Arizona Science Center, Science museum in downtown Phoenix, United States.
The Arizona Science Center occupies a 120,000-square-foot building by architect Antoine Predock at 600 Washington Street in downtown Phoenix, completed in 1997. Its angular forms include a tall pale grey-blue plane sloping upward and a faceted concrete block carrying the IMAX sign. Inside are the Dorrance DOME and a five-story giant-screen IMAX Theater.
Conceived in 1980 as a pilot science center by the Junior League of Phoenix, it opened in 1984 as the Arizona Museum of Science & Technology in a 10,000-square-foot storefront on the parking garage level of the downtown Hyatt, drawing more than 87,000 visitors in its first year. Its 120,000-square-foot building by architect Antoine Predock was completed in 1997, when Heritage Square was renamed Heritage and Science Park. In 2009 it agreed with the closed Phoenix Museum of History next door to show that collection.
Local families and school groups from the Phoenix area use this space to explore how science shapes everyday life and solve real-world problems. The center serves as a gathering place where people of all ages engage with learning in a hands-on way.
The facility is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs throughout all exhibit areas. Plan to spend several hours exploring the different sections and trying the hands-on activities at your own pace.
Since its opening, the center has hosted an amateur radio station, now licensed W7ASC, where volunteers teach guests to send their names in Morse code and demonstrate satellite communication. The station appears on QRZ.com under that call sign.
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