2016 ANNUAL REPORT Dear Friends,

At the Adler, we love neighborhoods: This year, we introduced a new Closer to home, our terrestrial Our focus on building and exploring our neighborhood, your neighborhood, exhibition and a sky show that explore neighborhood is growing, too! neighborhoods together is working; the cosmic neighborhood. The museum our nearest cosmic neighborhood, the This year, several Adler programs we are on track to surpass the record- resides in ’s South Loop, but Solar System. The exhibition, What is expanded to include new age groups. breaking attendance number we our full address highlights our vast a ?, uses the saga of Pluto to Families and teens attended Adler achieved in 2015! reach and connections: 1300 S. Lake help visitors experience how scientific After Dark: Edition together, Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, Earth, understanding evolves over time as new adults ages 21+ experienced the thrill Your friendship and support make our Solar System, Orion Spiral Arm, discoveries inform our thinking. Our of launching experiments into space community stronger every year. We are Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo sky show, Planet Nine, showcases the with Far Horizons, and high school delighted to share these stories with Supercluster, Universe. Whether close dramatic evolution of the outer Solar students enjoyed a special edition of you and thank you for your continued to home or far, far away, 2016 has been System and joins a team of scientists on Mission Near-Space camp designed commitment to the Adler a year of neighborhood engagement the hunt for an elusive new neighbor we just for them. We also launched in 2016 and beyond. and exploration for the Adler. can’t wait to meet—a true ninth planet two new programs—Community at the edges of our block. Telescope Ambassadors and Citizen Science Ambassadors—that empower participants to take what they learn at the museum back into their Chicago neighborhoods.

MICHELLE B. LARSON, PHD Whether close to home or far, far away, President and CEO 2016 has been a year of neighborhood engagement and exploration for the Adler.

—MICHELLE B. LARSON, PHD SCOTT C. SWANSON Chair, Board of Trustees IN 2016, THE ADLER RECEIVED MANY TRANSFORMATIVE GIFTS. A generous gift from The Foundation will build on their continued investment in the museum’s theater experience. Their contribution will fund infrastructure upgrades to the Grainger Sky Theater and the Definiti Space Theater including new projectors, new seats, new screens, and other improvements all in service of a spectacular guest experience—while keeping both theaters at the very top of their class.

FEATURED GIFTS + GRANTS Zooniverse, the citizen science initiative led by the Adler The Adler is grateful to the Pritzker Foundation and the S&C Foundation for their Planetarium and Oxford University, was awarded a three- generous support of Adler Teen Leaders Advancing STEM (ATLAS), a museum-wide year, $1.7-million grant from The Leona M. and Harry initiative to provide technical and professional skills, mentorship, and a welcoming B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The grant will support learning environment for teens with diverse backgrounds, interests, and abilities. the expansion of the Zooniverse platform to include This support allows the museum to provide one-of-a-kind educational programming new features designed around the needs of preclinical that empowers young people to make STEM a part of their future. researchers. It will also support Zooniverse projects including a partnership with ’s Oncofertility Lab. WELCOME TO BREAKING THE ADLER!

DR. ANDREW K. JOHNSTON RECORDS Vice President, Astronomy & Collections

Andrew Johnston leads the teams responsible for the museum’s efforts in astronomy research and public outreach, cutting-edge space visualizations, near-space exploration, and conservation of the Adler’s world- renowned collections. Dr. Johnston has worked in museums for 30 years, conducting science research and developing new museum programs. Before joining the Adler team, he worked at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum as a geographer, where he researched environmental We had another record year as the museum welcomed dynamics and planetary landforms. 568,814 guests in 2016—another 5% increase from 2015. CHRIS COMERFORD Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Chris Comerford supports the museum’s working needs and provides a long- term vision for how technology and digital resources can modernize the business. He joined the Adler with almost two decades of experience in leadership, strategy, and technology and has successfully led a series of initiatives to enable organizational priorities through technology in both the academic and private sectors. Comerford was most recently the senior director of information technology and administrative initiatives for the Both Adler After Dark and Sun Salutations Yoga Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences sold out every event in 2016. at Northwestern University. What may be most impressive about this show, developed by the planetarium’s in-house space visualization team, is that it brings viewers tomorrow’s science today. “I’m kind of in awe,” the California Institute of Technology astronomer Michael planet nine Brown, famous as the man who demoted Pluto, said after a recent preview of the show. “That’s a very beautiful computer THE SEARCH IS ON! simulation of the effects of Planet Nine.”

—STEVE JOHNSON The Adler’s newest sky show premiered in May to rave Adler members were invited to a special ‘Planet Nine,’ Adler’s best sky show yet, chronicles quest for a Pluto replacement sneak preview of the show during the , May 25, 2016 reviews. In Planet Nine, viewers join 2012 Kavli Prize museum’s Members’ Night: Planet Planet Nine’s opening weekend saw the Party. In addition to a first look at the Grainger Sky Theater sold out (or very in Astrophysics and renowned “Pluto Killer” show, members enjoyed a boisterous nearly sold out) for every screening of Astronomy Slam in which Adler the show. Mike Brown and his team of Caltech astronomers on the astronomers debated Pluto’s planetary status, planet observing in the Doane hunt for an undiscovered planet in our outer Solar System. Observatory, and a visit from retired astronaut Tom Jones. The Adler Planetarium gratefully acknowledges The Kavli Foundation—which is dedicated to the goals of advancing science for the benefit of humanity and promoting increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work—for its generous support of Planet Nine. ZIPLINE CHALLENGE Visitors build a vehicle out of LEGO® pieces that can move supplies from a rocket to a science lab using a zipline and gravity. There is no single “right way” to accomplish this task—it’s all about building, testing, and improving!

NEW CHALLENGES TEST VISITORS’ CREATIVITY IN COMMUNITY DESIGN LAB

WIND TUNNEL CHALLENGE Visitors construct a parachute and payload out of craft materials like The Community Design Lab (CDL) has been one of the Adler’s most paper cups, string, and coffee filters, then test it in our seven-foot-tall popular experiences since it opened in 2015. During its first year, the wind tunnel. Some variations of the challenge ask visitors to design a high- CDL invited visitors to build telescope mounts for their smartphones and flying payload or a payload that will explore what happens to everyday objects in the harsh environment of in the wind tunnel! space. In 2016, the CDL introduced two new challenges to encourage creativity and critical thinking at the museum. The Doane saw a record 20,425 visitors in 2016. A 40% increase over last year’s record!

