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The McLaughlin Planetarium is a former working planetarium whose building occupies a space immediately to the south of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, at 100 Queen's Park. Founded by a grant from philanthropist Colonel R. Samuel McLaughlin , the facility was opened to the public on October 26, 1968.
The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is the most visited planetarium in the world. [ 1 ] This entry is a list of permanent planetariums across the world.
The Queen Elizabeth Planetarium or Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium is a planetarium located within Coronation Park, in Edmonton, Alberta. It was the first public planetarium in Canada, operating between 1960 and 1983 and again from 2023 onward. Designed by Walter Tefler and R.F. Duke, it was named to commemorate the visit of Elizabeth II, Queen ...
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Concept sketch of David Dunlap Observatory. The DDO owes its existence almost entirely to the efforts Clarence Chant. [3] Chant had not shown an early interest in astronomy, but while attending University College, University of Toronto, he became interested in mathematics and physics, eventually joining the university as a lecturer in physics in 1892. [4]
The Centennial Planetarium, located at 701 11 Street SW in Calgary, Alberta, was designed by Calgary architectural firm McMillan Long and Associates and opened in 1967 for the Canadian Centennial, it is one of Calgary's best examples of Brutalist architecture, winning several awards open its opening.
The Hummel Planetarium was temporarily closed in 2021, in part because of COVID guidelines. Now, EKU is trying to find a way forward for the building. EKU’s Hummel Planetarium, one of largest in ...
The Ontario Science Centre (OSC; originally the Centennial Museum of Science and Technology) is a science museum organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its original location opened to the public in 1969 and was located near the Don Valley Parkway about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northeast of downtown on Don Mills Road in the former city of ...