Regarding question numbers 1 and 2:

The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (a.k.a. Buhl Science Center) served as the primary science and technology museum in Pittsburgh from 1939 to 1991. As it was dedicated during the Great Depression, it was a relatively small museum at a total of 40,000 square feet. Exhibit galleries (five) consisted of 15,000 square feet of that space, plus 425-seat planetarium (65-foot diameter dome), 250-seat lecture hall, 800-volume science library, and siderostat-type observatory.

More information:

http://www.planetarium.cc

gaw

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 >


--- On Thu, 3/31/11, Louise Siddons <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Louise Siddons <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] museum questions
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 12:28 PM
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm new to this list, but an existing member suggested I
> post some questions I recently asked on an art history list
> to this one, and I'm taking her up on it!
> 
> I've already had some great suggestions about where to get
> generic lists of museum names, so I'm really interested in
> personal experiences at this point that answer the following
> questions:
> 
> 1. Examples of museums that are less than 30,000 sq ft in
> area (total, not gallery space) but that are exemplary in
> terms of meeting their mission, community needs, etc.? We
> are also interested in opinions or citations about the value
> of small versus large museums.
> 
> 2. We are making a list of all the "non-museum" names
> ("Center for Visual Arts," "University Art Gallery") that
> are applied to buildings housing a combination of permanent
> collection galleries and traveling exhibitions, preferably
> in the USA (international naming conventions are
> different).  Evaluative assessments of this issue (as
> well as, or at this point even more than, examples) would be
> very welcome.
> 
> 3. We're looking for examples of museums moving location
> and keeping their name (or at least the "museum" or
> "gallery" part of it; or only changing to reflect a major
> donor). We're also looking for examples of museums with more
> than one location.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help you can give me/us!
> 
> Louise Siddons.
> 
> --------------------------------
> Louise Siddons, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor and Curator of Collections
> Department of Art
> 102 Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts
> Oklahoma State University
> office: 405-744-6086
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