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Hayden Planetarium. Guggenheim Space Theater; Guggenheim Space Theater
birth: 1971
death: 1997
Permanent exhibition. Opened October 5, 1971 and closed January 5, 1997. Located on Floor 1, Section 18. The Hayden Planetarium's Guggenheim Space Theater replaced the original Hall of the Sun in a renovation funded by the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation. It included a model of the solar system and Astrovision, a 360-degree projection system which incorporated 22 screens, 42 projectors, and 3,000 slides with narration (1, 1997; 2, 1970/71, p. 20; 2, 1971/72, p. 3-4; 3, 1972, p. 39).
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