Mills Observatory

The Mills Observatory is Britain's only full-time public observatory. It was gifted to the people of Dundee in 1935, with a bequest from John Mills, a linen and twine manufacturer and keen amateur scientist.

Mills Observatory was designed by the City Architect, Mr McLellan Brown in collaboration with Professor Ralph Sampson the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.

It is the only British observatory to have been built with the sole aim of encouraging public understanding of science. The Observatory houses a fantastic Victorian telescope, a small planetarium, Solar System displays and displays of historic equipment. They also have Planetarium Shows during the winter months.