Rotunda
The domed hall at the centre, ringed by sixteen columns, with a brass orrery turning under the oculus.
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Reading room
Reference books on the history of astronomy, with reading tables under the south-west windows.
Map room
Star charts and celestial globes, and a map table where the plan chests are opened on request.
Instrument gallery
Telescopes, astrolabes and a working sextant, each on its own plinth.
Café
Coffee, cake and lunch, with doors to the terrace. Open until half an hour after the galleries.
Entrance hall
The way in from the forecourt, and the cloakroom.
Oval gallery
Temporary exhibitions, lit from above. The current show is photographs of the night sky from the pavilion's own roof.
Tower stair
A spiral stair to the roof terrace and the observing deck, open on clear evenings.
Ticket kiosk
Tickets for the galleries and the evening observing sessions, and the start of the guided tour.
Terrace
The café's paved terrace, facing east, in the morning sun.
The guided tour
Ten stops, about forty minutes. 1 Tickets · 2 Entrance hall · 3 The rotunda and its orrery · 4 Reading room · 5 Tower stair · 6 Map room · 7 Oval gallery · 8 Instrument gallery · 9 Terrace doors · 10 Café.
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