Each year, ASU Open Door invites the local community, adults and children of all ages to experience ASU and discover why it continues to be ranked No. 1 in areas that matter. Whether you’re an adventure seeker, lifelong learner, science guru or art enthusiast, Open Door 2024 has hundreds of interactive, hands-on activities planned and created by ASU faculty, staff and students for adults and children of all ages in the local community.
Would you like to see recent Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope images? Or learn about the Psyche NASA mission led by ASU to visit the asteroid Psyche? How about looking into the future with Dreamscape Learn, virtual reality, artificial intelligence or visiting our newest building, the Walton Center for Planetary Health for a plethora of activities? Or looking backward at the “founding fossil” — Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis? We’ve got all that too! Like Engineering or Physics? Learn about 25+ engineering programs, from testing software programs, to 3D printing, to programming a robot, plus explore dozens of physics experiments. Dive into the microscopic water world by examining water samples from the nearby canal. Or visit The Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, where you can see and touch real meteorites, and meet the people who study them! Check out more than 60 years of handwritten observations of chimpanzees in the wild, begun by famed conservationist Jane Goodall. When we say we have something for everyone, we really mean it!
This year, ASU is inviting the Arizona community to explore the four campuses and the spaces accessible only to ASU students — laboratories, living collections, museums and classrooms — in person, and discover everything it has to offer — science, the arts, humanities, sustainability and more. Each campus will host Open Door for one weekend between Jan. 27 and Feb. 24.
- West Valley campus: Saturday, Jan 27, 1–5 p.m.
- Downtown Phoenix campus: Saturday, Feb. 3, 1–5 p.m.
- Polytechnic campus: Saturday, Feb. 17, 1–5 p.m.
- Tempe campus: Saturday, Feb. 24, 1–5 p.m.
