Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, which was the city's primary science and technology museum from 1939 through 1991, included a small 800-volume science library. The library was accessible to students and other researchers by appointment only. There was no charge for use of the library. More info and photos:

< http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/Buhlexhibits.htm#library >

Although the library may seem small, this was partly due to the fact that Buhl Planetarium was built just across Federal Street from the first publicly-funded Carnegie Library in America. Hence, much larger library resources were very close by.

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Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
  < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >


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> Do you charge a fee to use your
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> we do not charge to use our small
> research library.  We do not have dedicated staff for
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> our architectural research coordinator has many other
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