Join us for the 2026 IfA Mānoa Open House on April 26th from 11:00a to 4:00p! Learn all about space, science, telescopes, and more with hands-on activities, demonstrations, and talks for the whole family.

With free admission and free parking, you can explore over 30 stations, including event partners and activities:

• 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

• Two portable planetariums

• UH Bookstore book and activity sales

• Straw Rockets

• Design a Paper Rocket

• Maunakea Scholars

• Hawaiʻi Lego Users Group (HILUG) display

• Fun with Robots

• Solar system walk

• Hawaiʻi Rockets


• All About CubeSats

• Liquid nitrogen demos