#LookUp in the Doane CELESTIAL SPECTACLE On a cold, dark morning in January 2016, visitors braved the elements to enjoy the Adler’s Celestial Spectacle, a free telescope-viewing event. Early risers gathered in the Doane to see , Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the morning sky—the best view of this group of five from Chicago until 2022! DOANE AT DUSK MERCURY ON THE MOVE Daytime viewers usually enjoy the Sun It can be tough to spot the planet and the Moon, but there’s much to Mercury in the sky because it’s so close see when the Sun goes down. In April to the Sun, but thirteen times each and June, the museum hosted Doane century, its orbit passes between Earth at Dusk to show the public everything and the Sun, casting a tiny disc we can Chicago’s night sky has to offer. These see with a little help from a properly free observing events drew more than filtered telescope. When Mercury cuts 350 people to the Doane after sunset, in front of the Sun like this, it’s called a and visitors marveled at the craters on “.” On May 9, 2016, the the Moon, the raging storms of Jupiter, Adler opened the Doane to the public for the lovely rings of Saturn, and the two- a free transit-of-Mercury viewing! Sixty color double star, Albireo. people joined Adler staff and telescope volunteers to watch Mercury fly by.

The Adler’s Doane Observatory gives visitors a unique opportunity to see a variety of celestial objects through a research-quality telescope. A DAY ON MERCURY IS TWICE AS LONG The little rocky planet zips all the way The Adler is currently fundraising for the second phase of a multi-million AS A YEAR ON MERCURY. around the Sun in 88 Earth days, but dollar renovation—the first since the observatory was built in 1977—under it rotates just once every 176 Earth days. the leadership of Adler Trustees Dushan Petrovich and Jeff Rothstein. The LIGO sites are gigantic L-shaped facilities, 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to a side. A laser and the detection system are housed in the corner building of the facility, and large mirrors are suspended at the ends of the arms. There are two detectors located in Livingston, Louisiana and Hanford, Washington.

Have you ever wondered what warp drive might be like? Or why spacecraft in movies are always right side up? Since its debut in January 2016, the Adler’s sci-fi film screening series, REEL Science, has helped movie-lovers separate the science from the fiction in their favorite flicks.

Every ticket to a REEL Science event includes after-hours museum access, pre-show trivia, a post-show discussion and Q&A with a panel of Adler GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: One hundred years after Albert The Adler was ready. Within moments astronomers. In 2016, our scientists A NEW WAY TO Einstein predicted the existence of of the announcement, the museum delved into topics like warp drive after gravitational waves—ripples in the invited visitors to celebrate (and brush Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, future fabric of spacetime—astronomers at up on their knowledge of Einstein’s tech and interstellar wars after Galaxy LEARN the Laser Interferometer Gravitational- theory of general relativity) with us Quest, time travel after Back to the Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected in LIGO Discovers Gravitational Waves, Future, and a whole lot more. ABOUT one for the first time in September a temporary exhibition in the Clark 2015. The LIGO team, which includes Family Welcome Gallery. THE Adler astronomer Dr. Shane Larson, REEL Science is presented by Revolution Brewing announced their historic discovery in and supported by Wells Street Popcorn. UNIVERSE February 2016. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROVE AT LESSONS ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY FROM 18TH-CENTURY INDIA February’s Roderick S. Webster Memorial Lecture—the 17th since the lecture series began in 1998—featured Cornell University Associate Professor Barry Perlus. Perlus, who is also an Associate Dean of Cornell’s While Mardi Gras brought street festivals, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, explored the relationships masquerades, merriment, and lots of colorful between astronomy, astrology, mathematics, architecture, design, beads to cities around the world, the Adler took politics, religion, and art in his lecture, “Jantar Mantar—The Astronomical the party to space. Observatories of Jai Singh.”

On February 6, the museum hosted its Backed by the jazz stylings of Chicago’s firstMars-di Gras, a seasonal celebration own Lowdown Brass Band, visitors of Mars. Visitors were transported to enjoyed a Martian masquerade, the Red Planet, where they found out played “Mars or Earth” with Adler first-hand what it would be like to live, astronomers, designed and launched work, and play on the fourth rock from gliders from high-altitude balloons, the Sun. explored breathtaking images of Mars with the Planetary Society’s Emily Created in 1998, the Roderick S. Webster Memorial Lecture is hosted each year in memory of Roderick Lakdawalla, and so much more. Webster, former Adler Curator and Chairman of the Board. The Adler is grateful to the Archaeological Institute of America for their partnership in presenting the Webster Memorial Lecture. Although technology plays a central role in Random Hacks of Kindness Jr., students with different interests and skill levels are encouraged to participate and work together. When we asked this year’s students to tell us their favorite part of the day, we got a wonderfully diverse array of answers. Here’s a small sampling:

Using social media My favorite activity was platforms to advertise. coding the app. Looking at the exhibits.

HACKING Making the website. I enjoyed researching about WITH A HEART art museum humidifiers.

Students worked in teams with STEM On February 20, 2016, teams of 6th–8th mentors, mentors from CoderDojoChi, and representatives from eight Everything graders joined forces with charities and web nonprofit organizations including the developers at the Adler to design prototype , Anti-Cruelty was my favorite. My favorite activity was Society, and Bit Bash. the video editing. solutions for nonprofit organizations. Projects included designing a prototype app to students with service learning opportunities and creating an outreach and marketing campaign to Just working on the promote an alternative games festival with youth. problem and talking with everyone. The Adler’s “hack days” encourage participants to “hack” their environment by using common technologies in creative ways. Random Hacks of Kindness Jr. helps middle school students understand and design solutions to problems in their communities. Teaching I liked filming the footage the most. the adults something Storyboarding the video and choosing animation styles. new. As they explored the evolution of planetary science, visitors could also: • Witness how astronomers and • Explore artifacts from the Adler the media reacted to Pluto’s collections that illustrate the reclassification in 2006. ever-evolving definition of a planet.

Ten years after its reclassification, Pluto is still dogged by its demotion • Learn what the current definition • Vote on Pluto’s planet status of a planet is and hear what Adler through an interactive poll and to dwarf planet. If Pluto isn’t a planet, then what is? The answer is more astronomers think of this definition. see the results in real time. complicated than you think. From 2016 to January 2017, the Adler introduced a new temporary exhibition, What is a Planet?, to help visitors find out. Reclassifying Pluto to dwarf planet status may have seemed drastic at the time, but it wasn’t the first time astronomers’ understanding of what makes a planet had shifted. The accepted definition of a planet has changed a lot in the past 500 years.

At various moments the term has been used to describe the Sun, the Moon, and . And Earth—the most familiar planet of all— 60,741 hasn’t always been considered a planet!

In November, the exhibition won first prize in British Society for the 48,164 History of Science Great Exhibitions competition. 43,653

15,178 Planet Dwarf Planet Other care! I just love Pluto I don’t OUR FAVORITE PLANET Nearly 4,600 visitors joined the Adler and WBEZ Chicago for Earthfest, a three-day celebration of our little blue corner of the Universe, from April 22 through April 24, 2016.

