Experiences in the Galleries

At the Fleet Science Center, we strive to create an inclusive and engaging experience for our community. Our interactive exhibits are designed to encourage hands-on exploration and learning. We offer a diverse selection of both permanent and rotating exhibitions, in addition to live shows and demonstrations, ensuring you can always discover something new. Join us for an immersive and exciting science adventure! 

A white teen boy stands by a black teen boy. The black boy is sitting and touching a touch screen computer. Above them is a sign that says Design a Skate Park.
Design Zone
What does it take to create a video game, mix and master music or design a skate park that produces the biggest thrills?
Optical illusion with black squares, grey grid, and white dots. The illusion makes it look like black dots are moving around inside the white dots.
Illusions
Discover it’s not what you see but how you see that matters
Miniature Tesla coil with arcs of electricity branching out
It's Electric
It’s Electric brings the science and history of electricity to life through an introduction to the types and uses of electricity
Toddler girl in a yellow shirt holding half circle shapes in front of her eyes with green and red see through panels
Kid City
Learning is fun with developmentally appropriate activities
Three portrait panels in black frames sit on a wavy rainbow wall
New Science
Queer and intersectional identities are revolutionizing how science gets done
A dark image with electric blue lines shooting towards the viewer down a hallway. The far end of the hallway has a group of people stand, walking, and running towards the viewer.
Power Play San Diego
Power Play San Diego is all about the San Diego power grid—how it works, where the energy comes from and how it gets into your home
Man wearing VR headset
Pulseworks® VR Transporter
An eye-popping, virtual reality adventure simulator
Aerial photo of a manmade river cut through the desert
San Diego's Water
Explore the diverse sources of San Diego’s water and the methods of delivering and processing it
Middle school aged girl with adult man playing with a lightbulb exhibit
So Watt!
Interactive experiences let you understand how electricity is generated and how we all can conserve energy
View of Earth from space with cities lit up
Space Gallery
Immerse yourself in four interactive areas in this gallery while understanding new discoveries about our Earth, Sun, Solar System and Universe
Woman tinkering with colored paper on a cutting mat
Studio X
Everyone has an eXciting, innovative side, and Studio X is a place where families can eXplore it
Close-up of a sloth sleeping, it features a sloth from the nose up, filling the entire frame, excluding a tan bar on the left side of the image. The sloth has brown and shaggy hair on top of its head. Its eyes are closed, and its dark and fleshy nose is square with nostrils facing forward. The sloth's hair is thin and coarse with light and dark brown strands.
Survival of the Slowest
Learn about counterintuitive adaptations that help animals survive and thrive in the wild!

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