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