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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.

  3. List of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Adler Planetarium: Adler Planetarium. ... Its powder magazine is believed to be oldest standing building in Illinois. 26:

  4. Northerly Island - Wikipedia

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    It is the site of the Adler Planetarium, the Huntington Bank Pavilion (a semi-temporary concert venue), the Northerly Island Natural Area, the 12th Street Beach and numerous art installations. Per its name, Northerly Island was constructed as an island, but is connected to the lakefront by a causeway at the northern end carrying Solidarity ...

  5. Museum Campus - Wikipedia

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    An aerial view of the Museum Campus Shedd Aquarium in the Museum Campus at dawn.. Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in Chicago along Lake Michigan.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; Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and the ...

  6. Man Enters the Cosmos - Wikipedia

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    The Adler Planetarium, in the Museum Campus area of downtown Chicago, Illinois, [4] [2] is both a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is located in the Near South Side community area of Chicago. The sundial has two plaques on its base.

  7. 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 ...

  8. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois Museum of Natural History, campus of Illinois State University, Old Main building, from 1857-1877; Korean War National Museum, Sangamon, closed in 2017, collections transferred to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum [82] Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Peoria, closed in 2012, collections now at the Peoria Riverfront ...

  9. Architecture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    1930 Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. 1931 Merchandise Mart, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; 1930s-1960s Illinois Institute of Technology, including S.R. Crown Hall, Second Chicago School, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; 1934 Field Building, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; 1940 to the ...