Buhl Planetarium at Night | Historic Pittsburgh

1939/1947

View this item

Title
Buhl Planetarium at Night
Creator
Newman-Schmidt Studios
Identifier
MSP285.B003.F09.I05
Source Identifier
MSP285.B003.F09.I05
Description
The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, located in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood, was designed by architects Ingham, Pratt & Boyd. The facility opened as the United State's fifth major planetarium on October 24, 1939, and several years later featured a Zeiss II Planetarium and a ten-inch, Siderostat-type, refractor telescope. The Buhl Foundation completely funded the construction and furnishing of the Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building at a cost of $1.07 million. The Buhl Foundation then presented the building along with all equipment and furnishings as a gift to the City of Pittsburgh. The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science closed as a public museum on August 31, 1991. In April 2002, Pittsburgh City Council approved a bill allowing the lease of the building to the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Planetariums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
Rights Information
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/