* 1989 May - Pittsburgh: 40th
International Science and Engineering Fair
In Pittsburgh to commemorate the 50th
Pittsburgh Regional School Science and Engieering Fair and the 50th anniversary of Pittsburgh's original
Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (1939 to 1991).
Glenn A. Walsh (who, at the time, was
Buhl Planetarium Astronomical Observatory Coordinator and
Planetarium Lecturer) and
John D. Weinhold (who, now deceased, at the time was a
Buhl Planetarium Observatory Volunteer), both of whom later helped form the Steering Committee of
Friends of the Zeiss, assisted with the International Science and Engineering Fair as volunteers.
* 1995 June 12 to 15 - Pittsburgh:
186th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
Attended by Glenn A. Walsh and former Buhl Planetarium Observatory volunteer Paul Ricker (now Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Illinois).
(Leo J. Scanlon, one of the first Buhl Planetarium lecturers and Co-Founder of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh (AAAP), was elected to membership in the American Astronomical Society in the early 1930s, having been nominated by Allegheny Observatory Director Dr. Frank Jordan.
This led to Mr. Scanlon meeting Albert Einstein, when Dr. Einstein visited the AAAP booth, immediately after his mathematics lecture, at the 1934 convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Pittsburgh.}
* 1996 October 26 to 29 - Pittsburgh:
Annual Conference of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)
Attended by Glenn A. Walsh, as a conference volunteer.
* 2001 October 13 - North Hills High School Planetarium, Pittsburgh: Ohio Regional Meeting of the
Great Lakes Planetarium Association
Glenn A. Walsh delivered an
invited address: "Pittsburgh's Original Buhl Planetarium:
Public Science Education Pioneer."
* 2006 October 31 to November 5 - Pittsburgh:
Annual
National Preservation Conference sponsored by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Glenn A. Walsh (Project Director of Friends of the Zeiss) participated in a three-person panel discussion for the
Carnegie Libraries: Challenges and Solutions educational session, following his presentation,
"Primary Impediments to Historic Preservation: EGO and MONEY !"
* 2008 May 2 to 4 - Cincinnati Observatory:
"The Vintage Observatory:
Thriving in the 21st Century" - First thematic workshop of the
Antique Telescope Society
Attended by Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh.
* 2012 April 18 - Premiere, at Pittsburgh's Heinz History Center, of the historical documentary motion picture, Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory. Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh served as a History Consultant for this documentary.
* 2017 April 22 -
March for Science - Pittsburgh
Attended by Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh.
Also distributed flyer for Friends of the Zeiss' public observing session for the
Great American Solar Eclipse on 2017 August 21.
* 2018 August 18 and 19 - Annual Conference of the
North American Sundial Society, held in the Oakland Civic Center District of Pittsburgh.
Attended by Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh, as a credentialed reporter for the
SpaceWatchtower Blog.
Also See:
Walsh, Glenn A.
"Are Sundials, to Tell Time, Really Obsolete ?" Blog-Post.
SpaceWatchtower 2018 Aug. 22.
Regarding the 2018 Annual Conference of the North American Sundial Society.
* Tuesday Morning, 2019 August 13, 10:00 a.m. EDT / 14:00 UTC - Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh (as a member of the National Space Society) and National Space Society Regional Director Randy W. Gigante met with Heather Painter, Legislative Assistant for U.S. Congressman Conor Lamb (D-Pennsylvania) in the Pennsylvania Congressional 17th District Office in Mount Lebanon PA, regarding legislation and funding for NASA. Congressman Lamb is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, as well as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy.
* 2022 September 12 to 15 - Pittsburgh:
Annual Conference of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) - Pittsburgh conference had originally been planned for 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The last previous, in-person ASTC conference had been in Toronto in 2019; "on-line, virtual" conferences were held by ASTC in 2020 and 2021.
Attended by Glenn A. Walsh, as a conference volunteer. Mr. Walsh also attended a Pre-Conference Intensive session ("Science Communication and Engagement with Faith Communities" with AAAS presenters Rob O'Malley and Rachel Kline), Sunday, 2022 September 11, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. EDT, (David L. Lawrence Convention Center Rooms 315 & 316 - attended by 9 of 13 registrants) as a conference volunteer.
Also See:
Walsh, Glenn A.
"Science Museums Rebound After Worst of Pandemic." Blog-Post.
SpaceWatchtower 2022 Sept. 27.
Association of Science & Technology Centers (ASTC) 2022 Annual Conference in Pittsburgh.
In 1973, Buhl Planetarium became the first official member of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC), the organization of science museums throughout the world, which includes nearly 700 member institutions in almost 50 nations.
MuseumLab is located in America's first publicly-funded Carnegie Library building.