Spirits of Michigan’s Past: A Walking Tour of Forest Hill Cemetery

Numerous figures from U-M’s history — from the time of the University’s relocation to Ann Arbor in the 1830s to the recent past — are interred in Forest Hill Cemetery, located near the Observatory. Learn about such individuals as football player George Jewett, U-M’s first African American player; longtime U-M president James B. Angell; famed...

Astronomy Night Open House

The Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory welcomes you for history & astronomy presentations & observing with its historic telescope. Explore the heavens during one of our astronomy nights. Open houses involve presentations on a range of fascinating astronomical phenomena, instruction on the telescopes, and, when weather permits, observing with our beautiful historic Fitz telescope...

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