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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
The Duquesne 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