Throughout the weekend, visitors Special guests included world- STEM discovered the effects of light pollution, renowned climate scientist Gavin explored the Earth from the stratosphere Schmidt, who helped us think about FOR THE HOLIDAYS via a high-altitude balloon, solved climate change and its effects on engineering problems with reusable our planet. WBEZ Chicago on-air To cap off another incredible year In the final week of December 2016, Participants experimented with lift, materials, saw Adler astronomers throw personality Tricia Bobeda from the at the Adler, in partnership with these free (with paid admission) pop-up thrust, gravity, and drag by constructing down their most mind-blowing Earth popular Nerdette podcast talked about organizations from around Chicago, programs encouraged people of all ages their own paper airplanes; created 3D facts at our scientist-studded astronomy real world science in fictional sci-fi the museum hosted a series of to spend their winter break learning space scenes in honor of Dr. Patricia slam, and had their senses dazzled at our worlds, and Jerome McDonnell from programs to get visitors thinking, together in the Adler’s Curiosity Cowings, the first African American sensory station. the radio program Worldview gave building, testing, and exploring. Classroom. woman scientist to be trained as a NASA everyone a new perspective on our astronaut; built a shock-absorbing home planet. system to land a pair of marshmallow astronauts safely on the Moon; and many more activities.

Special thanks to our event partners: WBEZ Chicago, One Earth Film Festival, NU Solar, Solar The Adler Planetarium gratefully acknowledges Engineering for Kids, Bronzeville Children’s Museum, Energy Association, the Morton Arboretum, the City of Chicago, and the Chicago Park District. Yellow Canoe at Wishcraft Workshop, Project SYNCERE, Girls 4 Science, and Play-Well TEKnologies for their partnership during this week of special programming. 10 YEARS, 100 LAUNCHES: FAR HORIZONS CONTINUES TO SOAR

Since Adler astronomers Dr. Geza Gyuk and Dr. Mark Hammergren launched the very first Far Horizons mission in 2006, the museum’s high-altitude ballooning program has really taken off (pun definitely intended). Far Horizons now hosts summer camps for young people, an annual engineering contest for local high school students, and a fleet of dedicated volunteers.

In October, Far Horizons celebrated NEAR-SPACE CAMP FOR ADULTS Mission Near-Space: 21+ Edition takes its 100th mission, which featured all the best elements of Mission student-designed experiments Until 2016, most of the people who Near-Space camp—a balloon launch! a and training opportunities for explored space with Far Horizons thrilling chase! a crash course in the teachers and faculty from science, were students. And everyone who physics of falling!—and adds grown-up technology, engineering, and math enrolls in Mission Near-Space camp perks like after-launch cocktails and a (STEM) enrichment programs. On was under the age of 17. But after chance to mingle with scientists back the launch, the team tested a live years of longing glances from at the museum. The sold-out program video-streaming system for the Far adults around the museum and gave 15 grown-up space enthusiasts Horizons’ 2017 mission, which Chicagoland, in May, the Far Horizons the chance of a lifetime. will document August’s total solar team introduced a new ballooning eclipse from the stratosphere. experience for adults!

The Far Horizons program provides such a unique opportunity. Above all, it demonstrates to students and teachers that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to explore space.

DR. GEZA GYUK The Adler Planetarium is grateful to the Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation Adler astronomer and for their support of Far Horizons: A Tribute to Steve Fossett. Far Horizons co-founder CAMP STATS

CAMP25 SESSIONS ANCIENT EGYPT 84% LIGHTS UP SOLD OUT THE ADLER 1000+ HAPPY CAMPERS

The Adler's Clark Family Welcome Gallery turned into a little slice of ancient Egypt on May 25, as members of the Friends of the Webster Institute WHEN SCHOOL’S OUT, and the James Henry Breasted Society (a special membership group of the Oriental Institute of the University of SCIENCE IS IN Chicago) co-hosted the lecture, “The Unwearying & Imperishable Stars: The Night Sky of Ancient Egypt” by The Adler’s summer camps introduce kids, McMaster University Professor Sarah Symons. teens, and tweens to science and technology

Before the lecture, the Webster and challenge them to think creatively about Institute staff introduced guests to treasures from the Adler’s the world around them. collection, including a hand-colored copy of Bayer’s “Uranometria,” an Young space and technology This year, the summer camps team exquisite 16th-century astronomical enthusiasts ages 3 through 16 flock to introduced Mission Near-Space 2, which compendium, and the oldest object in the museum every summer to explore guides students as they design their the collection—a 12th-century Persian space, use telescopes, build rockets, own experiments and launch them to astrolabe. immerse themselves in award-winning the edge of space aboard high-altitude sky shows, program robots, explore balloons. This advanced version of the This event was open exclusively to exhibits, launch high-altitude balloons, original Mission Near-Space camp serves members of the Friends of the Webster and much, much more. teens in grades 8–12. Institute and The Alan B. Shepard Society; Mars-level Adler members; and members of the Oriental Institute of The Adler is grateful to the Motorola Solutions Foundation and Baxter International, Inc. the University of Chicago. for their generous support of the museum’s summer camps.

The Adler is grateful to the James Henry Breasted Society of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago for co-hosting this special event. TEEN INTERNS BUILD PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Every summer, the Adler welcomes a group of high school interns from across Chicagoland to work all around the museum. Teens are placed in professional roles that range from facilitating engineering challenges with visitors, taking part in high-altitude balloon launches, or working with teen educators to develop a video game-making workshop for their peers.

This summer’s teen interns worked at the Adler for eight weeks in roles like Telescope Facilitator and Summer Camp Assistant. They also honed college and career skills, led telescope viewing with Adler guests, and assisted the Webster Institute with its efforts to digitize the Adler’s world-renowned collection.

Interns also attended Career X-Ploration—a one-day networking event with STEM professionals and other youth from around the city. Career X-Ploration features a morning panel discussion and an afternoon meet-and-greet with STEM professionals who are stationed around the museum to explain and answer questions about their chosen careers. This year’s STEM professionals came from a wide range of careers including graphic design, web development, chemical engineering, and medical research.

The Adler Planetarium is grateful to Bank of America and the Leo S. Guthman Fund for their generous support of the Teen Summer Internship Program. FAR HORIZONS TEACHER EXPERIENCE EXPANDS IN 2016

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

On Saturday, September 10, 2016, the Women’s Board of the Adler Planetarium hosted the Adler’s biggest fundraising event of the year: 2016 Celestial Ball: Across the Universe. The annual black-tie gala raised more than $1.6 million for programs that engage the community and inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Women’s Board President, Linda The 2016 Adler Planetarium Corporate Following a successful pilot in 2015, the Far Horizons Teacher Experience Gerstman and 2016 Celestial Ball Chair, Partner award was presented to S&C Jacqueline Hawwa welcomed more Electric Company, represented by welcomed twice as many teachers to the museum in 2016. The unique than 600 guests who enjoyed a cocktail President and CEO Kyle Seymour and reception and silent auction featuring Chairman John Estey. The Adler is professional development program helps teachers bring high-altitude once-in-a-lifetime opportunities like a grateful for S&C Electric Company’s dinner with American hero and space generous support of ATLAS (Adler Teen ballooning to their students. In July 2016, 16 teachers (9 of whom teach pioneer Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., Leaders Advancing STEM), and to Estey a private tour of SpaceX, and behind- for his continued leadership and service in Chicago Public Schools) attended a week-long high-altitude ballooning the-scenes access during New York as a member and former Chair of the Fashion Week. During dinner, guests Adler’s Board of Trustees. course, developed their own experiments, and launched them into near- were treated to a selection of table-side science demonstrations provided by the space! At the end of the course, the teachers were eager to bring the Adler’s teen “Science Sommeliers”and program to their schools. volunteers.

