General:
Upon your arrival, you will be met by a member of our EPO staff and by your
support scientist. The EPO office is in room 223 on the second floor of the
Keith Spaulding Building.
If you are bringing any students, you must bring with you
their signed student
Authorization/Medical Release
forms
(please read our Visiting Student Policy).
Also, if you have a laptop, we suggest that you bring it.
Additional Forms:
It is possible that during your visit to the SSC, newspaper reporters or
news television crews will want to do a story on your visit. You may also
be involved in audio interviews that will be on radio or placed online.
For this purpose, we would like to have you bring the following forms for you
and your students (signed by their parents) with you when you visit, or FAXed
to us prior to your visit.
Location:
The Spitzer Science Center (SSC)
is located in the Spalding Administration Building on the
southeast corner of California Boulevard and Wilson Avenue. It is labeled as
Building 6 on this interactive Caltech campus map.
Spitzer Science Center
1200 East California Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91125
Phone (626) 395-8000
FAX (626) 432-7484
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Hours:
The SSC's normal operating hours are Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm. The
buildings are locked between about 5:45pm and 7am on weekdays and all day on
weekends. If you would like to have
access to the SSC during these hours you may request an access card for the
duration of your visit.
Parking:
Parking is available in the underground parking structure just
south-east of the Keith Spaulding building - see the Caltech
parking map.
Visitors must have a Caltech Parking Permit, which can be obtained from the pay station located at
the California St. parking structure, or from your IPAC/SSC/MSC Project.
Parking permits, obtained from the projects MUST be dated the date you are parking, undated permits will result in a City of Pasadena
parking ticket.
Individuals with handicapped access, must also display a parking permit, but can then follow regular handicapped parking regulations.
Hours of enforcement are Monday - Friday, 7am to 5 p.m.
Red zones, fire lanes, no parking zones, handicapped spaces, and certain posted reserved spaces are enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Limited parking may be available just south of the Morrisroe Bldg at the entry to Tournament Park. A Caltech parking permit is required to
park in this area.
No Caltech parking is permitted inside Tournament Park gates or at the extreme far end of the lot.
You may currently park without a permit on the east side of Wilson,
north of Tournament Park, for an
unlimited time. The east side of Wilson just south of the Tournament Park
driveway, however, is a permit only zone until 8pm (tickets are frequently
given). The west side of Wilson is now a permit-only zone until 2:00 PM.
See the
Caltech parking website for additional information.
Athenaeum:
If you are staying at the Caltech Athenaeum, visit
Athenaeum website
for directions and additional information. Parking is available in the
Athenaeum parking lot.
