Los Angeles
Samuel Oschin Planetarium Griffith Park
The community can purchase low-cost tickets ($7 to $10) for world-class, live-narrated immersive presentations exploring the cosmos, distant galaxies, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theatre Griffith Park
This space hosts free educational film screenings (such as a history of the observatory narrated by Leonard Nimoy), live science demonstrations, and student field trip groups.
Public Telescope Viewing Visitors can look through the historic, 12-inch Zeiss refracting telescope in the rooftop dome for free every clear night. Free portable telescopes are also regularly set up on the lawn by demonstrators.
Monthly Public Star Parties Once a month, the observatory hosts Public Star Parties from 2:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.. In partnership with local astronomy groups, the community can look through a wide variety of telescopes to view the Sun, Moon, and planets while interacting with knowledgeable amateur astronomers.
Interactive Exhibits
Visitors can explore 60 interactive exhibits completely free of charge. Highlights include watching a giant Foucault Pendulum track the Earth's rotation, seeing a live Tesla Coil demonstration, touching real meteorites, and calculating their weight on other planets.
Los Angeles
Samuel Oschin Planetarium Griffith Park
The community can purchase low-cost tickets ($7 to $10) for world-class, live-narrated immersive presentations exploring the cosmos, distant galaxies, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theatre Griffith Park
This space hosts free educational film screenings (such as a history of the observatory narrated by Leonard Nimoy), live science demonstrations, and student field trip groups.
Public Telescope Viewing Visitors can look through the historic, 12-inch Zeiss refracting telescope in the rooftop dome for free every clear night. Free portable telescopes are also regularly set up on the lawn by demonstrators.
Monthly Public Star Parties Once a month, the observatory hosts Public Star Parties from 2:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.. In partnership with local astronomy groups, the community can look through a wide variety of telescopes to view the Sun, Moon, and planets while interacting with knowledgeable amateur astronomers.
Interactive Exhibits
Visitors can explore 60 interactive exhibits completely free of charge. Highlights include watching a giant Foucault Pendulum track the Earth's rotation, seeing a live Tesla Coil demonstration, touching real meteorites, and calculating their weight on other planets.
