Planet Scale Models

American Museum of Natural History New York City, NY | 1999

In the late 1990’s, we were hired to build scale models of the planets that now hang in the Hayden Planetarium. The scale of the planets is accurately set and corresponds to the size of the giant sphere in the center that represents the sun. The Scales of the Universe illustrates the range of sizes in the universe. They are displayed along a 400-foot-long walkway. The exhibit features realistically rendered planets, that hang from the ceiling. including a 9-foot-diameter model of Jupiter and Saturn with rings 17 feet in diameter, that hang from the ceiling. This serves as a central reference for illustrating the relative sizes of galaxies, stars, planets, cells, and atoms.