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Rose Center for Earth and Space

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The Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, a fascinating building for learning about space and the universe.

The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a wonderful place to learn about our world and the stars above. It is part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. You can find it on the north side of the museum on 81st Street, close to Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The center opened in 2000 and has a special place called the Hayden Planetarium. This planetarium first opened its doors in 1935 and shows amazing shows about space. Neil deGrasse Tyson was the first director of the center.

Visitors can enjoy many exciting exhibits. There is a big glass cube around a sphere that looks like it is floating. Inside, you can see shows about the universe, learn about Earth, and discover faraway planets. The center helps people of all ages understand the wonders of space in fun and new ways.

Pictures

The Hayden Planetarium in New York City as it looked between 1930 and 1945.
The Hayden Sphere at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, showing the Cosmic Pathway and Scales of the Universe exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History.
A solar system model on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
A view of the Rose Center for Earth and Space looking west from the bottom lobby.
A stunning view of Earth rising over the Moon, captured by astronauts during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968.
A colorful diagram showing the planets in our solar system—Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—taken by NASA spacecraft. Each planet is shown roughly to scale compared to others in its group.
An artist's depiction of HE 1523-0901, one of the oldest known stars in our galaxy, located about 7,500 light-years from Earth.

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American Museum of Natural History
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Upper West Side
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