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Top 9 Science Museums in Arizona, United States
The state of Arizona is one that features a fantastic diversity of landscapes and areas of geological interest. North Arizona is famous for the Grand Canyon, a colorful chasm with steep rocky walls more than a mile deep and stretching some 277 miles alongside the Colorado River. Other notable destinations in North Arizona include Flagstaff set alongside the San Francisco Peaks which has the largest ponderosa pine forest, Museum of Northern Arizona, and is close to a number of national parks and monuments. On the south side of Arizona lies the city of Phoenix, the largest in Arizona. Notable day trips in Phoenix include the Heard Museum which is one of America's largest collections of Native American art, Phoenix Museum of History, as well as the Desert Botanical garden which has a great collection of desert plants.
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1. Arizona Camera Museum
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
2. Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium
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4.5 based on 86 reviews
Located on the University of Arizona campus, Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium inspires visitors of all ages with the wonders of science. Explore the solar system and beyond in Flandrau’s state-of-the-art planetarium theater, featuring a fulldome digital projection system that can launch from the Earth and fly to planets, moons, and asteroids. Flandrau also offers fun interactive science exhibits that will engage the whole family, and the dazzling specimens of the UA Mineral Museum. Current exhibits topics include earth science, astronomy, math puzzles, and gemstones. Open Daily, see website for hours, showtimes, and admission prices.
Reviewed By Pukster27 - Tucson, United States
Easy to spend couple of hours here, longer if seeing a planetarium show. There is a great mineral display in the basement too. For special events, the show pricing is sometimes reduced.
3. Yavapai Geology Museum
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4.5 based on 60 reviews
Located at Yavapai Point, this viewing station also houses a few small exhibits describing the geological history of the Grand Canyon, a bookstore which is operated by the Grand Canyon Association and a number of labeled picture windows which look out into the Canyon.
Reviewed By ThePrateekSethi - Mumbai, India
The experience design of the Museum and the "Trail of Time" on the south rim trail is excellent. We learnt so much while walking and sparked some much curiosity into geology and the history of the grand canyon. Well done!
4. Biosphere 2
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4.0 based on 1,239 reviews
Biosphere 2 has Reopened with a Great New Experience! The Biosphere 2 Experience app includes never before seen photos and videos that visualize the science and 30-year history. Through science stories and interviews you'll have the opportunity to learn more about our amazing, world-class research as you traverse a safe (socially distanced) one-way path around the exterior, and finally into reopened portions of the interior of Biosphere 2 itself!. Download the free Biosphere 2 Experience app to serve as your personal guide as you embark on an evening of science, history and unforgettable views! Your visit directly contributes to the research and education mission of Biosphere 2, thank you for your support! TICKETS MUST BE PRE-PURCHASED ONLINE. Please visit www.biosphere2.org to purchase tickets There will be a limited number of tickets sold per day. Once a limit is reached on a particular day, interested guests must select another day.
Reviewed By 870gerrym - Toronto, Canada
We visited here on Monday Feb 24. Great place to spend some time. Recommend you get there early and sign up for any tours that interest you. We did the general tour (great) and the history tour (so so). Might have felt differently if we had done the history first. Lots of walking and stairs. Found the ocean questionable in value. Overall it is a great place.
5. Arizona Science Center
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4.0 based on 945 reviews
Located in the heart of Downtown Phoenix, Arizona Science Center has been a hub for science and discovery for the community and visitors. The Center features more than 300 hands-on exhibit, live demonstrations, a state-of the art Dorrance Planetarium, a five-story IMAX(R) theater, and newly opened, CREATE at Arizona Science Center - a place where science, design and engineering collide!
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
The Arizona Science Museum, formerly the Arizona Museum of Science and Technology, opened its doors to the public in 1984 as a small 10,000-square-foot storefront exhibition space located in the parking garage level of the downtown Phoenix Hyatt Hotel. Today, it is one of the most popular cultural attractions in Arizona. Since the new downtown facility at 600 East Washington Street opened in 1997, in Heritage and Science Park in the heart of downtown Phoenix, with more than 40,000 square feet of gallery space, a five-story, giant screen IMAX theater seating 289 people, the Dorrance Planetarium, a suite of multiple classrooms, a gift shop and lunchroom, the internationally acclaimed science museum is home to over 350 permanent hands-on exhibits and provides 400,000 annual visitors with interactive experiences. Among the permanent exhibitions are Many Hands Make a Home, which explores the materials, processes, skills and knowledge necessary to build a home in Arizona's unique environment; My Digital World, where visitors can learn about the information technology that ties us all together; Solarville, which provides fascinating visuals and interactive experiences that engage visitors in exploring how we are affected by the sun; and Forces of Nature, which showcases one monster storm and extreme geological event after another in a series of immersive montages that puts guests in the center of the action.
6. Flagstaff Field Center
Visitors are welcome to tour the Center whose mission is to provide geological, topographic and hydrologic information that contributes to the well-being of the American people.
7. Pinal Geology and Mineral Museum
An educational museum with exhibits about the geology, paleontology, and minerals of Arizona, Pinal County, and beyond.
8. The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By katiepenney - Galway, Ireland
I had no idea how much you can discover from tree rings beyond how old a tree is. This tour started in a class room and then moved onto the labs. The docent, a former English teacher, was incredibly knowledgeable and answered all our questions. The answer is that this is an important science tool with very wide application. This lab is one of a kind and scientists from around the world come here. I would say children down to age 8-9 could find it interesting but any STEM oriented child older than that would love it. Building is also interesting.
9. Science Downtown
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3.0 based on 2 reviews
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