for Museo Felipe Poey
- May 26, 1964: opening Museo in the Capitol (1st floor, north wing) with ZKP1 planetarium
- October 1977: Zeiss ZKP2 delivered (but will remain in its packaging, never installed)
- 1985: renamed Museo de Ciencias Naturales
- 1995: Museum in the Capitole closes
- 1999: moved to actual location (Obispo/Plaza de Armas): reopening without planetarium


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Latitude: 23°08'09" N  -  Longitude: 82°21'35" W  -  Altitude: 12m
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