
Sydney Observatory Photofields Tours
12.30–10pm
FreeBookings essential
Viewing of astronomical objects depends on cloud cover, time of day and date.
Tours include more than a hundred stairs. Some areas are inaccessible to less mobile visitors and wheelchair users. For accessibility queries, please contact us.
Special-edition free tours of Sydney Observatory will explore the site's history of photographic observation. Learn how photography played a key role in capturing the 1874 transit of Venue, measuring the stars and studying Sydney’s weather. These tours will offer a unique opportunity to look through Australia’s oldest working telescope, 150 years after its first use.