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May 12, 1930: Adler Planetarium opens

After a trip to Germany where he witnessed the history-making first Zeiss projection planetarium, which had opened its doors in 1925, retired Sears, Roebuck & Co. executive Max Adler was eager to bring the technology to Chicago. In addition to making a donation of $500,000 (today, about $9.5 million) to drive the process, Adler purchased Continue reading "May 12, 1930: Adler Planetarium opens" The post May 12, 1930: Adler Planetarium opens appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .

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