The Dow Planetarium (later renamed the Montreal Planetarium ) is a decommissioned public planetarium located at Chaboillez Square just South-East of downtown Montreal , Quebec , Canada . It closed permanently in October 2011. A new facility, The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium , near Olympic Stadium in Montreal, opened in April 2013.
5-610: Montreal Planetarium may refer to: Dow Planetarium , known in later years as the Montreal Planetarium, open from 1966–2011 on Saint Jacques Street, Montreal Montreal Planetarium (2013) , opened in 2013 at the Space for Life complex, which replaced the Dow Planetarium Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-490: The title Montreal Planetarium . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Planetarium&oldid=1213394007 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dow Planetarium The planetarium
15-585: Was an avid amateur astronomer . As president of the Board of Directors of Dow Breweries , Gendron convinced Dow to create a world-class planetarium in Montreal as part of the Canadian Centennial celebrations. The architectural firm selected for the project was David-Barott-Boulva . The chosen design had an astronomical theme and the exterior of the dome resembled Saturn surrounded by its rings. The Planetarium
20-539: Was built at a cost of $ 1.2 million on the site of the historic Bonaventure Station on Chaboillez Square near Old Montreal . The Planetarium produced more than 250 shows, was visited by nearly six million spectators and made more than 58,000 presentations in both French and English . The Planetarium was one of Montreal's most popular tourist attractions. On October 10, 2011, the Dow Planetarium presented its final show. The city-owned building has since been ceded to
25-517: Was opened in advance of Expo 67 and inaugurated on April 1, 1966, by then-Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau . Its inaugural show, "New Skies for a New City", premiered on April 4, 1966. Work had commenced on the project more than three years before its launch, under the guidance of Dr. Pierre Gendron , a former professor of chemistry and founding Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ottawa , who
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