Astronomy and its History on the Nation's Mall

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Dec 2007

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #40.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.790

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Astronomy had a visible presence on the Nation's Mall from the 1890s through 1955, when the Smithsonian's Astrophysical Observatory, nestled in a series of low buildings between the Castle and Independence Avenue, was closed, and its programs moved to Harvard. Since that time, save for a singular but failed effort to create a separate national planetarium on the Mall, astronomy has maintained a solid presence through exhibits and displays within the Smithsonian's museums and the National Academy of Sciences, and off the Mall, at the Carnegie Institution, the AAAS, and at both the old and the new U.S. Naval Observatory. Here we will relate how history has played an important role in keeping astronomy visible on the Nation's Mall, and why the interest of the astronomical community is critical to maintaining this visibility.

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