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The following web page provides technical information, including ceiling
heights, for several of the exhibit galleries of the original Buhl
Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in Pittsburgh. Although
traveling exhibits were often placed in any gallery that had space at the
time, originally the "Octagon Gallery" was considered the traveling exhibits
gallery.

As Buhl's ceilings are all pretty high, this never limited the type of
traveling exhibits that could be presented. In fact, once during World War
II, a military aircraft was actually displayed in, what would later become,
the "Hall of the Universe."

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

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh
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  Internet, World Wide Web Sites -
  History of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science,
Pittsburgh:
  < http://www.planetarium.cc >
  History of The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago:
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
  History of Astronomer and Optician John A. Brashear:
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
  History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries:
  < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc >
  The Duquesne Incline, historic cable car railway, Pittsburgh:
  < http://www.incline.cc >

>From: Tamara Schwarz <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network
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>Subject: exhibit hall ceiling heights
>Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:44:12 -0800
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>ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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>Hello all,
>
>I am curious about the ceiling height of your traveling exhibit hall(s).
>We're finding that there is quite a range in requirements for traveling
>exhibits, and that standard heights range from 9'6" to 15'.  What is yours,
>and does it limit the types of traveling exhibits you can accommodate?
>
>Replies off-list are fine.
>
>Thanks,
>Tamara Schwarz
>
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>Tamara Schwarz, Exhibits Manager
>Chabot Space & Science Center
>10000 Skyline Blvd.
>Oakland, CA 94619
>phone: (510) 336-7349
>fax: (510) 336-7491
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>http://www.chabotspace.org
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