Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium

N. Virginia St., University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. County/parish: Washoe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 22, 1994. NRIS 94001148.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Fleischmann Planetarium

From Wikipedia:

Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center

The Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium was built in 1963 on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. It was the first planetarium in the United States to feature a 360-degree projector capable of providing horizon-to-horizon images and through time-lapse photography showing an entire day's weather in a few minutes.

Currently it offers public star shows.

The planetarium's uniquely shaped building, a hyperbolic paraboloid, was designed by famed Reno architect Raymond M. Hellmann and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63816787