UH Institute for Astronomy (IFA) Open House
The 2026 IfA Mānoa Open House will be April 26th, 11am-4pm!
Free admission and free parking.
Learn all about space, science, telescopes, and more with hands-on activities, demonstrations, and talks for the whole family. Over 30 stations including
Event partners and activities:
- Two Portable planetariums
- UH Bookstore book and activity sales
- Straw Rockets
- Design a Paper Rocket
- Maunakea Scholar
- Hawaiʻi Lego Users Group (HILUG) display
- Fun with Robots
- Solar system walk
- Hawaii Rockets
- All About CubeSats
- Liquid nitrogen demos
- Make-a-sundial and Make-a-constellation crafts
- Pan-STARRS and ATLAS sky surveys
- Bottle rockets
- Makahiki games
- Solar viewing and solar spectrum
- Sundial making (in memory of Paul Coleman)
- Spectroscopy School
- Optics
- Ask an Astronomer
- Family-friendly astro talks