The Lick Observatory Giftshop


The Giftshop in the Main Building at Lick offers for sale several informational and commemorative items that are available only through Lick Observatory. For those who cannot travel to Mount Hamilton, Lick Observatory is making some of these items available by mail order. Below is a video describing the Observatory and its history.

A catalog of additional Lick Observatory items is now on-line.

More items are shown here. However, at this time, we don't have many of these items in the above catalog. If interested in any item pictured, please contact the Lick Gift Shop.

To order contact Giftshop via email giftshop@ucolick.org or telephone 831-459-5936 or 408-274-5061.



This superb video takes you behind the scenes of one of the world's great observatories. The story of Lick Observatory begins more than 100 years ago when the aging James Lick, an eccentric, self-made California millionaire, decided to leave behind him the world's greatest telescope. In 1888, a dozen years after his death, Lick's dream became reality with the completion of the first permanently occupied mountaintop observatory. Lick Observatory has been at the forefront of astronomical research ever since.

Enjoy an insider's tour of Mount Hamilton's major telescopes, from the Great 36-inch Refractor, to the famous Shane 120-inch Reflector. Hear Lick's astronomers and astrophysicists talk about the Observatory's remarkable accomplishments - from early discoveries to modern day research and technology.

DVD, 28 minutes, color

$15.00 + SH


To order contact Giftshop via email giftshop@ucolick.org or telephone 831-459-5936 or 408-274-5061.

For more information contact Lotus Baker lotus@ucolick.org.