Upcoming improvements, made possible by the latest donation, will make the planetarium show – “Unfolding the Universe” – brighter and sharper.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Nathan and Fannye Shafran Foundation has given the Cleveland Museum of Natural History a $3 million gift to support renovations and technological upgrades to the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium. This gift to the Museum’s was made by the Shafran’s children and their spouses: Joe and Marla Shafran, Joan Shafran and Robert Haimes, and Paula Krulak.
“When the planetarium was new, it was truly state-of-the-art,” Gavin Svenson, the museum’s chief science officer said in a press release. “Now it will once again be the gold standard for planetariums worldwide — a virtual spaceship with the ability to display any point in our galaxy with superb visual clarity and, just as important, to display current astronomical data with accuracy.”
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