Thank you to the Women’s Board, the Board of Trustees, our generous sponsors and guests The Adler Planetarium is grateful to State Farm and the Polk Bros. Foundation for making the 2016 Celestial Ball the most for supporting the Far Horizons Teacher Experience. successful fundraiser in Adler history. A special thanks to our Galaxy sponsors: Boeing, ITW, Magellan, PNC, and S&C Electric Company. And our media sponsor Michigan Avenue magazine. And to United Airlines—the official and exclusive airline of the Adler Planetarium. ADLER AFTER DARK (WITH A NIGHT LIGHT) The Chicago Reader’s favorite after-hours museum event, usually open only to adults ages 21 and over, embraced its inner child on August 5, 2016, with the first Adler After Dark: Family Edition.

Perfect for parents who love science visitors enjoy: full access to all museum and cocktails but couldn’t find a sitter exhibits, unlimited sky shows, telescope and 19-year-olds who couldn’t bear viewing, and live entertainment. It also another month of watching their treated younger visitors to a kiddie- slightly older friends have all the fun, cocktail bar, interactive experiments edition of Adler After Dark suitable for all ages, and a special included everything our 21-and-older character visitor. The event sold out and will be offered again in 2017. Some of the 2016 ’Scopes in the City Locations

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All year long, Adler astronomers and educators are bringing the museum— and the Universe—a little closer to Chicago! With ’Scopes in the City, Adler team members lead free sky-observing events in Chicagoland neighborhoods. Depending on the date, time, and location of each event, attendees may be able to observe the Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and other freaking awesome celestial sites!

In 2016, program leaders and volunteers hosted events all over the city and suburbs in neighborhoods including West Englewood, Chinatown, and Humboldt Park. More than two thousand people came out to #LookUp with us.

The Adler Planetarium is grateful to U.S. Bank WHERE WILL ’SCOPES POP UP NEXT? for its support of ’Scopes in the City. Check out adlerplanetarium.org/education/scopes-in-the-city to find out! In October 2016, Adler staff members Michelle Nichols, Dr. Lucianne Walkowicz, and Sarah Smail hit the road for the Adler’s second annual Galaxy Ride—a science roadshow that brings fun space activities to communities across the Midwest. The Galaxy Riders headed northwest in a circle that took them from Chicago through ; to Minneapolis, Minnesota; Walcott and Davenport, Iowa; Lincoln and Normal, Illinois; and back. Here’s a look at excerpts from their journey.

OCTOBER 10 OCTOBER 11 OCTOBER 12 OCTOBER 13 OCTOBER 14 OCTOBER 15 Madison, WI Trempealeau & La Crosse, WI Minneapolis, MN Walcott & Davenport, IA Lincoln & Normal, IL Home, Sweet Home Chicago

After a 2.5 hour drive, we pulled After encountering a big pink Activities were a hit with eighth Walcott Intermediate School: Students from local elementary The Galaxy Riders returned to up to the University of Wisconsin elephant at an expressway gas graders from Bloomington, 19 classrooms taught, 400 schools joined us for outdoor Chicago after eight stops in eight Space Place, the outreach station, we arrived in Trempealeau, Minnesota, who met us at the Bell students served, and several activities at the Lincoln Public cities in four Midwestern states. organization of UW’s Astronomy where we did science with students Museum of Natural History. They thousand ultraviolet light-sensitive Library. The Sun looked impressive We visited four public libraries Department, where 150 people from the local elementary school learned about the scale of the beads distributed to enthusiastic through our telescope. At our and two museums, crossed the came in to have fun with us! We at the Shirley M. Wright Memorial Earth-Moon system, saw a special students. Later that night, in final stop, guests marveled at Mississippi River four times, and kept everyone busy for two full Library. Later, in La Crosse, many demonstration about the nature of front of the Figge Art Museum, the Sun and the Moon, held real gave 1,300 Midwesterners a new hours with astronomy activities families ooh-ed and ahh-ed over gravity and black holes, and asked guests to our telescope saw the meteorites, and danced inside our appreciation of how freaking about light, color, size and scale. telescope views of the Moon some very insightful questions! Moon, Saturn, Mars, Alberio, and Hoberman Sphere to represent the awesome space is. It was an and Saturn. Arcturus. One lucky person also interior workings of a star. incredibly busy—and incredibly spotted the Ring Nebula! rewarding—week!

Space is freaking awesome??? You guys are freaking awesome!! South Madison has for many years been known as a challenging neighborhood, so to see the happy and excited faces was so inspiring. [You] guys had them totally engaged Galaxy Ride 2017 will hit the road ahead of the solar eclipse in August and travel to communities and amazed at seeing things in a new "light." Kudos! south of Chicago on a path to Carbondale, Illinois. If you are in central or southern Illinois, look for –UW SPACE PLACE STAFF the Galaxy Riders in a town near you! COMMUNITY TELESCOPE AMBASSADORS

