Information for Colloquium Speakers
The offices of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (OCIW) are located at 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena.
Our colloquia are held in the William T. Golden auditorium at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons, preceded by refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
Accommodations
Colloquium speakers are normally housed in the Atheneum, on the Cal Tech Campus (551 South Hill Avenue), or the Guest Center at Fuller Seminary (700 Locust Street). Both are within walking distance of OCIW.
Directions
Maps and/or driving directions are available for the following itineraries (Note that the links connect to a map service provider):
- Los Angeles International Airport to OCIW
- Los Angeles International Airport to the Caltech Atheneum
- Los Angeles International Airport to the Guest Center at Fuller Seminary
- LAX to OCIW on mass transit (Flyaway Bus + Gold Line light rail)
- Burbank Airport to OCIW
- Caltech Atheneum to OCIW
- Guest Center at Fuller Seminary to OCIW
Contacts
For questions concerning accommodation or travel details please contact Silvia Hutchison (silvia[at]obs.carnegiescience.edu). Questions regarding colloquium scheduling may be directed to Andrew McWilliam (andy[at]obs.carnegiescience.edu).
The Observatory phone and fax numbers are (626) 577-1122 and (626) 795-8136 respectively.