-
Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
Yes
Place
The town or city
Stirling
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>Take your opportunity to see</p>
<p>the moon, and more, through</p>
<p>the 130 year-old Newtonian</p>
<p>reflecting telescope within the</p>
<p>copper-domed Observatory at</p>
<p>the Category A Listed Stirling</p>
<p>Highland Hotel. This impressive</p>
<p>building used to be Stirling High</p>
<p>School building and was converted</p>
<p>into an hotel in 1990. Telescope</p>
<p>viewing will be provided by Stirling</p>
<p>Astronomical Society members.</p>
<p>Group tours of up to 10 people will</p>
<p>last approximately 30 minutes. This</p>
<p>is a very popular event so you may</p>
<p>have to queue but the hotel has kindly provided a room where you</p>
<p>can watch a digital presentation while you wait. To avoid everyone</p>
<p>arriving at the same time, if your party doesn’t have children please</p>
<p>come after 8pm.</p>
<p>No disabled access to Observatory – due to the two flight spiral</p>
<p>staircase but those unable to climb the stairs can enjoy the digital</p>
<p>presentation.</p>
<p>Doors Open</p>
OpeningTime1
7.30 - 9.30
OpeningDate1
14/9/2019
OpeningDate2
15/9/2019
OpeningTime2
9.30 - 9.30
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
13001
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Spittal Street
Postcode
FK8 1DU
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Stirling Old High School Observatory & Telescope
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
stirling
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
3521
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Take your opportunity to see the moon, and more, through the 130 year-old Newtonian reflecting telescope within the copper-domed Observatory at the Category A Listed Stirling Highland Hotel. This impressive building used to be Stirling High School building and was converted into an hotel in 1990. Telescope viewing will be provided by Stirling Astronomical Society members. Group tours of up to 10 people will last approximately 30 minutes. This is a very popular event so you may have to queue but the hotel has kindly provided a room where you can watch a digital presentation while you wait. To avoid everyone arriving at the same time, if your party doesn’t have children please come after 8pm. No disabled access to Observatory – due to the two flight spiral staircase but those unable to climb the stairs can enjoy the digital presentation.</p>
<p>Doors Open</p>