This event is in the past.It took place on January 10, 2026 at Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.


Saturday Open House
January 10 at 10am
Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
βοΈSolar telescope viewings are weather dependent
πFriday evenings feature celestial viewings through the Fitz Refractor
Step inside one of North America's oldest observatories and peer through a 19th-century telescope that still tracks the stars. The mid-1800s building houses original Victorian-era instruments and offers hands-on astronomy activities for all ages.
Historic observatory
Hands-on astronomy
Family-friendly
Victorian science


Saturday Open House
January 10 at 10am
Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
βοΈSolar telescope viewings are weather dependent
πFriday evenings feature celestial viewings through the Fitz Refractor
Step inside one of North America's oldest observatories and peer through a 19th-century telescope that still tracks the stars. The mid-1800s building houses original Victorian-era instruments and offers hands-on astronomy activities for all ages.
Historic observatory
Hands-on astronomy
Family-friendly
Victorian science