$5 admission to the Museum of Discovery and Science on Saturday

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$5 admission to the Museum of Discovery and Science on Saturday

By Doreen Christensen September 18, 2010 06:53 AM

Visit Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Discovery and Science on Saturday for $5 as part of a deal between the museum and Walmart. Admission usually runs $11 for adults and $9 for kids.

There are more than 200 fascinating things to touch and see, like the Minerals Rock exhibit, Runways to Rockets and the Great Gravity Clock. There's also bats, sharks and alligators, turtles and iguanas! You can also visit Mars or take a FA-18 for a spin in a fighter jet simulator.

"Arabia 3D," "Hubble" and "Dinosaurs" are showing at the IMAX Theater. The movies are not included in the special admission.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The museum is located at 401 SW Second Street in Fort Lauderdale; 954-467-6637.

Click here to go to the MODS website.

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Doreen Christensen has never paid full price for anything. If there is a way to save on something, she will find it and share how you can save, too. Doreen is a senior reporter covering consumer news, health, beauty and features for the online and print editions of the Sun Sentinel. A 32-year veteran of the newspaper, she previously was a senior copy editor on the universal copy desk. Doreen spends her time off hunting bargains, clipping coupons, gardening and traveling.

Justine Griffin covers retail and marine business for the Sun Sentinel. She is a Tampa Bay native who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2010. After spending a year covering crime in St. Augustine, Fla., she moved to Fort Lauderdale and made the switch to business journalism. When she’s not writing, she’s riding horses and spending time with her whippet puppy, Josie.

Marcia Heroux Pounds is the Sun Sentinel's workplace columnist when she's not shopping for shoes. She also writes about small business, which allows her to visit many of South Florida's unique shops and boutiques.

$5 admission to the Museum of Discovery and Science on Saturday

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