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Adler Planetarium

The Adler Planetarium is a municipal public for astronomy in , Illinois, United States. It is operated by the , a municipal government agency of the City of Chicago.
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  • Type: Planetarium
  • Description: planetarium in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum”, “Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum”, “adlerplanetarium.org”, and “Max Adler Planetarium”
  • Address: 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Man Enters the Cosmos and Soldier Field.

Work of art
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is a cast bronze sculpture by Henry Moore located on the lakefront outside the Adler Planetarium in the Museum Campus area of downtown , Illinois.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium on the of , Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears from the National Football League since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer from 1998 to 2006 and since 2020. is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Adler Planetarium.

Museum
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, also commonly called the Field Museum, is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. is situated 2,800 feet west of Adler Planetarium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Museum Campus and South Loop.

Neighborhood
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is a 57-acre park in along . It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, first planetarium; the ; the ; , home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and the Lakeside Center of .

Quarter
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is a Chicago neighborhood south of . The South Branch of the flows through it. is adjacent to the southwest, and is to its east.

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The is the home of several of 's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus, with three world-class natural science museums on the lakefront; Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; and McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center.

Adler Planetarium

Latitude
41.86636° or 41° 51′ 59″ north
Longitude
-87.60663° or 87° 36′ 24″ west
Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)
Levels
1
Named after
Max Adler
Open location code
86HJV98V+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24825591
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­planetarium
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4882953
Wiki­data ID
Q358052
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Adler Planetarium” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلانيتاريوم أدلر”
  • Arabic: “قبة أدلر السماوية”
  • Catalan: “Planetari Alder”
  • Chinese: “阿德勒天文台”
  • Chinese: “阿德勒天文臺”
  • Chinese: “阿德勒天文館”
  • Chinese: “阿德天文馆”
  • Dutch: “Adler Planetarium”
  • French: “Adler Planetarium”
  • French: “Planétarium Adler”
  • German: “Adler-Planetarium”
  • Greek: “Πλανητάριο Άντλερ”
  • Hebrew: “פלנטריום אדלר”
  • Indonesian: “Adler Planetarium”
  • Indonesian: “Planetarium adler”
  • Indonesian: “Planetarium Adler”
  • Japanese: “アドラー・プラネタリウム・アンド・天文学博物館”
  • Japanese: “アドラー・プラネタリウム”
  • Korean: “애들러 천문관”
  • Persian: “آسمان نمای ادلر”
  • Persian: “آسمان‌نمای ادلر”
  • Persian: “اسمان نمای ادلر”
  • Persian: “اسمان‌نمای ادلر”
  • Persian: “پلانتریوم ادلر”
  • Polish: “Adler Planetarium”
  • Portuguese: “Planetário Adler”
  • Russian: “Планетарий Адлера”
  • Slovenian: “Adler Planetarium”
  • Spanish: “Planetario Adler”
  • Turkish: “Adler Planetaryumu”
  • Ukrainian: “Планетарій Адлера”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایڈلر امبری وکھالہ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Adler Planetarium”. Photo: Idreamofganymede, CC BY-SA 3.0.