What became of the original Buhl Planetarium building?
The Buhl Planetarium building is now part of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and was integrated into that museum as part of an award-winning architectural project undertaken in 2004. The Buhl Foundation provided the Children’s Museum a grant of $1.5 million toward that $28 million project. The sky show that used to be shown in the original Planetarium building is now part of the Buhl Digital Dome and is located within the Carnegie Science Center.
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