A partnership between the Chicago Public CITIZEN SCIENCE Library (CPL) and the Adler brought telescopes and teen astronomy programming HITS THE STREETS to five CPL branches: West Englewood, Participants explored a variety of citizen The Adler loves to remind young people that science projects through Zooniverse, Humboldt Park, Richard M. Daley, Chinatown, learned the basics of computer science is not what we know—it’s how we programming language Python, and and Wrightwood-Ashburn. applied their new skills to analyze a discover what we know. In July and August Zooniverse project of their choice. Museum program staff worked with Throughout the summer and fall, each Students investigated how disappearing youth librarians at each branch to participating CPL branch hosted an 2016, 16 local teens set out to make their own species affected ecosystems in the identify and train cohorts of teens in observing event with the Community Serengeti with data from Snapshot STEM topics such as light, color, optics, Telescope Ambassadors at the helm. discoveries with Citizen Science Ambassadors, Serengeti, the relationship between and the Moon. Teens also learned how the magnitude of a stellar bubble and to operate telescopes and lead public an initiative funded by After School Matters. its distance from the center of the The Adler Planetarium is grateful to the Hive observing events. galaxy with data from The Milky Way Chicago Fund for Connected Learning for its Project, and other research questions support of Community Telescope Ambassadors. of their own devising. As the projects progressed, students shared their discoveries on social media. 14TH ANNUAL WOMEN IN SPACE SCIENCE AWARD CELEBRATION ADLER TEEN HONORED WITH LEADERSHIP AWARD On May 12, the Women’s Board of the Adler Planetarium, hosted the During the Women in Space Science Award ceremony, 2016 Women in Space Science Award Celebration at The Drake Hotel. Neuqua Valley High School senior Karisa Zdanky received the The luncheon attracted 350 attendees and raised more than $180,000 Paul H. Knappenberger, Jr. STEM Leadership Award for her years of to benefit the Adler’s science, technology, engineering, and math volunteering and youth leadership at the Adler. Before she headed (STEM) initiatives for Chicago youth. off to Wellesley College in the fall, we asked her to tell us about her The 2016 honoree was University of The Adler gratefully acknowledges the following experiences here. Chicago Astronomy and Astrophysics sponsors for their considerable support: Professor Wendy L. Freedman. Platinum-level sponsor: Ms. Erika Lautman Following the luncheon, more than Bartelstein and Gold-level sponsors: Anonymous, What made you decide to get involved at What’s your favorite mind-blowing fact How would you describe your experience 250 middle school girls from Chicago Littelfuse, and MacLean-Fogg Company. Thank the Adler? about the Universe? here to a friend who was on the fence Schools attended an afternoon you also to the volunteer mentors who helped about joining a teen program or program at the museum, where they facilitate the student workshops. It started out with me looking for My favorite fact is that the Universe volunteering with us? participated in an interactive lecture something to do, when I saw that there is always getting bigger. It’s hard to with Professor Freedman and flexed This year’s event was chaired by Women’s Board was a volunteer fair for a planetarium in believe that something we don’t even I would say that volunteering at the their STEM muscles in a series of member Erika Lautman Bartelstein (r) and co- Chicago! Once I started volunteering, have a complete grasp of yet is still Adler has been one of my favorite science workshops. chaired by Pamela Pohl (at left with honoree I was approached to join the Adler’s getting bigger and faster over time. experiences. I get to code, develop Professor Wendy L. Freedman). Youth Leadership Council, which lead programs, and teach visitors from all me more into the teen programs. over the world about science! Coming to the Adler and working is something that I look forward to every time. In July, the Adler Space Experience took In addition to tasting astronaut ice cream, Adler astronomers were also on-hand SPACE IS FREAKING AWESOME to the streets of Chicago, bringing our visitors experienced mind-blowing at our “Ask an Astronomer” booth to BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH THE mind-blowing Space is Freaking Awesome facts about our Universe first hand. answer all of our visitor cosmic queries. facts to life from the Adler’s award- They attempted to dunk on a basketball Questions varied from how much a winning campaign. Housed within a lime hoop that was 20 feet tall—an easy task person would weigh on Mars to what #AdlerSpaceExperience green ice cream truck, the Adler Space when you’re on the Moon where there exactly is a shooting star. Experience team popped up in multiple is very little gravity; but as our visitors Chicagoland hotspots, including the discovered, this proved more difficult The Adler Space Experience brought Morton Arboretum, the John Hancock here on Earth. They also tried lifting hands-on, minds-on science activities Did you know on the Moon you can dunk on a basketball hoop six times Center, , and Six Flags Great everyday objects, such as work boots, a to 36,000 Chicagoans, gave them a America to showcase just how freaking cell phone, and a gallon of milk as they taste of what the Adler has to offer, and higher than on Earth (that is, if you can dunk!)? Or that objects on Jupiter awesome space is. would weigh on Jupiter. Visitors had to encouraged them to explore more with us guess what type of food the chemical here at the museum. weigh 2.5 times what they do on Earth? How about knowing what the make-up of the center of the galaxy center of our galaxy smells like? Would your first guess be raspberries? smelled like, and many were surprised to learn that one of the chemicals, Ethyl Formate, smells like raspberries. ASTRONOMY RESEARCH HAS The Kavli Fulldome Lecture Series takes live domecast) how the big questions Dr. Mavalvala is a member of the audiences on a journey to the very edges of astronomy have evolved over the Advanced Laser Interferometer of human knowledge. Adler experts centuries in, From The Big Bang To The Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) NEVER and leading scientists work together Multiverse & Beyond. team that first detected these ripples to create dazzling, animated images of in the fabric of spacetime in September real data, which are projected onto the The lecture proved so popular that 2015. LOOKED planetarium dome. Audiences don’t have Turner returned to the Adler for an to imagine what an equation might tell encore presentation in July, when eight The afternoon and evening lectures us about the Universe’s distant past— additional institutions from the United drew a crowd to the Grainger Sky SO they can travel back in time virtually and States, Canada, Ghana, Columbia, Theater and were live-streamed to see it with their own eyes. and Norway joined the Adler for the audiences at partner institutions in 19 simulcast. cities around the world. For the first GOOD The Adler hosted two Kavli Fulldome time ever, the Adler also offered a VR- Lectures (plus an encore presentation) On October 28, MIT Professor Dr. cast of the lecture. Anyone with a strong in 2016. In May, University of Chicago Nergis Mavalvala gave the third WiFi signal and a smartphone could view Professor Michael Turner showed Kavli Fulldome Lecture, The Warped the lecture and its stunning visuals live in audiences at the Adler (and twelve other Universe: The 100-Year Quest to Detect 360 degrees. institutions across the continent via Gravitational Waves.

The Adler Planetarium gratefully acknowledges The Kavli Foundation—which is dedicated to the goals of advancing science for the benefit of humanity and promoting increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work—for its generous support of The Kavli Fulldome Lecture Series. 2016 also saw the return of the Milky Way Project! Citizen scientists were called upon once again to help achieve an ambitious goal: review 76,000 new images and make 2 million classifications in six months.

CITIZEN 43 1.5 PROJECTS MILLION 100 SCIENCE THOUSAND LOCAL, GLOBAL, AND OUT IN THE UNIVERSE

Zooniverse, the citizen science platform founded by the Adler and the launched since 2007 registered users classifications UK’s Oxford University in 2007, launched three new projects in 2016: per day

