Walking Tour: Creating Michigan: Key Moments in U-M’s Early History
Fri Oct 23, 4pm
Campus origins walking tour
This event is in the past.It took place on October 2, 2026 at Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Themed Tour
Telescope Observing
October 2 at 9pm
Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
🔭"a real treat... viewing through the 17ft Fitz Refractor"
🌧️Runs rain or shine, clouds just mean no telescope
⏰Arrive early, doors close 30 min before end
Gaze at the cosmos through the 1857 Fitz Refractor, one of North America's oldest telescopes. Student docents guide you across the night sky, and the historic observatory stays open for exploring even when clouds crash the party.
Historic 1857 telescope
Free admission
Student docent-led
Rain or shine
Themed Tour
Telescope Observing
October 2 at 9pm
Old Fourth Ward, Ann Arbor
🔭"a real treat... viewing through the 17ft Fitz Refractor"
🌧️Runs rain or shine, clouds just mean no telescope
⏰Arrive early, doors close 30 min before end
Gaze at the cosmos through the 1857 Fitz Refractor, one of North America's oldest telescopes. Student docents guide you across the night sky, and the historic observatory stays open for exploring even when clouds crash the party.
Historic 1857 telescope
Free admission
Student docent-led
Rain or shine
Matches these interests
- Historic 1857 telescope
- Free admission
- Student docent-led
- Rain or shine
- Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
- Old Fourth Ward
- Ann Arbor
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Campus activism history walk
Telescope Observing
Fri Oct 23, 8pm
Historic stargazing night
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Walking Tour: Creating Michigan: Key Moments in U-M’s Early History
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Old Fourth Ward
Campus origins walking tour
Walking Tour: Paths of Protest: Stories of Campus Activism at the University of Michigan
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Burns Park
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UMMA Art Shuttle
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