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Rio Salado Audubon Center: Bird Walks Love Birds – Rio Community Festival

Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 3131 S. Central Ave., Phoenix

Join us for hands-on crafts, fun games, interactive nature and conservation booths, guided bird walks, and more family-friendly activities. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with nature at Rio Salado! Join us for...

Free

Liberty Wildlife: Free Nature Walk

Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix

Saturday February 14th is our next FREE NATURE WALK along the Rio Salado! Join the Liberty Wildlife team for a walk along the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area on the...

Free

Children’s Museum of Phoenix: Hidden Smiles

Children's Museum of Phoenix 215 N. 7th St., Phoenix

Head to the Art Studio to discover the science behind the magic—and the importance of brushing! Use white crayons to draw a hidden tooth, then reveal your design with watercolor...

Free with Admission

Reid Park Zoo: I Love Zoo 2026

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Treat yourself and your loved ones to a day with your favorite Zoo animals as they delight in seasonal enrichment. Spend a day reveling in unique Zoo Keeper Experiences, crafting...

Free with Admission

Reid Park Zoo: Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop!

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Part art. Part engineering. Totally amazing! Add a pop of wonder and a pinch of nostalgia to your spring with Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop! Marvel at over 40 wildly creative...

Free with Admission

Reid Park Zoo: Goat Behind-the-Scenes Experience

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Learn how Reid Park Zoo cares for its herd of goats, from nutritious foods and tactile enrichment, to climbing structures and training. Get an up-close look at the features that...

$30 – $35

Cave Creek Museum: The Arizona Gold Mining Experience™

Cave Creek Museum 6140 E . Skyline Dr., Cave Creek

The Cave Creek Museum’s AZ GOLD MINING EXPERIENCE™ is unique with its display of the complete hard rock ore extraction process, with the mine shaft, tramway, ore carts, crushing and extraction,...

Free – $20

Boyce Thompson Arboretum: Nature Play

Boyce Thompson Arboretum 37615 E. Arboretum Way, Superior

Unplug and Reconnect with Nature! Join us for Nature Play at the Children’s Garden, where families can escape the screens and dive into the wonders of the great outdoors. Every...

Free with Admission

Liberty Wildlife: Public Open Hours

Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix

October through April we are open to the public from 10am until 1pm. Our admission is $10 per adult (18+) and $5 per student (under 18). Children 4 and under...

Free – $10

⭐ Glendale Chocolate Affaire

Glendale Civic Center 5750 W. Glenn Dr., Glendale

The Chocolate Affaire is the premier event for chocolate lovers everywhere! The event brings unique chocolate experiences to the City of Glendale for a two-day exhibition of 50+ chocolatiers, food...

Free

Liberty Wildlife: GUIDED TOUR of Liberty Wildlife

Liberty Wildlife 2600 E. Elwood St., Phoenix

Sign up for a Guided Tour before our flight and eagle show: https://libertywildlife.org/about-us/plan-your-visit/ Space for 15 people Cost $15 per person paid onsite via cash, check or card

$15

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: We Are Stars

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

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!...

Free – $27

⭐ Verde Valley SciTech Festival: Sparkle & Shape

Yavapai County Free Library District - Beaver Creek Library 4810 E. Beaver Creek Ln., Rimrock

Create glitter dough art inspired by the night sky.     Part of the Verde Valley SciTech Festival, a month-long celebration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), featuring free...

Free

Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary: Mammal Tour

Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary Actual location given after reservations, Phoenix

Are you mammal obsessed? This is the tour for you!  Our Private Mammal Tour is a great option to meet some of our furry friends, watch feeding demonstrations, and learn...

$350

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Tucson Sky & Beyond

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

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,...

Free – $27

Children’s Museum of Phoenix: Stop, Drop and Read

Children's Museum of Phoenix 215 N. 7th St., Phoenix

It’s Healthy Smiles Month! “Brush” up on your reading and find a Playologist friend every day at 1:30 pm for a fun tooth-tacular story time! “Healthy Smiles” Month is generously...

Free with Admission

Phoenix Zoo: Junior Horse Hands

Phoenix Zoo 455 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix

This three-day series is a great introduction to horses and learning the basics of riding. This program will help you determine if horses are for you! Participants will learn safety...

$83.20 – $104

Reid Park Zoo: Ambassador Animal Behind-the-Scenes Experience

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Meet several of the Zoo’s animal Ambassadors during this semi-private encounter. During this experience, you will have the opportunity to get closer than you imagined with some awesome species. You’ll...

$30 – $35

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Black Holes

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

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...

Free – $27

Mesa Public Library: Building Blocks Club

Mesa Public Library - Red Mountain Branch 635 N. Power Rd., Mesa

Come explore your creative side at the library with LEGO®. Children can either follow a monthly theme or build from their imaginations. LEGO® and jumbo blocks will be provided. Ages 5-9.

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Touring the Solar System

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

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...

Free – $27

Mad Science: Parents’ Night Out

Mad Science Lab 2701 E. Thomas Rd. STE I, Phoenix

Offering parents a fun date night, kids are engaged in Experiments, Games, Movies! Grades K - 5 Section #: MSPR135  

$50

I ❤️ Pluto Festival 2026: Night of Discovery at the Orpheum Theater

The Orpheum Theater 15 W. Aspen Ave., Flagstaff

Lowell Observatory presents a Night of Discovery, commemorating the anniversary of Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of the icy world Pluto on February 18, 1930. This is the keynote event of the 7th Annual...

$25.33 – $73.15

⭐Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory: Astronomy Observation

Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch 2757 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert

Come view the stars during the Arizona SciTech Festival! Fun for the whole family, located at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve. East Valley Astronomy Club members staff operations and programming for...

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Love at First Light

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Learn about the James Webb Space Telescopes latest discoveries, explore the ancient stories and science behind romantic constellations, and find out what made prominent U of A researchers fall in...

Free – $27

Phoenix Zoo: Mini Horse Hands

Phoenix Zoo 455 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix

This three-day series is a wonderful opportunity to introduce your little one to our gentle equine. These hands-on caregiving classes include learning basic needs of a horse, grooming, feeding, an...

$83.20 – $104