Polar Play Days 2025 - The Tech Interactive

Build, play, celebrate this holiday season! Polar Play Days are back at The Tech Interactive in Downtown San Jose. Make hands-on science your new holiday tradition with engaging exhibits, seasonal STEM labs, make-and-take crafts, and more.

GA Ticket Pricing

$38: Adults
(Includes admission +1 Educational IMAX film)

$28: Children (3-17), students, and seniors (65+)
(Includes admission +1 Educational IMAX film)

FREE: Members + Ages 2 and under
(Includes admission +1 Educational IMAX film every visit)

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Events & Workshops

Add-on a workshop to your Polar Play Day itinerary! Offered on select dates and times. Space is limited, prebooking recommended.

Note: These workshops are add-on experiences and require a separate ticket. Visit the event ticketing page below for pricing.

More Upcoming Events

Molecular Meals Workshop: Taste of the Holidays

Nov. 29-30

Science you can taste! Play with molecular gastronomy to create edible popping spheres, inspired by holiday flavors.
Cozy Adult Crafternoon (18+)

Dec. 7

Adults need playtime, too! Create your own snow globes, light up gingerbread houses, festive bath bombs, and more.
Snowstorm in a Jar Workshop

Dec. 20-21 & 28

Snow much fun with science! Use chemistry and creativity to create your own wintery scene in a jar to take home.

Daytime IMAX Films

Admission includes a ticket to any of our daily documentary films in the IMAX Dome Theater.

Antarctica

Discover the mysteries of Earth's coldest, driest, and windiest continent. With never-before-seen footage, explore the farthest reaches of this majestic land where weird and wonderful creatures thrive in astounding abundance.
Dinosaurs of Antarctica

Journey to the south polar landscapes of Antarctica hundreds of millions of years ago. Join Antarctic scientists on a quest to understand the ice continent's profound transformation and predict the future as humans drive dramatic change.
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

Our planet is warming, and the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on Earth. Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, witness how climate change is rapidly altering this delicate ecosystem and learn how it affects us all. Explore how scientists and communities are working together to preserve this fragile wilderness for future generations.
Everest

Everest is the dramatic true story of a team of climbers who found hope, strength and triumph in the wake of tragedy. Their successful ascent of Mount Everest just days after fellow mountaineers and friends died. Formatted for IMAX, Everest is a compelling story about the human spirit and a mountain they love, respect and sometimes, fear.

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Evening IMAX Films

Hollywood films and LASERS! are not included in admission.

Wicked: For Good*

Nov. 20 to Dec. 3

Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.

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The Shining*

Dec. 12 & 14

We dare you to step into the haunted halls of the Overlook Hotel... in IMAX. Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece returns, and the terror is larger than life.
Holiday Magic | LASERS!

Dec. 6 - Jan. 3.

Celebrate the season with Laser Holiday Magic. We've gathered a selection of our favorite holiday tunes and brought them to life with gorgeous laser choreography.

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Taylor Swift | LASERS!

Dec. 13

Laser Taylor Swift takes her biggest hits and brings them to life in dazzling laser light. If you can’t score tickets to her concert, Laser Taylor Swift is the next best thing.

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