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Snapshot Wisconsin is a wildlife- Notes from Nature is a digitization Gravity Spy is a new collaborative monitoring program that studies photos project in which citizen scientists effort between the LIGO Scientific from heat- and motion-activated transcribe labels of specimens from Collaboration and Zooniverse to improve cameras all across the state. Once the the world’s natural history museums. LIGO’s ability to identify gravitational MORE THAN Zooniverse community has classified the These biological collections document waves, a new window into our Universe. animals in the photos, researchers can where species and populations exist Citizen scientists classify signals from use them to understand patterns of now and where they existed decades the LIGO data by looking for known animal occurrence for many different and centuries before, so they hold patterns as well as new patterns in the species. This project is a partnership important clues to the patterns of data. The science team is using this 103 2 with the Department of Natural changes in species distributions and information to teach computers how to MILLION . THOUSAND Resources and the University of ecosystem composition over time. better recognize patterns, which allows 6 5 MILLION Wisconsin at Madison. Scientists use such data and information them to more accurately and efficiently in order to address key environmental identify gravitational wave signals. issues we are facing right now, such as the impacts of climate change and how diseases affect wildlife and humans. classifications images, videos, and projects created (and counting) documents classified on Project Builder to date since July 2015 The Adler Planetarium is grateful to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for its support of Zooniverse. MUSEUM EXPANDS Supported by a generous gift from the Michael W. Louis Charitable Trust, ACCESS TO volunteers and Adler staff continued to digitize the museum’s historic AUDIO AND VIDEO photography collection in 2016, bringing unprecedented access to the COLLECTIONS museum’s collections to anyone with an internet connection. As that project wraps in late 2016, the collections team begins work on archiving the Webster Institute’s analog audio and video collection, the archival arrangement and description of the collection through archives database records, embedding of metadata, and ingestion of the digitized A/V files Remmet Teunisse Backer “Sterre Kaert of Hemels Pleyn.” into a trusted digital repository. A beautiful hand-colored engraving from the Netherlands made in 1792. In 2016, NASA awarded a grant The five-year project, called to the American Museum of Open Space, is already underway. Natural History and partner Over the summer, the Adler’s NASA RESEARCH institutions including the Adler Space Visualization Group (and to develop open-source space- its two teen interns) learned how visualization software that can to use the software to create DIRECT TO DOMES follow NASA missions into the presentations for use in the Universe and broadcast the museum. journey in planetarium domes all over the world. Brooke MacLean Tanya Silvio ADLER Littelfuse, Inc. Mr.* and Mrs. Pradip K. Patiath Fidel Marquez, Jr. Vice President, Fundraising Amy & Steve* Louis Foundation The Private Bank Maryann McNally PLANETARIUM William* and Karen Lutz Barbara and Jeffrey* Rothstein Andrew J. Mills Meg Sauer DONORS Mary Ann and Barry MacLean / Michael Seedman* 2016 Dan T. Mueller Vice President, Board Development MacLean-Fogg Company Sidley Austin LLP Thomas A. Nardi Mr. and Mrs.* Duncan MacLean The Siragusa Foundation Tacy F. Flint The Adler Planetarium gratefully James J. 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*Former Board Chair § Former Women’s Board President †Deceased *Adler Trustee †Deceased PwC Mark and Nasrin Thierer Mr. and Mrs. G. Cleveland Hunt, Jr. John Schmidt Mr.* and Mrs. Michel J. Feldman Kenneth Samson Janet Knight Rauschenberger United States Brass & Copper Rebecca Johnston and Jeff Maling Alan Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Dr. Wayne H. Fink and Aimee Satory John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Michelle and Dale Vanderlaan Lynn and George Jones William A. Schroeder The Honorable R. Morgan Hamilton Nicholas and Katelyn Scates Patrick G. and Shirley W. William Blair & Company, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert Karp Michelle Seitz and Craig Zummer Asha Furlow Ms. Paula Scholl and Mr. Byron Roche Ryan Foundation Nicholas† and Mary Ann Karris Thomas J. Sentowski Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Gerber Lee and Valerie Shapiro Matthew F. Sauer* and Meg Sauer $1,000-$2,499 Clyde Kofman Howard and Catherine Siegel Ms. Susan Goldschmidt and Nancy Sharp Tanya R. Silvio Anonymous (4) Jeffrey W. 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*Adler Trustee †Deceased *Adler Trustee †Deceased Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Claus John and Ivy Malkin Matthew Swickhamer Koi Fine Asian Cuisine Sunday and Charles Perry Edwin and Carol Rzeczkowski Kristin Coleman Neelam Mallik and Deependra Das Takeda Pharmaceuticals Giovanna Krozel Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling Stewart and Doreen Schlesinger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cramer Gerardo and Michelle Manjarrez Karen and Doug Tulloch Ray and Lisa* Lewis Craig A. Summers Michael and Sharon Schuffler Mary Crego Charlene Marcus Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Victor Linda Shusterman Mary and Mike Crutchfield Alan Matsumura and Laura Erickson Mahesh Viswanathan and Captain James A. Lovell, Jr.* IN MEMORIAM James and Susan Spivack Bethany and Mike Cuchna Sergio Mena Krithika Mahesh Magellan Corporation Vivian E. and Ross I. Conner Sherman and Beverly Stiegel Manuel Cuevas-Trisan Mr. and Mrs. David N. Michael Patricia E. Weinstein and Michael Lerich Productions, Inc. Ilse Friend Herb & Mary Jane Zivkovic Georgene and Joseph Dadan Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Mikolajczyk Michael B. Weinstein Michigan Avenue Magazine Brig. Gen. John R. Gallagher, Jr. Ret. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sentowski Dr. and Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Barbara Molloy Sue and Charles Wells Museum of Science and Industry Paul J. Gerstley Laura Davis Willa Moore Madelin M. Wexler NASCAR Charles W. Godwin IN HONOR OF Mr. and Mrs. Mark Degner Charles and Katherine Mudd Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Wilson NBC 5 Chicago Barbara J. Green Michelle B. Larson, PhD* Evangelina Del Toro Abdul and Christina Nimeri Kelvin Wing NeigerDesign Inc. Mr. Richard Halvorsen Don Bacigalupi Mr. and Mrs. Tod Desmarais Mary Ellen Oczko Andrea Wishom and Charles Young Neiman Marcus C. Paul Johnson* Shane Larson, PhD Sunitha Dida and Pranahitha Daida Ms. Marie E. Olsofka Nancy and Webster Young Northlight Theatre Stuart T. Kane Naperville Astronomical Association Jennifer Dienes and Jeffrey Barker Matthew O’Neil Park Hyatt Chicago Paul H. Leffmann Barbara Morse-Quinn Patricia Doherty Mr. and Mrs. David C. Otto Pepsi Beverages Company Jamie McDonald Catherine P. Dowd Richard and Patricia Doonan Antonio Pascual and Kimberli Breen Rachel Olesker Jewelry Marie L. Miske Elisa Primavera-Bailey Willa and Jack Dunagan Nipam and Tesal Patel IN-KIND DONORS Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago Sidney L. Port Ms. Katharine Bensen and Mr. and Mrs. Carter W. Emerson Gil and Nancy Pearson Janet Knight Rauschenberger Mr. and Mrs. David Rose Mr. Dick Johnson Casey Eslick Kay Perez The Adler Planetarium gratefully S&C Electric Company Rose L. Shure Janet Knight Rauschenberger Susan and Paul Freehling Mr. and Mrs. David Perry Matthew F. Sauer* and Meg Sauer acknowledges the following donors who Phyllis Scully and Joseph Tiritilli Timothy and Paula Friedman Brian Freese Penelope L. Peterson, PhD* John G. Charles Randolph Walgreen, Jr. made in-kind contributions between Donald J. Santoski Robin and Michael Fullbright Mr. and Mrs. Craig A. Pickenpaugh Carolyn Sheridan Marjorie K. Webster January 1 and December 31, 2016. Marcus C. Miller and Fredrick E. and Deborah A. Ganaway Rob and Mindy Pierce Tanya Silvio Charles Wilson Chris Horsman Harshavardhan GangolliBhat and Mr. John F. Podliska SpaceX Matthew F. Sauer and Meg Sauer * Krishnamurthy Dixit Michael Przybyla Kecia Steelman* Christian Zann and Amy Everard Arena Americas Mr. George Gerstman Chris Rapala Steppenwolf Theatre Company U.S Space Camp Alumni Elisa Primavera-Bailey and Mallory Gianola Mark S. Reiter and Kathleen A. Ward Stuart Weitzman Dr. Deborah E. Barnhart Forrest D. Bailey TRIBUTE GIFTS GIVEndeavors, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Neil W. Rickert Nancy A. Temple and David Reif Giovanna “Spice” Krozel & Cynthia L. Ballew* and Michael A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gofen Omar and Maria Sandra Roman ULTA Beauty Almira “Sugar” Yllana Balloons Above the Valley The Adler Planetarium gratefully Robin and Austan Goolsbee Mr. Howard J. Romanek United Airlines Edward and Angelica Barratt Caroline Rose, Inc. acknowledges the following donors Gould & Ratner LLP Dr. Marsha R. Rosner and Vine Cliff Winery Karen Berlant Donna Beering who made contributions to remember Rita Gravel Dr. Robert Rosner Wines for Humanity Remedios Deocampo Carolyn Berg or honor special individuals between Lisa Griesenauer Mr. and Mrs. David Rousso Almira Yllana Francine and Ron Duke Lisa H. Bertagna Ms. Catherine A. Griffin Mr. Jesse H. Ruiz* ZED 451 January 1 and December 31, 2016. Liancy Gomez Blue Man Group Robert A. Habermann Jeffrey and Barbara Ruth David and Julie Hedlund Broadway in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hagenah Peggy Salamon IN MEMORY OF Andrea Hering Jennifer Burnette Tim and Georgia Hale Angelica and Juan Carlos Sanchez Philip D. Block, III Juan Huerta Rebecca Childers Caleel Cindy Hall Rachel and Luke Saunders Richard and Lon Behr Steve Kim Galileo: Innovation Camps for Kids THE MAX & SOPHIE Ms. Holley J. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Schroeder Ralph H. Eder Aleks Lang CDW Hill and Cheryl Hammock Michael and Debbie Sear ADLER SOCIETY Mr. Douglas Adler Craig and Dayna Levy Linda I. Celesia* Bonnie Harrison and Michael Janecek Rebecca Selzer Gerald F. Fitzgerald Betty Linker Chicago Cubs Lois and Marty Hauselman Elizabeth E. Sengupta, MD Created in honor of the Adler Mr. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald Jennifer Liu Columbus Tap Mr. Richard M. Hogan Brittney Sherrell and Planetarium’s original benefactors, Lloyd Idelman Vincent and Charlene Magsino ComedySportz Theater Kristen Hudson and Sean Mackey Mallory Parascando The Max & Sophie Adler Society Ada Barach Rita and Rafael Zakusilo de Monroy Deep Dish Productions of Chicago, LLC Robert and Saran Hutchins Patti Shuma and Craig Fox recognizes individuals who provide for Lauretta Berg Nicole Mowad-Nassar Colleen M. Dobell Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Jolie Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Simon the museum through a life income gift Marshall and Cheryl Brownfield Marcus and Catharine Olsen Howard* and Janet Ecker Tressa Jose and Abraham Mathew Dr. and Mrs. Paul P. Sipiera, Jr. Larry Cohen Ellen and Bernie Peter Event Creative or bequest. We gratefully acknowledge Manish and Sweta Kapatel Paul and Pauline Skorupa Michelle and Steven Cucchiaro Tomasz and Basia Pokorny The Field Museum the following Adler Society members. Charles L. Katzenmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell L. 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Garcia and Richard Horwitz Chris and Scott Morriso Rocque and Anne Lipford Paul and Kelly Stout Harris Theater for and Dance Willis Jamieson, Jr. Lillian and David Nach Jim and SuAnne Lopata Jennifer Stuart Jacqui and Richard Hawwa John F. Lyng Elizabeth Pawel Richard and Sharon Lyerly Janet Summins Carlissa R. Hughes Mary Elizabeth Mako Kim Harris Policape David and Nicole Makasiar Muhammad Suri and Mehwish Umair Joseph Phelps Vineyards David* and Justine K. Mintzer Jennifer Rose George and Jean Malek Kristin Svets Julie Kaplan Photography Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk Shawna Rosen

