J Marie

Review of Arizona Science Center

I took an inquisitive just 5 year old. The museum...

I took an inquisitive just 5 year old. The museum seems dark and dated. Many activities in disrepair. I think the sponsors of them would be ashamed that their name is associated with them. Expensive entrance fee for what you get. Extra $$$ for each special exhibit. Most exhibits were geared to older than than a 5 year old. Biggest hit was the fireball stage, sand and water table, and the walk through stomach. She liked the plumbing connectors where you build pipes connecting to a drain, but all the kids were asking where are the corner pieces . There was maybe two corner connectors and lots of straight pipe. How hard is it to go to Lowe s and get some? Ask for a donation needed today.
It also seemed like most exhibits were more reading and less hands on. The things that were hands on, there was only one.
There had to be at least 5-7 school groups here. They didn t look like they were learning anything. Just running around, taking over the interesting exhibits, then moving on, then a new group came in. This also left little time for individuals to get close if there was something good.
We like bugs, so were interested to see the don t forget to see our bug exhibit. It looked like someone s donated collection tossed up on a counter. There were some interesting specimens, but we wanted to learn where they were from. No one around, no details.
Come on Phoenix, people travel all over to go to museums when they visit a city. This is a poor representation of our community. We drove 45 minutes to get here, and definitely will not be back.