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Hayden Planetarium

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Hayden Planetarium Interplanetary Reservations

 Collection
Identifier: DR 194
Scope and Content note This particular collection refers to a promotional strategy implemented by the Hayden Planetarium. In 1949, in order to increase publicity for their space exhibit “Conquest of Space”, the Hayden Planetarium set up an “interplanetary-tour reservations desk” that would take reservations for the first trips into space. The museum promised that the collected names would be turned over to the first organization actually planning interplanetary travel. In addition to the desk at the planetarium,...
Dates: 1949-2011; Majority of material found within 1949-1953

Hayden Planetarium The Sky Reporter collection, 1947-1958.

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 03
Abstract

Contains many issues of The Sky Reporter, the official monthly bulletin of the Hayden Planetarium. Also includes mimeo sheets of The Sky Reporter, Volume I, No. 1, November 1947 to Volume II, No. 8, June 1948 (handwritten notation indicating that some volumes are missing).

Dates: 1947 - 1958

Hayden Planetarium's collection of Planetaria ephemera, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 193
Abstract

Collection of printed ephemera from various planetaria around the world, including Hayden Planetarium. Also includes material from manufacturers of planetarium star shows, such as Zeiss and Spitz. Ephemera includes brochures, pamphlets, and booklets among other material.

Dates: undated