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Spiral Galaxy is an outdoor stainless steel sculpture by John David Mooney, installed outside the Adler Planetarium on Chicago's Northerly Island, in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Spiral Galaxy
The sculpture in 2008
Artist	John David Mooney
Year	1998 (1998)
Location	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	41°51′57.66″N 87°36′25.82″W

Description and history

The work was commissioned by the Vatican Observatory in 1994 to commemorate the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena conference, and inspired by Galileo's drawings and early photographs of the closest galaxies to Earth. The 14-foot (4.3 m) sculpture was installed at Navy Pier in 1998, then temporarily exhibited in Sarasota, Florida. Spiral Galaxy was moved to its current location in 2005, to commemorate the planetarium's 75th anniversary.[1]

See also

• 1998 in art
• List of public art in Chicago

References

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