Strasenburgh Planetarium

The Star Theater houses the first Zeiss Mark VI planetarium projector; it is still in daily operation.

An architectural design by Robert Napier, then a student at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, included a detached planetarium building at the corner of East Avenue and Goodman Street, just west of the main Museum building.

[2] The conceptual plan also included a separate auditorium and a building for industry-related exhibits.

[4] In contrast to the 1959 concept, Kaelber's design placed the Strasenburgh Planetarium on the east side of the original Museum building.

The Planetarium building was said to resemble a snail shell or a spiral nebula.