Experience the Exploratorium. Let your curiosity roam free through hundreds of exhibits in our six spacious indoor and outdoor galleries at Pier 15, San Francisco.

Uncover the history, geography, and ecology of the Bay Area. Wed, Oct 29 2025 Closed All Day. Wed, Nov 5 2025 Closed All Day. Wed, Nov 12 2025 Closed All Day. Thu, Nov 13 2025 Closed All Day.

How to Make a Pinhole Projector There are safe ways to view the sun. The simplest requires only a long box (at least six feet long), a piece of aluminum foil, a pin, and a sheet of white paper. The ...

Experience dazzling new installations and returning favorites at the Exploratorium’s beloved seasonal exhibition ...

Eclipses can be mystifying experiences. Traditions from around the world imagine the eclipse as everything from the Sun being eaten by monsters to an intimate meeting with the moon. Here, we explore ...

Visitors Can Take a Free Ride on the Sea Change, the First Zero-Emissions Hydrogen Ferry in the U.S., and Explore Its ...

The Institute for Inquiry at the Exploratorium empowers elementary teachers and leaders to bring science inquiry to life in K-5 education. Rooted in the museum's legacy of hands-on learning, IFI ...

Note that as the distance of the planet from the sun is increased, the period, or time to make one orbit, will get longer. Kepler didn't know the reason for these laws, though he knew it had something ...

Projects The Tinkering Studio is primarily an R&D laboratory on the floor of the Exploratorium, but whenever possible we try to share our projects, activities, and developing ideas following an “open ...

What Are the Three Types of Solar Eclipses?

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must be high school aged students (including students in traditional and alternate high school programs – between the ages of 15 and 18 for first time Explainers, and ...

Here’s a cow’s eye from the meat company. The white part is the sclera, the outer covering of the eyeball. The blue is the cornea, which starts out clear but becomes cloudy after death. Step 2: ...