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PART I & III, QUESTION 1 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PLANETARIUM AUTHORITY WAS CREATED "FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING IN NEW YORK CITY A PLANETARIUM UPON A SITE ADJACENT TO THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY; OF ENCOURAGING AND DEVELOPING THE STUDY OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE; OF ADVANCING THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF KINDRED SUBJECTS, AND TO THE END, Of FURNISHING POPULAR INSTRUCTION." PART VI, SECTION A, QUESTION 3 MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS ARE PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART VI, SECTION B, QUESTION 11 THE RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE RELEVANT OFFICERS AND IS PREPARED AND FILED BY GRANT THORNTON, AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM. THE RETURN IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PLANETARIUM AUTHORITY PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. 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