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Welcome to Mills Observatory
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Mills Observatory
Glamis Road
Balgay Park
Dundee DD2 2UB Map
Admission is FREE to the Observatory and displays. A small charge applies to group visits and for public Planetarium Shows.
Opening Times
April to September
Tuesday to Friday, 11 am - 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 12.30 - 4 pm
October to March
Monday to Friday, 4 pm -10 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 12.30 - 4 pm
The dome is open every weekday evening from October to March, weather permitting, except Public Holidays.
Gifted to the people of Dundee in 1935, with a bequest from John Mills, a linen and twine manufacturer and a keen amateur scientist, Mills Observatory was designed by the City Architect, Mr McLellan Brown in collaboration with Professor Ralph Sampson the Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Built of sandstone, it has a distinctive 7-metre dome.
It is the only British observatory to have been built with the sole aim of encouraging public understanding of science, and is the UK's only full-time public observatory.
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