New Jersey – Good news for space lovers: New Jersey will soon have the “largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere” thanks to a $5 million gift from a former teacher.
Jersey City, NJ – Thanks to an unprecedented $5 million gift from a former high school teacher, the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City will soon have the “largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere.”
A donation from Jennifer Chalsty of Short Hills – the largest that the nonprofit museum has ever seen – will pay for the conversion of the center’s immense IMAX Dome Theater from film to digital, the addition of software and hardware necessary for the theater to also function as a planetarium, the replacement of the screen and general refurbishment.
The target date for opening for the Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium is December of 2017, LSC staff stated on Tuesday.
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