International Planetarium Society History

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Past Presidents of the IPS...

IPS Fellows and Service Awardees

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IPS Conferences from inception to present...

  • October 21-23,1970
    Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • November 12-18,1972
    Minolta Planetarium, DeAnza & Foothill Colleges, Cupertino, California, USA
  • October 7-12,1974
    Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • August 6-12, 1976
    Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • August 6-10, 1978
    Einstein Planetarium, National Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C., USA
  • August 17-20, 1980
    Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • July 26-30, 1982
    H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
  • July 1-5, 1984
    Alfa Cultural Center, Monterrey, MEXICO
  • June 29-July 4, 1986
    Grace H. Flandrau Planetarium, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA
  • June 29-July 3, 1988
    Ethyl Universe Planetarium, Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, USA
  • July 15-19, 1990
    Dalarnas Museum, Galaxen Conference Center, Borlänge, SWEDEN
  • June 24-28, 1992
    Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • July 10-16, 1994
    Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Brevard Community College, Cocoa, Florida, USA
  • July 13-19, 1996
    Science Museum of Osaka, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, JAPAN
  • June 28-July 2, 1998
    London Planetarium    , London, ENGLAND, U.K.
  • July 9-13, 2000
    Planétarium de Montréal    , Montréal, Québec, CANADA
  • 28 July to August 1, 2002
    Exploration Place, Wichita, Kansas
  • 4-8 July 2004
    L'Hemispheric, Valencia, Spain.
    Images from IPS 2004 in Valencia: http://www.planetarium.cz/akce/Valencia2004/ (Jan Sifner)

 

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Selected historical articles from the "Planetarian," the journal of the International Planetarium Society...

"A Fifty Year Anniversary of a Two Thousand Year Dream [History of The Planetarium]"
by Mark Chartrand (April 1973)

"Armand Spitz -- Seller of Stars"
by Brent P. Abbatantuono (March 1995)

For additional journal articles and reprint policies, see the "Planetarian" web site.

 

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