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Flashback Minis: The Ward Beecher Planetarium

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio– The Ward Beecher Planetarium on the campus of Youngstown State University was opened to the public in 1967.

The University Archives inside Maag Library holds several artifacts from the planetarium’s past such as a piece of the old lighting system and some hand made special effects devices.

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