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Happy University of Arizona Museum Day!
To celebrate, Flandrau is doing an all-day exhibit admission discount of only $7 per person for science exhibit admission or $14 per person for a planetarium show + science exhibit admission! Bring your family and friends to embark on an adventure that's out of this world.
Learn more about Uarizona Museum Day and the other participating museums:
African American Museum of Southern Arizona | Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum | The Archive of Visual Arts (AVA) |
Biosphere 2 | Center for Creative Photography | Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium | Health Sciences Innovation Building | John E. Greivenkamp Museum of Optics |
Museum Association of Arizona | Museum of Democracy | Poetry Center |
Tree-Ring Lab | University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA) | World of Words Center |
Showtime Schedule
11:00 AM - We Are Stars
A fun, beautifully animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins—revealing how hydrogen and carbon formed in the universe and how we are, quite literally, made of stars!
Audience: Younger Audiences
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
12:30 PM - Touring the Solar System
Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way on this cosmic adventure.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk
2:00 PM - Black Holes
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and a thrilling dive into our galaxy’s core.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Fulldome film + live star talk
3:30 PM - Tucson Sky & Beyond
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and current celestial events. Then, take a cosmic leap beyond our solar system to explore the universe’s distant wonders.
Audience: General, all ages
Style: Live star talk