Hayden Planetarium. Outer Space Black Light Gallery

Exist Dates

approximately 1953 - 1997

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Permanent exhibition. Opened approximately 1953 and closed January 5, 1997. Located on Floor 1, Section 18. The Outer Space Black Light Gallery at the Hayden Planetarium featured 4,000 square feet of 14 large astronomical murals depicting the lunar landscape, Aurora Borealis, other planets in our solar system, eclipses of the sun and moon, solar prominences, galactic nebulae, and star clusters. The gallery exhibited the Ahnighito meteorite before it was moved to the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites in 1981, and the Willamette Meteorite, now (as of 2017) exhibited in the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe (1, 1979/80 p. 16; 2, 1984, p. 63; 3, 1953, p. 35-40; 4, 1997).

For additional related resources and information see Relations.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1979/80.

(2) American Museum of Natural History. Official Guide to the American Museum of Natural History. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1984.

(3) American Museum of Natural History. General Guide [to the Exhibition Halls of] the American Museum of Natural History. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1939-1956.

(4) Neil de Grasse Tyson to the Museum Community "Closing of the Planetarium", January 2, 1997.

Information for the hall appears in the following Museum publications:

American Museum of Natural History Annual Reports 1936 (page 25); 1979 (page 16)

American Museum of Natural History General Guides 1953 (page 35-40); 1956 (page 44); 1958 (page 44-45); 1962 (page 22-23); 1964 (page 22-23)

American Museum of Natural History: A Pictorial Guide, 1967

American Museum of Natural History: An Introduction, 1972

American Museum of Natural History Official Guides 1984 (page 63) and 1993 (page 47).

American Museum of Natural History. Update: The Universe (brochure) 1994.

American Museum of Natural History. Frontiers: New Discoveries in Space (brochure) 1990.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

Hayden Planetarium
The Outer Space Blacklight Gallery was a part of the exhibition space in the Hayden Planetarium .

Related Resources

subjectOf

Historic Halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Curated digital images of permanent halls in the American Museum of Natural History Library, Digital Special Collections.

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