The Royal Observatory Edinburgh Visitor Centre

http://www.roe.ac.uk/visitor_centre/visit_main.html (The Risc Disc Volume 2, 10/1995)

The Visitor Centre is situated in the original buildings at ROE and consists of several exhibition areas, two telescopes and a gift shop. The present exhibitions are "The Universe", which is a general astronomy exhibition; "Reaching for the stars", describing the history and work of the Observatory; "Interactive discovery room", containing interactive exhibits that describe some of the science behind astronomy. The East Tower houses the 36" Reflecting Telescope built in 1928 and used for observations until 1980. The West tower houses the 16"/24" Schmidt telescope which was used from 1962-1974.

Admission:	Adult			#2.00
		Concession		#1.25

Open hours:	April - September
		12.00pm - 5.30pm

		October - March
		1.00pm - 5.00pm
		(1.00pm - 9.00pm on Friday)

Individual visitors go on a self guided tour of the exhibitions, which on average takes 1 - 2 hours. The shop stocks a wide range of items including slides, books, posters, school packs, T-shirts and a variety of novelty items.

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For more information please contact the Visitor Centre.

email: vis@roe.ac.uk

tel: 0131 668 8405
fax 0131 668 8429

Visitor Centre
Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Blackford Hill
Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
Scotland.