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2. Adler Planetarium - Wikipedia

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   The Adler Planetarium is a public museum in Chicago, Illinois, dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics. It was founded in 1930 by local businessman Max Adler. Located on the northeastern tip of Northerly Island on Lake Michigan, the Adler Planetarium was the first planetarium in the United States. It is part of Chicago's Museum Campus, which ...

3. Man Enters the Cosmos - Wikipedia

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   Man Enters the Cosmos is a cast bronze sculpture by Henry Moore located on the Lake Michigan lakefront outside the Adler Planetarium in the Museum Campus area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture is a functional bowstring equatorial sundial created in 1980 measuring approximately 13 feet (4.0 m). [2] [3] The sundial was formerly located ...

4. Field Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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   Added to NRHP. September 5, 1975. The Field Museum of Natural History ( FMNH ), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. [4] The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, [5] [6] and its extensive scientific ...

5. Lucianne Walkowicz - Wikipedia

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   Lucianne Walkowicz ( / ˈwɔːkəwɪtʃ / WAW-kə-witch; [1] born 1979) is an American astronomer, artist, and activist. They were based at the Adler Planetarium until 2022 and are noted for their research contributions in stellar magnetic activity and its impact on planetary suitability for extraterrestrial life.

6. List of planetariums - Wikipedia

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   Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta. Mark Smith Planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon. Omnisphere Theater, Coca-Cola Challenger Space Science Center, Columbus State University, Columbus. Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College, Young Harris.

7. Museum Campus - Wikipedia

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   Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in Chicago facing Lake Michigan in Grant Park. It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History. It is adjacent to Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and ...

8. Nicolaus Copernicus Monument (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   The Nicolaus Copernicus Monument is an outdoor sculpture commemorating and depicting Nicolaus Copernicus, installed along Solidarity Drive outside Chicago 's Adler Planetarium, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Bronislaw Koniuszy's replica of Bertel Thorvaldsen 's original 1830 sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, was created, installed, and dedicated in ...

9. Philip Fox (astronomer) - Wikipedia

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   Colonel. Battles/wars. Spanish–American War. World War I. World War II. Other work. Astronomer. Philip Fox (March 7, 1878 – July 21, 1944) was an American astronomer and an officer in the U.S. Army. He was the first director of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the first planetarium in the western hemisphere.