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- IMAX & Digital Shows
  Amazing Caves
  
  Amazing Caves [IMAX]
  
  Grand Canyon Adventure
  
  Grand Canyon Adventure [IMAX]
  
  River at Risk
  
  As new scientific studies forecast water shortages in the Western U.S. and around the world, Grand Canyon Adventure explores the issues, presents real solutions and delivers an uplifting message of hope for future generations, showing how ordinary people...
  
  Journey to the South Pacific
  
  Journey to the South Pacific [IMAX]
  
  Set sail on a breathtaking IMAX® adventure to the lush tropical islands of remote West Papua, where life flourishes above and below the sea. Join Jawi, a young island boy, as he leads a journey of discovery to this magical place. Home to more than 2,000...
  
  Mysteries of the Unseen World
  
  Mysteries of the Unseen World [IMAX]
  
  What you can't see is right before your eyes!
  
  Mysteries of the Unseen World provides you with an incredible look at things that are normally too slow, too fast, too small or too vast for the human eye to see. The film's innovative use of high-speed and time-lapse photography, electron microscopy and...
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- Exhibitions
  ILLUSION
  
  ILLUSION
  
  Nothing Is As It Seems
  
  OPENS MAY 10, 2014 Do you believe your eyes? Can you trust your senses? And is anything really as it seems? These are just some of the questions posed by ILLUSION: Nothing Is As It Seems, the mind-bending new exhibition at the Reuben H. Fleet Science...
  
  Explor-O-Rama
  
  Explor-O-Rama
  
  Get Your Hands On Science
  
  Our Main Gallery exhibition combines some of our all-time favorites with exciting interactive exhibits from San Francisco’s Exploratorium. This collection features opportunities to explore mechanics, motion, math, hearing, electricity and many other...
  Permanent Exhibitions
  The Fleet has 12 exhibitions permanently on display.
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- Events
  DNA Day
  
  DNA Day
  
  With the Salk Institute
  
  Get up close and personal with the polymers that are the blueprint of life. Join the Salk Institute to extract DNA from a cell and find out what color DNA really is. Recommended ages 7 and up. Free with Gallery admission. Check out this video of...
  
  Girl Scout Sleepover
  
  Girl Scout Sleepover
  
  at the Fleet
  
  As the doors close and the lights dim, you will have the whole museum to yourself! You can now spend the night at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center! Science Sleepovers at the Fleet are a wildly popular nocturnal adventure in one of San Diego’s...
  
  Suds & Science
  
  Suds & Science
  
  An Evening of Thinking and Drinking
  
  It’s not a scientific mystery that learning is more fun when you’re drinking with friends and colleagues. And thus, the idea for Suds & Science was born: bimonthly events that bring scientists face-to-face with the general public in a neighborhood...
  
  Senior Mondays
  
  Senior Mondays
  
  The First Monday of Each Month
  
  The first Monday of every month, seniors 65 and better can enjoy the Science Center exhibits, a show in the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater and a lecture on the quietest day of the month for only $8! No coupons or additional discounts are accepted. The Fleet'...
  
  Science on the Rocks
  
  Science on the Rocks
  
  Love, Lust & Libido - The Chemistry of Sex
  
  We're turning up the heat. Our next party is scheduled ... Are you ready for it? Love, Lust and Libido: The Chemistry of Sex Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it ... Peep into the science of sex by exploring the laws of attraction,...
  
  Dome Discussion
  
  Dome Discussion
  
  IMAX Composer Steve Wood
  
  Sound, especially music, is an important part of the film experience. Composer Steve Wood has been scoring films for MacGillivray Freeman Films for more than four decades and has worked on numerous IMAX® films, including Dolphins, Everest and the latest...
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Young Scientists

Preschool Science Program

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Young Scientists

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Family Science Saturdays

In the Tinkering Studio

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Family Science Saturdays

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Suds & Science

An Evening of Thinking and Drinking

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Suds & Science

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Senior Mondays

The First Monday of Each Month

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Senior Mondays

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Residents' Free Tuesdays

The First Tuesday of Each Month

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Residents' Free Tuesdays

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Exploring Ethics

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Exploring Ethics

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The Sky Tonight

Monthly Astronomer-Led Planetarium Show

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The Sky Tonight

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Science on the Rocks

Love, Lust & Libido - The Chemistry of Sex

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Science on the Rocks

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DNA Day

With the Salk Institute

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DNA Day

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IMAX en Español

Únete a Nosotros

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IMAX en Español

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Summer Camps

Science Fun When School is Done

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Girl Scout Sleepover

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