Perkins Observatory

Lots of great museum exhibits

Telescope viewing was underwhelming, both outdoors (thank you to the generous volunteers who let us see through their telescopes) and upstairs through the 32" lens. We viewed Saturn both outdoors on ...

Fantastic place to view the stars and learn

I have been to the Perkins Observatory a handful of times and I love my visit every time. Do not expect a state of the art facility with all the latest gadgets. But expect to learn and be impressed by...

I really enjoyed this!

We started out with a short lecture about what we would see, then we went upstairs to the BIG optical telescope and....what an experience that was! Later, outside several local amateur astronomers had...

Wonderful & educational

We took our three daughters and had an amazing look through the telescope at the moon, Mercury and Venus. Our oldest is in 5th grade and was learning about the planets this helped peak her interest ev...

Kooky place that should not be promoted as an attraction.

This could not be less organized for the public. No microphone so whatever your guide is saying is muffled. The observatory has an interesting history and has been hosting tours for a very long time ...