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Lick Observatory is the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. [1] The observatory, in a Classical Revival style structure, was constructed between 1876 and 1887, from a bequest from James Lick of $700,000, equivalent to $23,737,778 in 2023.
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum was built in 1932, the Planetarium in 1936, the research library opened in June 1939. The Akhenaton Shrine was built in 1949. [2] The Peace Garden was added to the park in 2004 and dedicated by Rosicrucian Imperator Christian Bernard. In 2013, a new Alchemy Museum was announced for 2020.
Hotel Santa Ysabel on the road up Mt. Hamilton just across Smith Creek in 1895, Courtesy of San Jose Public Library, California Room. On August 26, 1861, while working for Josiah D. Whitney on the first California Geological Survey, William H. Brewer invited local San Jose preacher (and Brewer's personal friend) Laurentine Hamilton to join his company on a trek to a nearby summit.
Palomar College Planetarium, San Marcos; Planetarium Projector and Science Museum, [19] a museum of planeteria at Big Bear Lake; Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, a purpose-built planetarium rendered in an Ancient Egyptian architectural style; San Diego City College Planetarium, San Diego; Hartnell College Planetarium, Salinas
The Rosicrucian Park planetarium opens in San Jose, California. It is the fifth built in the United States, and one of the first to have a star projector built in the US, [citation needed] constructed by hand by H. Spencer Lewis, then leader of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. 1937: Osaka planetarium opens, Seymour Planetarium dedicated. [2] 1938
Lick Observatory: 1881 Mount Hamilton, San Jose, California, US LightBuckets (commercial observatory) 2007 Rodeo, New Mexico, US LIGO: 1999: Hanford Site, Washington, US & Livingston, Louisiana, US, US Lindheimer Astrophysical Research Center (defunct) 1966–1995 Evanston, Illinois, US Llano de Chajnantor Observatory: 2005 Atacama Desert, Chile
Griffith Observatory Planetarium photographed circa 1937–1939. Also included in the original design was a planetarium under the large central dome. The first shows covered topics including the Moon, worlds of the Solar System, and eclipses. The planetarium theater was renovated in 1964 and a Mark IV Zeiss projector was installed.
The center is the continuation and expansion of a public observatory that has served San Francisco Bay Area schools and citizens with astronomy and science education programs since 1883. It is named after the father of hydraulic mining and benefactor of the original Oakland Observatory, Anthony Chabot .