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| - I recently went to the Arizona Science Center to see their special Van Gogh exhibition. First, the price to see this special exhibit was exorbitant- $25.00 a person including general admission. This DID NOT include any IMAX movies or the planetarium, which were each $8.00 extra. And, the price did not include parking, which for me, ended up being another $5.00. At the end of the day, I ended up paying $38.00 just for one person.
As far as the Van Gogh exhibit, the concept was interesting but unfortunately, the children in the other exhibit next door were so incredibly loud that you could hear their screaming, which was louder than the music playing in the Van Gogh exhibit. Additionally, a couple of women brought their children into this exhibit, which was quite clearly for adults, and the kids were noisy as well.
The Van Gogh exhibit was ok-I really do not know why this exhibit was at this museum as it did not relate to science and it was geared to adults- not kids like everything else at this museum. The other exhibits might have been interesting but there were unruly children running around and screaming all over the place.
My last stop was to the planetarium-I saw the Grand Tour of the Planets. This was god awful. There was a woman narrator who talked the entire time about the planets but again, her presentation was geared to little kids. I felt like I was in kindergarden listening to her.
Maybe if you have little kids this museum is fine but it truly was an incredible rip off and not very enjoyable in my opinion.
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