Arizona Science Center

museum, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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The Arizona Science Center is a museum located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It opened in 1997 and features exhibit halls, a planetarium, and a large-screen cinema. The center is part of Phoenix's cultural landscape, which also includes the Phoenix Art Museum, the Heard Museum focusing on Native American art, and the Pueblo Grande archaeological museum.1

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The Arizona Science Center, a complex including exhibit halls, a planetarium, and a big-screen cinema, opened in 1997. The Pueblo Grande archaeological museum studies and preserves the ruins of the area’s most prominent settlement of the Hohokam people.
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The Arizona Science Center, a complex including exhibit halls, a planetarium, and a big-screen cinema, opened in 1997. The Pueblo Grande archaeological museum studies and preserves the ruins of the area’s most prominent settlement of the Hohokam people.
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