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Beginning in the mid-1980s, until it closed as a
public museum in 1991, Pittsburgh's original Buhl
Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science had one
free day per year--the day of the Summer Solstice,
June 21, when a lot of special events occurred both
inside the building and outside on Allegheny Square
Plaza.

Actually, the first year or two it started as free
admission, IF you brought a snowball with you. Yes, a
real snowball!

In the Winter, we advertised the free June 21
admission if people saved one or more snowballs in
their freezer, then brought the snowball[s] to Buhl on
June 21. We did get quite a few snowballs on June 21.
And, we would then weigh an evaluate the chemical
composition of each snowball while the visitor and
other members of the public looked-on. Here is a
photograph of a Buhl staff member weighing a visitor's
snowball in 1985:
<
http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/BuhlSolsticeDay-2.JPG
>

In later years, we just allowed people to visit Buhl
Planetarium for free, on June 21. However, we did
continue getting snowballs for several years!

gaw

>>>Original Message:
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:39:44 -0500 
From: "Sara Poirier" <[log in to unmask]> 
Subject: Pay what you can? 
To: [log in to unmask] 

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Hello, I would like to find out about science centres
offering events 
or special days where admission is "pay what you can".

Any information would be greatly appreciated. 
Thank you!

Sara Poirier

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Sara Poirier
Researcher/Programmer
Astronomy & Space Sciences
Ontario Science Centre
Toronto, Ontario
PH 416 696 4590 FX 416 696 3181
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www.OntarioScienceCentre.ca

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gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] > 
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.planetarium.cc > 
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago: 
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: 
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > 
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://www.incline.cc >

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