Arizona Science Center (Phoenix, Arizona)

 museum, science, IMAX, planetarium

600 East Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2303
(602) 716-2000
fax (602) 716-2099
www.azscience.org/

Arizona Science Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.The administrative offices are open M-F 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Arizona Science Center opened its 120,000 square-foot, Antione Predock-designed facility to the public in April 1997. A new, voter-approved expansion of 22,500 square feet opened in October 2004, including additional classroom and gallery space. Current facilities include more than 40,000 square-feet of gallery space containing more than 300 hands-on exhibits; an IMAX Theater seating 285; a multi-media Dorrance Planetarium seating 200; a suite of classrooms; amenities including a gift shop, food service and lunchroom; and support facilities.