Is the Buhl Foundation related in any way to the Buhl Planetarium or Chatham Village in Mt. Washington?
Yes. Two of the earliest projects of the Buhl Foundation were the construction of the Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science on Pittsburgh’s North Side and the construction of the Chatham Village neighborhood. The Buhl Planetarium opened in 1939 as only the fifth planetarium of its kind in the United States. Through the decades, the Foundation provided over $6 million of funding for the Buhl Planetarium until 1991 when the Buhl Planetarium merged with the Carnegie Science Center, also located on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Inside the Carnegie Science Center, a new Buhl Digital Dome now amazes patrons with the latest in Digital Dome advanced production technology. For questions about the Buhl Planetarium or the Carnegie Science Center, contact 412-237-3400 or visit www.carnegiesciencecenter.org. Chatham Village, which was conceived, funded and built by the Buhl Foundation, is an architectural gem in Mt. Washington that is studied and visited to this day by planners and architect
