ROUTE 66: Bucky Dome

Bucky Dome: Daddy of all geodesic dome homes

CELEBRATION: FULLER DOME RESTORATION

W H A T :    The Fuller Dome Restoration Celebration & Launch
W H E N :    Saturday, April 9 · 12:00pm – 4:00pm
W H E R E : The Fuller Dome Home, Carbondale, IL

M O R E : Buckminster Fuller’s Dome Home & Museum
The future Fuller Dome Home site – Carbondale, Illinois

This is going to be an incredible day featuring all of the following at Bucky’s Home:
A ribbon cutting to launch restoration of the Fuller Dome!
The final tours of an unrestored Fuller Dome!
Lots of fun and engaging activities for kids!
A Design Department Reunion featuring more than 50 years of SIUC design students!
Dome building activities!
A rare glimpse into some of the one-of-a-kind Buckminster Fuller artifacts in the RBF Dome NFP collection!
Music, food, bonding and fun…. and lots and lots of livingry!

One of the activities planned for Saturday … newspaper domes … everyone should try it!

Rebuild the Dome: Renovation begins on Bucky’s home

AROUND THE WORLD: DOMES

• ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome
• ASTRODOME, Houston, Texas, USA
• BIOSPHERE, Montreal, Canada
• CLIMATRON, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• DOME OF THE ROCK, Jerusalem, Israel
• EDEN PROJECT, Cornwall, UK
• FLORENCE CATHEDRAL, Florence, Italy
• FULLER HOME DOME, Carbondale, IL

Buckminster Fuller’s Dome Home & Museum

Buckminster Fuller’s Dome Home in Carbondale, IL opens to the public:
Soon to be museum