H. R. MacMillan Space Centre

The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, is an astronomy museum located at in , British Columbia. The museum was opened on October 28, 1968, containing a Planetarium Star Theatre.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: planetarium in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “H R MacMillan Space Centre”, “HR MacMillan Space Centre”, and “Pacific Space Centre”
  • Address: 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vancouver Maritime Museum and Bard on the Beach.

Museum
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The is a maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of , , Canada, and the Canadian Arctic. is situated 230 metres northwest of H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Theater building
Photo: Irene Kehler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is Western Canada's largest professional Shakespeare festival. The theatre festival runs annually from early June through September in , , Canada. is situated 210 metres east of H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Bridge
Photo: Alethe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a four-lane, Art Deco style, steel truss bridge constructed between 1930 and 1932 in , British Columbia, Canada. The high, five-part bridge on four piers spans , connecting with via connections to Burrard Street on both ends. is situated 490 metres east of H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Granville Island and Davie Village.

Neighborhood
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is a peninsula and shopping district in the neighbourhood of , British Columbia, Canada, across from , under the south end of the .

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in the of , , Canada. It is the home of the city's LGBT subculture, and, as such, is often considered a gay village, or gaybourhood.

Suburb
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, South Granville and Granville Island form most of the northern part of the west side. In the 1960s Kits was a neighbourhood where hippies "tuned in and dropped out" but today it has some of Vancouver's most expensive properties.

H. R. MacMillan Space Centre

Latitude
49.27635° or 49° 16′ 35″ north
Longitude
-123.14498° or 123° 8′ 42″ west
Open location code
84XR7VG4+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4215844490
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4244994
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In Other Languages

From Japanese to Spanish—“H. R. MacMillan Space Centre” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “マクミラン・スペース・センター”
  • Russian: “Космический центр им. Макмиллана”
  • Russian: “Космический центр имени Макмиллана”
  • Spanish: “Centro espacial H. R. MacMillan”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory and City of Vancouver Archives.

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