Admission is, as always, free. Celebrations kick off with a special opening ceremony on the observatory’s front lawn at 11:30 a.m., before doors open at noon.

Griffith Observatory will host a live online broadcast of the total lunar eclipse on March 13-14, allowing viewers to watch the celestial event remotely. The broadcast will begin at 8:50 p.m. on ...

Happy 90th, Griffith Observatory: ... You're invited to the galactic gathering to do just that, a festivity that will take place at the Griffith Park destination May 14. The Scene.

Opened in 1935, Griffith Observatory is one of the most visited public observatories in the world. Located on Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, it offers free public telescopes, interactive space ...

Los Angeles’ Griffith Park is a massive, mountainous, wild oasis in the middle of the city’s dense urban sprawl. Its real and cinematic history is pure joy to explore.

The Observatory is located on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, just above the Los Feliz neighborhood. It is 1,134 feet above sea level and is visible from many parts of the ...

The Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles. (Image credit: Getty Images/Mitch Diamond) But it wasn't until 1930 that the Griffith Trust put together a team of scientists to realize the dream ...

The Griffith Park astronomy institution is closed on Mondays, which is when the much-anticipated eclipse will occur. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning .

No traffic at Griffith Observatory in 1937, two years after it opened to the public. Los Angeles Public Library Congress has cut federal funding for public media - a $3.5 million dollar loss for ...

At 4,210 acres, Griffith outshines other extraordinary city parks of the US, such as San Francisco’s Golden Gate, which barely tops 1,000 acres, and New York’s Central Park, a mere 843 acres.

Los Angeles (CNN) — Griffith Park is a massive, mountainous, wild oasis in the middle of the dense urban sprawl characterizing much of this fabled city. Yet its identity is ...