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Field Trip Resource Guide

Detroit Science Center

Last Update: Setpember 2008

Name of Institution Detroit Science Center
Address 5020 John R Street
City, State, Zip Detroit, MI 48202
Phone# Field Trips/Group Reservations: 313.577.8400 x5
URL, if available http://www.detroitsciencecenter.org/home.htm
E-mail, if available info(at)sciencedetroit.org
fieldtrips(at)sciencedetroit.org
Date(s) of Operation Closed for major holidays
Hours of Operation

Mondays closed
Tuesday - Friday
Saturday
Sunday


9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Price of Admission (adult, child), if any

FIELD TRIP PACKAGES AND RATES
The New Detroit Science Center has four packages available to make field trip coordinating easy. Log-on to www.detroitsciencecenter.org/sciencePrograms/plantrip.html and simply choose one of the packages available that best fits your field trip needs. Complete the planning checklist and then call us to reserve space for your class. Rates vary according to the package chosen.
All exhibits and education programs for grades K-12 correlate to the Michigan Curriculum Framework.

PARKING
Buses may drop off students by entering the Science Center parking lot off of John R Street. Buses may park along Warren Avenue, John R or Farnsworth Avenue. Bus drivers are given free general admission.

Brief Description of Facility The New Detroit Science Center features 110,000 square feet of scientific exploration, including Michigan's only IMAX® Dome Theatre; a Digital Dome Planetarium; the Ford Learning Resource Center; the DTE Energy Sparks Theater; the DaimlerChrysler Science Stage; an 8,700 square-foot Science Hall for traveling exhibits; five exhibit laboratories - General Motors Motion Laboratory, Dow Foundation Life Sciences Laboratory, Waves & Vibrations Laboratory, Matter & Energy Laboratory and SBC Ameritech Children's Gallery; and a Special Events Lobby. In July 2001, the Science Center completed a $30 million renovation and expansion. It served more than 471,000 visitors in its first year, surpassing all-time attendance records.