Astro Evenings for Families

Join us during selected days in the autumn break for Astro Evenings for children and their adults, with special evening openings for families at the Observatory and a creative planet workshop.

Visit the Observatory

Remember to wear warm clothes when we open the Observatory especially for families and focus the telescope lens on Saturn or the Moon, weather permitting. There is limited space in the Observatory at any one time, so don’t forget to visit the planet workshop in the Reading Room, where you can create your own celestial bodies. You can also buy a cup of hot cocoa or other refreshments for children in the Library Hall.

Planet Workshop

Color the planets and create your own solar system when the Round Tower invites children and adults to a creative drop-in workshop. Try your hand at scissors, glue, cotton balls, and beautiful wax crayons that can be blended with water.

The Round Tower provides colors, tools, and drawing kits, but you decide the patterns and colors of the celestial bodies!

Note: The Round Tower cannot guarantee that we will be able to see celestial objects through the telescope if the weather does not allow it! However, if the weather doesn’t cooperate, we will still keep the Observatory open, and our astronomers will instead share more about the Observatory and the large refractor telescope, which can magnify 80-450 times.

Tickets include regular entry but must be booked in advance.