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DIY planetarium projectors & museum

Planetarium makers do awesome work, even building "home-domes" for exhibition -

The Home Planetarium Association welcomes all those who build small planetariums for home, school, museum, or other personal use. A quarterly newsletter is produced; This includes collecting toy planetaria, operating older or small professional units, or just fondly remembering childhood trips to planetariums around the world. The stars await, always...

- Home Planetarium Association

The Planetarium Projector & Space Museum gallery page is home to some truly elegant apparatus. The organization collects old and unused projectors and preserves them for historic display - beautiful devices!
- Planetarium Projector & Space Museum

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