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Arizona Science Center provides exploration, education and entertainment for all ages. The Center contains four levels of exciting hands-on exhibits, a state-of-the-art planetarium and a five-story high IMAX® theater.
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Waterworks in the Compas Court
An interactive water play exhibit. |
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Dorrance Planetarium - Opens May 10!
Under construction starting Oct. 29, 2007. When the new Dorrance Planetarium is unveiled May 10, it will be one of the most technologically advanced domed-theaters in the world. Keep watching the website for up-to-date pictures of the construction effort and news of our re-opening! Click here.
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All About You
Located in the Steele Gallery
Both mind and body are the subjects of this gallery devoted to human life. Learn about the physiology of moving, the mechanisims of healing, patterns of learning and remembering, and new biotechnologies. |
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Many Hands Make a Home
Located in the Freeman Gallery
Residential construction abounds in the Valley of the Sun and this exhibition offers an in-depth look at the process of creating a house, start to finish. It highlights the many people who collaborate in the homebuilding process. Hands-on exhibits exploring electricity, plumbing, carpentry, design and project management will invite visitors to learn more about home construction. The exhibition is located on the 1st floor of the Center in the Freeman Gallery.
Many Hands Make a Home Sponsored by:
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Wired For Thought
Located in the New Expansion Gallery
Temporarily Closed Due to GROSSOLOGY exhibition.
Select exhibits are on display in other areas of the Center.
Beginning with a section of general information of how contemporary science views the brain, the exhibition is organized into three key periods of development - the Early Childhood Brain, the Teenage Brain and the Adult/Aging Brain. Each of these areas presents visitors with the opportunity to engage in activities based directly on, or related to, experiments scientists use to study and understand the brain.
Sponsored locally by:
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Networks
Located in the Kresge Foundation Gallery
Explore the many forms of networks, from the structured daily routines of an ant colony to the fast-paced technology of the Internet. While you’re here, be sure to visit our amateur radio Ham Shack. |
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Music Landing
This mid-level gallery contains several hands-on exhibits on sound and music, including some dancing metals that are a staff favorite! |
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Fab Lab
Located in the US Airways Gallery
Explore three basic forces: gravity, friction and magnetism. Experiment with physics using balls, marbles, gyroscopes, paper airplanes and more! |
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Forces of Nature – NOW OPEN!
Located in the Sybil B. Harrington Galleries
Find out what happens when nature unleashes its full force! The centerpiece of Forces of Nature is the Immersion Theater, supported by a grant from the Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Foundation. Featuring multiple overhead video screens, surround sound, realistic physical effects and a motion-floor system, the theater will showcase one monster storm and extreme geological event after another in a series of immersive montages that puts guests right in the center of the action. Surrounding the Immersion Theater is a highly interactive, three-part exhibit zone where guests are able to experiment with science focused on land, water and air.
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Traveling Exhibition
Located in the Sybil B. Harrington Traveling Exhibition Gallery
Arizona Science Center features exciting and educational traveling exhibitions throughout the year. |
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How We Live With The Sun
Experiment with light, electricity, heat and the materials that protect us from the hot Arizona Sun. |
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