It was first opened to the public in mid-November 1977 by a group called the Kosovo Young Researchers.

Its dome-shaped cupola gave the citizens of Prishtina a view of the stars, planets, meteorites and more.

[2] The observatory was not in use for decades, but the space has now been reclaimed by the Astronomy Club of Kosova (ACK).

[4] On 13 July 2022 (2 years ago) (2022-07-13), the observatory re-opened with the support of UNMIK and Pristina Municipality, after a 43-year gap.

[5] The observatory opened its doors just a few days after NASA revealed the first five full-color images and spectrographic data from the James Webb Space Telescope.