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Stop 6 of 10 on Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams
Adler Planetarium — Exterior
Museum Campus, Chicago
A Preview
"Walk out onto Northerly Island. At the tip, you'll see a building that looks like an Art Deco flying saucer. The Adler Planetarium opened on May 12, 1930 — the birthday of Max Adler, the man who paid for it. This was the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere. Before it opened, there were 15 planetariums in Germany, 2 in Italy, 1 in Russia, and 1 in Austria. Zero in the Americas."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
All Stops
- 1 Introduction — The Landfill with a PhD
- 2 Field Museum — Exterior
- 3 Field Museum — What's Inside
- 4 Shedd Aquarium — Exterior
- 5 Shedd Aquarium — What's Inside
- 6 Adler Planetarium — Exterior
- 7 Adler Planetarium — What's Inside
- 8 Soldier Field — The Spaceship
- 9 Northerly Island — The Land That Wasn't
- 10 The Reveal
Hear the full story at Adler Planetarium — Exterior
This is just one of 10 stops on the Museum Campus: Landfill of Dreams tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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