Two years later it donated the building to the newly formed nonproft Yerkes Observatory / Yerkes Future Foundation. You can read more in-depth about the history of the observatory here.

Not to be confused with the Yerkes Observatory of astronomy, they are dedicated to primate biology. Within their sunny Florida confines workers of many disciplines study the chimpanzee, and vice versa ...

Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Wisconsin News Connection reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News Service Collaboration Yerkes Observatory, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, calls itself a 125 ...

Host Angela explores the Blackbird Creative Lab at Yerkes Observatory. Beyond performance training, artists receive practical career guidance while creating new works in a historic astronomical ...

Yerkes Observatory, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, sits right on the shore of Geneva Lake. "It won't be a total eclipse here, but enough to give you goosebumps up your arms like stagecoaches," said ...