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The first planetarium was constructed in 1956 inside the Glenview mansion dining room. It had a 20-foot dome, seating for 50 and a Spitz A-1 star projector. In 1969, as part of a major expansion of the museum campus, a planetarium was built with a 40-foot dome, seating for 120 and a Spitz Space Transit Projector. [13]
Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers; Bruckner Planetarium, Nassau Community College, Garden City [31] Corning Community College Planetarium, Corning; Edwin A. Link Planetarium, Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton; Edwin Hubble Planetarium, in Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn
The Hayden Planetarium (often called "The Hayden Sphere" or "The Great Sphere") has, since 2000, been one of the two main attractions within the Rose Center. It was established by the State of New York in 1933, some of the funding coming from philanthropist Charles Hayden. [7]
The Rose Center for Earth and Space, founded in 1933 as the Hayden Planetarium, is a center of astronomical activities in New York City, and presents daily shows. Other planetariums are located in Brooklyn, [ 17 ] Staten Island, [ 18 ] and Upper Manhattan, [ 19 ]
When Untermyer died in 1940, he had hoped to donate the whole estate to New York State Westchester County, or to the City of Yonkers. Eventually Yonkers agreed to accept part of the estate. The parcel, which was the core of the gardens, and which has been added to since that time, was renamed Untermyer Park and Gardens in his honor. [2]
The Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) is a museum in Rochester, New York, dedicated to community education in science, technology and local history. The museum also operates the Strasenburgh Planetarium, located next to the museum, and the Cumming Nature Center, a 900-acre (3.6 km 2) nature preserve near Naples, New York. The museum ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Yonkers, New York.The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site is a historic house museum located in the Getty Square neighborhood of Yonkers, New York.Originally the family seat of Philipse Manor, and later Yonkers city hall, it is Westchester County's second oldest standing building after the Timothy Knapp House.