Mt Pleasant Observatory and Grote Reber Museum

Last updated October 2026

University of Tasmania radio telescope and Grote Reber Museum in Cambridge, near Hobart, with booked weekday tours; children $5.50, adults $30.

The University of Tasmania's Mt Pleasant Radio Telescope Observatory at 90 Denholms Road, Cambridge, has a 26-metre radio dish and the Grote Reber Museum, about the Tasmanian radio astronomer Grote Reber. Visits are by guided tour only, booked at least 3 days ahead, Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 2.30pm; there are no tours on weekends or public holidays. A standard tour takes about 1.5 hours and covers the big dish and control room, the museum with a guide, and two or three short 3D space movies. Some groups also try the whispering dishes or solar viewing, weather permitting. As of October 2026, members of the public pay $30 per adult and $5.50 per child. Mobile phones must be turned off during the tour. The museum is fully accessible with parking beside it; the path to the control room has 4 steps and an 80-metre walk over uneven ground.

Facts checked against the venue's own website on 17 October 2026.