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| Architect | Martin & Hall |
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| Website | Official website |
Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is anatural history museum andplanetarium withinRoger Williams Park inProvidence, Rhode Island.
The park and museum are named afterRoger Williams, the founder ofProvidence, Rhode Island, and are located on land donated by Williams family. The museum is part of the Providence Parks. It was founded in 1896. The building was designed in late 1893 byMartin & Hall, with construction byGilbane Building Company beginning the following year.[1][2] in 1914-15 a northern wing was added, also to the designs of Martin & Hall.[3]Maribelle Cormack established the planetarium in 1953 while museum director and it has since been named the Cormack Planetarium.[4]
The Cormack Planetarium offers regular showings.[6]
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