*Adler Trustee †Deceased *Adler Trustee †Deceased PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE MEMBERS ADLER VOLUNTEERS Martin Gilson Steve Cosgrove Louis Klieger Anonymous (3) Chris Goebbert Patrick Craig Elizabeth Koprucki The President’s Circle recognizes Andrea Alexander Volunteers at the Adler Planetarium provide Sophie Haight Jay Crump Lara Kozloff Seth Heckard Radhika Dani Dorothy Kramer individuals who have been members Dave and Donna Beering thousands of hours of support for learning Mary M. Black-Finke and Carl W. Finke programs, special events, and museum Carrie Lynn Hennessy-Wild Andy de Fonseca Justin Krivda of the Adler Planetarium for 20 years Alan and Mary Alyce Blum Andrew Jun Cosmin Deaconu Angelika Kwak or more; their affiliation helps the research activities. From showing visitors Mr. Andrew T. Call the wonders of the sky through a telescope Andrew Kruger Sushant Dhawle Nicole Larsen museum inspire the next generation of Alice G. Childs to mentoring students through our teen and Jamie Labriola Milan James Lasker explorers. We celebrate the following J. Gorman Cook youth initiatives, volunteers play a vital role. Huiting Liu Akash Dixit Haris Latic individuals who attained 20 years of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Dempsey Sam Montag Diana Dragomir Kane Layng membership in 2016. J.D. Dunne We acknowledge with gratitude our 2016 Phyllis Montgomery Daniel Dutcher Barbara Lazo Glenna R. Eaves and Christopher J. Boebel volunteers for their cumulative service Knoel Moreno Nathalea Espinosa Josh Lazo Mr. and Mrs. George W. Benson Suzette Feher hours. Kit Ng Dan Fabrycky Nan Li Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Betz Audrey and Gregory Fischer Andrew Nine Catherine Farlee Cameron Liang Frederick and Allison Daley Mr. Grant Gingerich 500+ HOURS Maya Paloma Ben Farr Michael Linkowich Dr. and Mrs. Naphtali Gutstein Madeleine and Joseph Glossberg Fred Johnson Ami Patel Mireya Felix Yoram Lithwick Lindy and Mike Keiser Renee and Bryan Hepper Tom Kirke Ryan Pierce Maya Fishbach Nestor Lomeli Johanne and Dennis Minich Cynthia Mark-Hummel and Bob Popovich Laura Fissel Claire Luning Jay and Barbara Robinson John Hummel 100-499 HOURS Kristine Romich Adriana Flores Queenster Maccarthy April K. Brazell and Donald J. Santoski Jeffrey Jungk Norman Berg Linda Saucedo Bronte Foley Nolan Mackey Mr. Howard J. Trienens Carson and Holli Kern Carter Boe Jeff Sayler George Francis Sidney Madden Mr. Josh Klinzing Sharon Cheong Sarthak Singh Andy Frank Leila Makdisi Michael Krauss Jim Clinton Joseph Smoley Kevin Franke Phil Mansfield Mr. Craig A. Landon Tim Doar Alice Toth Renee French Carmen Maso Jim McCormick FRIENDS OF THE Colleen Loughlin and John Sirek Kim Dupczak Kathy Williams Chelsey Gaisford Cheri Lundin Linda Fish Fanny Garcia Laura McDonald WEBSTER INSTITUTE Judy Macior and Helene Macior Paul Francuch 1-49 HOURS Giacomoni Don McGregor John and Ivy Malkin Margot Getman Mawuto Akploh Sarah Goeppinger Esteban Mendoza Friends of the Webster Institute Marge and Lee Marek Daniel Giles Salman Ali Aaron Gomez Dan Miladinovich strengthen and preserve the Adler’s Ms. Carmen Maso Annelise Goldman Philip Andrango Johnathan Gonzalez Sean Mills Collection and enjoy exclusive access Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Matucha Jeremy Harrison LaVerne Arp Brian Good Lee Minnerly Charles and Katherine Mudd Emily Barber Sarah Gray George Moe to the museum’s historic scientific David Hurst Mr. and Mrs. Jim Murray Ken King Erin Barker Mary Clare Greenlees Jocelyn Mondragon instruments, rare books, and works on Michael Nesson Greg Barnes Ryan Grosso Isaiah Moore paper. We gratefully acknowledge the Kristen Larson Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk Rey Maktoufi Megan Bedell Thaddeus Gue Sandy Morganstein following Friends of the Webster Institute Bob Popovich Mark Montgomery Danny Bell Torrence Gue Alex Mourousias for their generous support in 2016. Nick A. Rathert David Nanberg Amy Bender Noami Guerrero Michelle Mowder Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Reylek Christopher Paulsen Erin Biebuyck Joe Guzman John Napoletano LIFE PATRONS Mr. Howard J. Romanek Armando Pineda Jesse Black Zach Hafen Heidi Neale Dr. T. Kimball Brooker Aaron* and Sheri Rudberg Alan Raiff Chuck Blajszczak Ayesha Hamid Chelsea Nelson Barbara Kelly Hull Dr. Voula Saridakis and Charles Roche Alan Blum Amanda Hayes Gigi Nunez Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kelly Mr. Constantine Alexandrakis Andy Salata Matthew Bockwoldt Jason Henning Paul Nwawolo Wioletta Slowik Bill Schneider Gerardo Bolanos Stephanie Hernandez Cynthia Ochoa LIFE MEMBERS Teresa Springer Jeremy Seeman Max Bowman Yessenia Hernandez Ronnie Ovando-Gomez Drs. Vijaya and Bapu Arekapudi Bruce Stephenson Dave Steppat Andrea Bryant Tamara Herst Nahee Park Philip E. Cable / John A. Cable Foundation Jennifer Stuart John Surgot Chris Cadayona Diep Hoang Nidhi Pashine Andrea M. Dudek Nancy Temple and David Reif Linda Thompson Kai Cai Heidi Holladay Devki Patel Mr. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald Peter* and Frances Vandervoort Mac Thompson Lindsey Cardenas Stephen Hoover Justin Podowski Nancy Emrich Freeman* John Walker Derek Wagner Simonne Carlton Zhen Hou Blair Dr. Gregory J. Gajda Mr. and Mrs. Matthew K. White Wesley Wong Erick Carranza Jane Huh Ellie Rath Robert* and Debra Gordon Steven White Jay Yu Mac Carroll Amina Jackson Francesca Ratner Edward C. Hirschland Karisa Zdanky Faustin Carter Collin Janecek Mike Regacho Arthur and Janet Holzheimer Saundra Castaneda Thomas Janopoulos Taylor Roberts Nelma J. Garcia and Richard Horwitz 50-99 HOURS Carol Cavazos Mike Javor Carl Rodriguez Mr.* and Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl / Vanessa Adana Ross Cawthon Arelia Jones Natalie Rodriguez Nebenzahl-Spitz Foundation Elliot Alexander Jay Chaudhary Erin Kasdin Nathaniel Rossum April K. Brazell and Donald J. Santoski Bill Andrews Bethany Chidester Mike Katz Ron Rotunno Frederick Sawyer III Rex Babiera Bill Chiu Lauren Kelly Brett Rudder Dr. Elizabeth E. Sengupta Frank Carter Oleg Ciubarca Richard Kessler Maddy Ruos Matt Cikowski Sam Clark Al-Baab Khan Ethan Salier-Hellendag Dan Dumitrescu Kim Coble Aaditya Khimani Jorge Sanchez Thomas Geoghegan Karen Cole Gourav Khullar Melissa Sanders

