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Arizona Science Center

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The fantastic facility features a fabulous array of educational programs, activities, and touring exhibitions for kids and bigger kids, plus an on-...
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"Journey Into Phoenix History"

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"Van Gogh Alive"

10:00 a.m. daily from February 13 until June 17

If Vincent van Gogh were to see the hefty price tags his paintings carry nowadays (a recent auction estimated that one of his works could fetch $4....
Flow with Van Gogh

6:00 p.m. May 10

While it seems like a flighty daydream that Vincent Van Gogh ever rolled out a mat and tried yoga, we'd like to think that if he'd spent more time ...

2011 | Best Glimpse of Wonderland

No need to be wary of the large eye watching you walk through the lobby of the Arizona Science Center; the huge lens is the latest collaborative and interactive piece by local artists Mary Lucking and David Tinapple. "Curiouser and Curiouser" borrows its name from Alice in Wonderland. It invites visitors to peer at each other through a giant telescope/microscope that juts out of the center's ceiling, and at the current exhibition through a smaller telescope on the lobby floor. The artwork... More »
2008 | Best First Friday Experience for Grownups

One of the coolest things about the success of First Friday is the attention it's brought to downtown. And one of the best things about downtown Phoenix is the Arizona Science Center.So we're really happy that the two combine in the form of Adult's Night Out at the museum on the first Friday of every month. Admission is free from 5:30 to 9, and the museum always features a free lecture on topics like dinosaurs and nanotech. City Bakery stays open, and you have access to all of the museum's... More »

Stretching Canvas

By Becky Bartkowski | Thu, May 10, 2012

While it seems like a flighty daydream that Vincent Van Gogh ever rolled out a mat and tried yoga, we'd like to think that if he'd spent more time in downward dog then he might have been less of a downer. (Though the whole missing-ear thing probab... More »
Local Archaeologists Discuss the Downtown Phoenix Underground at The Arizona Science Center Annex

By Claire Lawton | Tue, March 6, 2012

It's no secret that we're big fans of what lies beneath. Last year, "underground" was the theme of our Best of Phoenix issue -- we even created an interactive map of Phoenix that includes photos and i... More »
Have Your Cake

By Becky Bartkowski | Thu, December 01, 2011

Avid bakers and aspiring Betty Crockers prepping for holiday bake-athons will get a scientific breakdown of kitchen chemistry when Urban Cookies owner Brady Breese discusses how ingredients react to form delicious cookies, cakes, and pies while in... More »
Science Friday

By Jose Gonzalez | Thu, November 03, 2011

You know what never let us down as a kid? Science! Whether it was Bill Nye rocking an experiment on TV, or taking it upon ourselves to shove some Mentos into Diet Coke bottles, science kept us entertained. Sometimes we even learned stuff. The Ariz... More »