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Rose Center for Earth and Space : A Museum for the Twenty-First Century
Rose Center for Earth and Space A Museum for the TwentyFirst Century Author:American Museum of Natural History, Ellen Futter A marvelous celestial playhouse . . . offering visitors a virtual journey through time, space and the mysteries of the cosmos. New York Times The Rose Center for Earth and Space of the American Museum of Natural Historythe dazzling $210-million museum within a museum that opened in New York City in early 2000has wo... more »n exuberant praise from critics and the public. Its awe-inspiring form, a huge sphere inside a glass cube, reminds people of how enthralling great architecture can be. And the sophisticated and imaginative exhibits with which it tells the story of the universe have already earned the Rose Center acclaim as the worlds foremost museum of astronomy, astrophysics, and Earth science. This official introduction and guide to the Rose Center takes the reader on a tour of its two spectacular main exhibition spacesthe Hall of the Universe and the Hall of Planet Earthand explores its architectural and technological wonders. Here is ample evidence of why U.S. News & World Report has proclaimed the Rose Center spectacular . . . a stunning new destination for star-gazing earthlings.« less