*Adler Trustee †Deceased Lyndon Sapozhnik Melissa Sorenson Yessica Velazquez Cindy Scarlett Olivia Sotirchos Abby Vieregg Jake Schaafsma Andy Spencer Joel Vinas FINANCIAL Stephen Schade Bruce Stephenson Roxanne Vitorillo Anne Schukraft Ted Stepina Ellen Wehofer Becky Selzer Anthony Stull Tom Weisgarber Destiny Serrano Jacky Sum Sue Wells SNAPSHOT Naomi Shechter Shari Summers-Lavelli Jeff Wiedemann Chen Shen Amy Tang Michael Williams Nora Shipp Lillie Therieau Pat Williams Evan Shockley Krista Thompson Tabitha Willis Jennifer Sieben Laura Thompson Wayne Wong Christopher Siler Douglas Tilsch Liz Wylie Holly Situ Ritesh Tipnis Alan Zablocki Tony Smurlo Mayra Tlatelpa Fakhri Zahedy Alvin So David Torrejon Candace Zeng 12% Steven Solomon Amanda Tran Michael Zevin Tim Sorensen Ali Vanderveld Kat Ziegler 7% CONTRIBUTIONS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS 38% 9% ADMISSIONS REVENUE & SUPPORT CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT OTHER GOVERNMENT GRANTS OTHER EARNED REVENUE

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9% 12% EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS COLLECTIONS CARE & STEWARDSHIP 4% EXPENSES DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING ADMINISTRATION

75% The Adler Planetarium gratefully acknowledges the generous support it receives from the Chicago Park District on behalf of Chicago citizens.

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