Astronomy and Research

Yerkes Observatory's staff and trustees have dedicated the past three years to conscientiously restoring the landmark institution and fifty acre campus. We are conducting astronomical research and educational outreach in addition to building and hosting a series of programs bridging science with the arts and culture through bold ideas and performances.

In our second year open to the public, we have established a space where astrophysicists are collaborating with musicians, sculptors, landscape designers, writers, and artists across the spectrum to create contemporary, cross-pollinated works and programs. With astronomy at our core, Yerkes Observatory's reawakening as an incubator of diverse minds makes us wildly enthusiastic during this recrudescence at the confluence of astronomy, architecture, arboretum, and art.