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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the history of Frost Science.
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A junior museum, a planetarium and a new campus
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1950
A junior museum
The Junior League of Miami opens the Junior Museum of Miami on Biscayne Boulevard.
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1952
A new name
The museum moves to the Miami Women’s Club building and becomes the Museum of Science and Natural History.
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1960
Coconut Grove
Dade County builds the museum a new home in Coconut Grove.
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1966
The planetarium
The Space Transit Planetarium opens with a Spitz projector.
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2011
A gift
Phillip and Patricia Frost give $35 million towards a new museum downtown.
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2015
A farewell
The Coconut Grove museum closes ahead of the move.
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8 May 2017
Opening day
The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science opens in Museum Park.
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A timeline is a beginning. The longer history introduces the people and places; the sources below provide further context.
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Sources & further reading
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