Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Airdrie HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities Visit the county's smallest public observatory and marvel at our unique and historic science equipment. Please Note the Observatory is not suitable for those with mobility difficulties. OpeningTime1 10 am to 3 pm OpeningDate1 12/9/2015 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 10564 Refreshments No Street The street address Airdrie Library AddressLine2 Wellwynd Postcode ML6 0AG Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Airdrie Observatory Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived northlanarkshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3043 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86647,-3.983053; Description An account of the resource Situated above Airdrie Library, this C(s) listed building is a unique part of Airdrie’s built heritage. Being one of only four such municipal Public Observatories in the United Kingdom, Airdrie is the smallest of the Public Observatories and it dates back to 1896. The Observatory is located above Airdrie Public Library and is a facility owned by North Lanarkshire Council and run in partnership with Airdrie Astronomical Association. The original telescope was donated to Airdrie Library by local astronomer Doctor Reid. It is also Scotland's smallest public observatory.In 2009 the telescope was dismantled and removed from site to allow an overhaul and extensive refurbishment to be undertaken. Additional works including installing a new Observatory dome and Library Roof were also undertaken at this time.