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The Rose Center for Earth and Space, the American Museum of Natural History’s astronomy complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, opened in 2000 as a complete reimagining of the Hayden Planetarium, whose roots at the museum date to 1933 and its opening in 1935. Designed by James Polshek and Todd H. Schliemann, the center is distinguished by a six-story glass cube enclosing the illuminated Hayden Sphere. Its theaters, galleries, and astrophysics facilities present astronomy, cosmology, and Earth science to a broad public. Soon after opening, its eight-planet solar system display drew national controversy for omitting Pluto before that world’s formal reclassification.
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