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General admission at Pittsburgh's original Buhl
Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science
[1939-1991] was always free-of-charge for children
ages 3 and under.

The only exception was when the science museum opened
in 1939, when general admission to the building was
free-of-charge for EVERYONE; the only charge was for
admission to a planetarium show, at that time. In
1940, a small charge was added for the Institute of
Popular Science exhibit galleries, simply as a way to
prevent the homeless from spending all day in the
heated and air-conditioned building [first
publicly-owned building in the city, and possibly the
state, built with air-conditioning], as the homeless
continue to do in public libraries today.

gaw

--- "Van Tiel, Michael" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:52:19 +1100 
From: "Van Tiel, Michael" <[log in to unmask]> 
Subject: Age of child entry... 
To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> We are starting to make a significant investment in
> exhibitions and programs for children under the age
> of 5 often involving increased staffing costs etc.
> 
> Currently this age group is free entry into the
> Museum.
> 
> We are thinking of dropping the age of entry down
> from 5 and under to 3 and under.
> 
> I was wondering if any other museums/science centres
> have done a similar thing and if this had any major
> impact?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Michael
> 
> Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
> 
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