Whether you're a kid or an adult, the Arizona Science Center never seems to disappoint. How can you be disappointed when they've found new inventive ways of introducing science concepts and applying them in realistic ways. It's not every day that you actually get to enter a life size stomach or practice physics experiments just for the fun of it without being graded! \nLast night was the first time I've been inside the planetarium. While waiting for the show to start, there was fun trivia with buttons on the chairs available so you could answer the trivia. It was fun being able to have that interaction. The woman who gave the presentation while in the planetarium was well knowledgable and super enthusastic about everything. It made us want to go out and seek out the constellations at night (if it wasn't for that dust storm that just rolled in...). \nThis was the 2nd time I've been back in the past year. The first time was to see the Pirates Exhibit, which was so much fun. There was even a pirate ship inside the exhibit that you could walk through! I love how the exhibits showed how the artifacts from the sunken ship were raised out of the ocean and properly cleared of dirt at the end of the exhibit, because you always tend to wonder what type of process is involved in finding these historical artifacts and preserving them after being under the sea for so many years!\nLast night, the Van Gogh exhibit was not what I expected. I was wondering what Van Gogh \"live\" entailed, because I wasn't sure if I'd be seeing some of the actual Van Gogh paintings that I've seen while I visited Europe when I was younger. (I guess I should've researched the exhibit more prior to last night). All of his art work was projected onto large screens all over the exhibit hall. There were benches, couches, and chairs available so you can sit in one location and being totally immersed in Van Gogh's art. The woman who had given the presentation inside the planetarium had also stopped by upstairs, and she emphasized the importance of reading the projected quotes, because the quotes fully embodied all the emotions and thoughts of Van Gogh, who was deeply troubled, yet full of so much passion he didn't know how to handle himself. You had to enter another room to get the history behind Van Gogh's paintings, since the \"projection\" room wasonly films of the paintings themselves. Interesting take though. I never would've thought of displaying art that way. \nI am grateful for Yelp for sponsoring the after-hours event last night, because it gave us a chance to enjoy the Van Gogh exhibit, the planetarium, and the entire science center in a relaxed setting. It was alot of fun as always!
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