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Public Notice - 2005 January 13
Buhl Planetarium Nominated by Friends of the Zeiss
To Be Historic Landmark
Link to
Nomination Application, in its entirety [including links to all six appendices].
[Date of
Application Cover Letter: 2004 December 29]
Critique - 2004 November 13:
Critique of newly-expanded complex, called the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Including The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building
By Glenn A. Walsh
News Release - 2004 October 26:
Dark Total Eclipse of the Moon Wednesday Evening/
65th Anniversary of Pittsburgh’s Buhl Planetarium
Commemorated with Web Site Documenting Historic Transit of Venus
News Release - 2004 October 25:
BUSINESS PLAN OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CONTINUES WISHFUL THINKING,
AS OPERATING DEFICITS MOUNT AND OTHER MUSEUMS DOWNSIZE OR CLOSE
Statement before the Board of the Allegheny Regional Asset District:
Statement ***
Large-Print Version
News Release - 2004 October 23:
Sunday Marks 65th Anniversary of Pioneer Planetarium in Pittsburgh
News Release - 2004 October 12:
3 MAJOR BUHL PLANETARIUM ARTIFACTS UNAFFECTED BY FLOOD;
CONDITION OF OTHER PLANETARIUM ARTIFACTS UNKNOWN
News Release - 2004 September 21:
RAIN RUNOFF FLOODING MAY HAVE AFFECTED HISTORIC
BUHL PLANETARIUM EQUIPMENT IN SCIENCE CENTER WAREHOUSE
News Release - 2004 August 30:
Children's Museum annual operating deficits Fiscal Years 2000 to 2004
News Release - 2004 August 30:
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OPERATING BUDGET DEFICIT GROWS TO NEARLY $1 MILLION
TO SURVIVE FINANCIALLY, MUSEUM NEEDS TO ALSO APPEAL TO ADULTS
Transit of the Planet Venus Across Image of Sun - 2004 June 8
Friends of the Zeiss sponsored the only observing session of this historic event
in Allegheny County, open to the general public,
in conjunction with
the
Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline:
Notice - 2004 June 8:
FOR EYE SAFETY,
BINOCULARS
CAN NOT BE USED
UNTIL AFTER
9:00 a.m.
News Release - 2004 June 3:
SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT WITH
8-INCH REFLECTOR TELESCOPE AT DUQUESNE INCLINE OBSERVATION DECK
News Release - 2004 May 25:
SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT
AT DUQUESNE INCLINE OBSERVATION DECK
EVENT LAST SEEN IN 1882
News Release - 2004 May 20:
SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT
AT DUQUESNE INCLINE OBSERVATION DECK
News Release - 2004 October 26:
Dark Total Eclipse of the Moon Wednesday Evening/
65th Anniversary of Pittsburgh’s Buhl Planetarium
Commemorated with Web Site Documenting Historic Transit of Venus