Events

Sunday Funday for the whole family at the Observatory GENERAL INFORMATION

Sunday 15th October 2023 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Location/Venue: Norman Lockyer Observatory EX10 0NY

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The popular family day returns with hands-on activities and demonstrations along with Planetarium shows and story times.

  • Space Detectives with Joanne Richardson
  • Science Boffins
  • Exeter School - physics
  • Reaction Time machine
  • Jet Car Build and Race
  • Space Exe
  • History walk around the Observatory
  • Telescopes - Lockyer, Kensington, Connaught
  • Helicopters - how they work by Leonardo Helicopters
  • Blue Streak rocked displays
  • IOP - Moon and Mars
  • Planetarium shows
  • Story telling in the Planetarium by Michael O'Leary
  • Sid Valley Radio

Jaspers Catering will be on site, providing food, drinks and snacks.

Entrance fee: £10 per adult.  Children free.  Payment at the door or book in advance - see button on the top right of this page.
The entrance fee covers all the events on the site on the day.