Category:McLaughlin Planetarium
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The McLaughlin Planetarium is a former working planetarium whose building (as of 2008) continues to occupy a space immediately to the south of the Royal Ontario Museum (R.O.M.) in Toronto, at 100 Queen's Park. Founded by a grant from philanthropist Colonel R. Samuel McLaughlin, the facility was opened to the public on October 26, 1968. It had, for its time, a state-of-the-art electro-mechanical Zeiss planetarium projector that was used to project regular themed shows about the stars, planets, and cosmology for visitors. The Planetarium was forced to close on November 5, 1995, due to provincial budget cuts to the Museum. The Planetarium's exhibits, artifacts and theatre facilities were subsequently dismantled and dispersed. For a brief period it housed the Children's Own Museum. It is now used solely for offices and as a storage facility for the Museum. Early in 2009 the R.O.M. announced that it had sold the building and the site for $22 million to the University of Toronto, who plan to demolish the existing building and build additional facilities for its Law and Business faculties.
Media in category "McLaughlin Planetarium"
The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total.
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Good time 009.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 1.47 MB
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McLaughlin Planetarium - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC09895.JPG 4,320 × 3,240; 4.25 MB
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McLaughlin Planetarium 1973 (1).jpg 1,280 × 853; 293 KB
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McLaughlin Planetarium 1973.jpg 1,280 × 853; 252 KB
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McLaughlin Planetarium Astrocentre.jpg 1,464 × 984; 1.19 MB
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McLaughlin Planetarium Connected to ROM (9162199612).jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 650 KB
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McLaughlin Planetarium Star Theatre 360 Panorama.jpg 9,208 × 1,580; 7.73 MB
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McLaughlin Planetarium Star Theatre from Cove.jpg 1,474 × 984; 1.59 MB
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McLaughlin Planetarium Star Theatre Side View,jpg.jpg 960 × 633; 402 KB
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McLaughlinPlanetarium Dec29-05.jpg 1,958 × 1,470; 1.12 MB
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McLaughlinPlanetarium-Jan10-06.jpg 2,288 × 1,712; 787 KB
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McLaughlinPlanetarium-July5-08.jpg 3,464 × 2,556; 6.32 MB
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McLaughlinPlanetarium-Sept2-07.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 632 KB