Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

10/1/1981 - 10/31/1983

Funding Totals

$50,000.00 (approved)
$50,000.00 (awarded)


Planetarium Star Program on Ancient Skywatchers of the Near East and Europe

FAIN: GM-*2097-81

Hansen Planetarium/Salt Lake County Government (Salt Lake Cty, UT 84111-1518)
Mark E. Littmann (Project Director: January 1981 to October 1990)

To support development and distribution to 600 planetariums of a star program on Old World Astronomy and Culture which introduces audiences to the achievements of ancient Near Eastern and European civilizations, and which focuses on the earliest known astronomical discoveries of mankind.