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The following link will take you to a page with links to two museum guides and maps from 1987 and 1989, for The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (a.k.a. Buhl Science Center), which operated as Pittsburgh's science and technology museum from 1939 to 1991:

http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/Buhlexhibits.htm#explorer

Architectural Studies, Floor Plans, and
Technical Specifications of
The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science:

http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/Buhlplansspecs.htm

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Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
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* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
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* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
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* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
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* Civil War Museum of Andrew Carnegie Free Library:
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* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
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--- On Thu, 12/15/11, Stephen Uzzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Stephen Uzzo <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: museum floor maps
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 11:38 AM

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> As part of an iteration of and exhibit on science mapping
> called "Places and Spaces" (http://www.scimaps.org). We are
> developing an iteration of this exhibition for kids (5-14
> years old) and seeking really nice floor plans of Science
> and Tech museums and/or natural history museums, as well as
> maps of exhibitions either permanent or traveling. Ideally,
> these would be somehow image-rich and/or thematic. These
> would be either displayable as is, or we could do some
> processing to make them more contextual to the exhibition
> (have a look at the link to see how these maps get
> displayed). This exhibition travels all over the world and
> is widely regarded. Any information would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks, in advance, for your help!
> 
> Stephen Miles Uzzo, PhD.
> VP, Science & Technology
> New York Hall of Science
> 47-01 111th Street
> Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY 11368 USA
> V +1.718 595.9177
> F +1.718.699.5227
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