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Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (1939-1991) acquired from Germany "Transpara the Talking Glass Lady" in 1965. Transpara is a clear, plastic, life-size model of a human woman, showing the organs and bones of the human body. Each organ would light up as it was being explained.

15-minute programs, one for adults and one for children, were offered to the general public and school groups in Buhl Planetarium's Little Science Theater. Transpara presentations continued until Buhl Planetarium closed as a public museum in 1991.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History still displays a similar exhibit, which they call Juno. They inherited this exhibit after the closing of Health Museum of Cleveland.

For more information about Transpara:

< http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/Buhlexhibits.htm#transpara >

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Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
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SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
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Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
  < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >


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> What are your visitors' favorite exhibits on the human
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