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  • Winter Daily Guided Site Tours

    Enjoy a guided tour of the Green Bank Observatory campus! Tours begin at 10:00 am, Noon, 2:00 pm, and 4:00 pm. Your ticket includes a 30-minute presentation in the Science Center Auditorium, followed by a 30-minute tour of the observatory on our radio-quiet bus.


  • Holiday Daily Guided Site Tours

    Enjoy a guided tour of the Green Bank Observatory campus! Tours begin at 10:00 am, Noon, 2:00 pm, and 4:00 pm. Your ticket includes a 30-minute presentation in the Science Center Auditorium, followed by a 30-minute tour of the observatory on our radio-quiet bus.


  • December Daily Guided Site Tours

    Enjoy a guided tour of the Green Bank Observatory campus! Tours begin at 10:00 am, Noon, 2:00 pm, and 4:00 pm. Your ticket includes a 30-minute presentation in the Science Center Auditorium, followed by a 30-minute tour of the observatory on our radio-quiet bus.


  • Fall Daily Guided Site Tours

    Enjoy a guided tour of the Green Bank Observatory campus! Tours begin at 10:00 am, Noon, 2:00 pm, and 4:00 pm. Your ticket includes a 30-minute presentation in the Science Center Auditorium, followed by a 30-minute tour of the observatory on our radio-quiet bus.


  • Summer Daily Guided Site Tours

    Enjoy a guided tour of the Green Bank Observatory campus! Tours begin on the hour from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. Your ticket includes a 30-minute presentation in the Science Center Auditorium, followed by a 30-minute tour of the observatory on our radio-quiet bus.


  • 2026 Open House

    Join us for a FREE Fun-filled day full of family activities, behind the scenes tours, hands-on workshops, and more!


  • High Tech tours – 2026

    High Tech Tours are offered the 2nd Thursday of every month. $25/person Join an Observatory engineer for an in-depth conversation and behind-the-scenes peek at our electronics lab, telescope receivers, and the GBT control room. See what makes our observatory one of the world’s leading radio telescope facilities!  3:30 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m.  Tour lengths will…


  • January 2026 Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop

    January 20-23, 2026 – Virtual GBT Observer Training Workshop The registration deadline has passed. If you are a GBT observer in need of training for active projects, please contact Will Armentrout (ude.oarn@rtnemraw). The GBT Training Workshop will include four days of intensive instruction on how to observe with the Green Bank Telescope. Applications will be…