adler planetarium chicago
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, founded in 1930, is America's first and oldest planetarium. It now houses two star-gazing theaters, a unique collection of antique instruments, extensive exhibit space, and many hands-on exhibits. It also offers one of the most wonderful views of the skyline in the entire city.
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This lakefront attraction on the Museum Campus features loads of otherworldly exhibits. The Shoot for the Moon exhibit features the fully restored Gemini 12 spacecraft that astronauts Captain James A. Lovell Jr. and Buzz Aldrin flew in the 1966. The new permanent exhibit Planet Explorers offers hands-on-learning for budding astronomers. Journey to the Stars, an immersive space show narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, takes the viewers 13 billion years in the past, when the first stars were born. Open Monday-Friday 10-4pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-4:30pm
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The CyberSpace Gallery is billed as the future of museum experiences. It features computer-based interactive exhibits, stations which provide realistic, immersive experiences of the universe, a CyberClassroom for up to date information on current astronomy, and a Cyberstudio for interactive video conferencing.
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It is the oldest planetarium in the United States and first opened its doors way back in 1930. Adler Planetarium was founded by Chicago business leader Max Adler and the museum today is home to three full-size theaters, extensive space and science exhibits and one of the world's most important antique astronomical instrument collections on display.
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Located on Northerly Island, it is a part of Chicago's Museum Campus along with the John G. Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. For its design, architect Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Jr. was awarded the gold medal of the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1931.[5] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.
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