Established | 1935 |
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Location | 75-208 79th Street Central Park West |
Coordinates | 40°46′53.53″N 73°58′23.69″W / 40.7815361°N 73.9732472°W |
Type | Natural history |
Director | Neil deGrasse Tyson |
The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The Center's complete name is The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space. The main entrance is located on the northern side of the museum on 81st Street near Central Park West in Manhattan's Upper West Side. Completed in 2000, it includes the new Hayden Planetarium, the original of which was opened in 1935 and closed in 1997. Neil deGrasse Tyson is its first and, to date[update], only director.