Science of Gardening
Dig into the succulent science of making things grow.
Geometry Playground
Geometry Playground will change the way you think about geometry. This exhibition engages your hands, brain, and body in playful investigations of this most visible branch of math.
Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?
For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?
Origins
Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.
Chaco Canyon
Come with us to Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico, which is rich with thousand-year-old artifacts of the ancient Pueblo culture and contains sites that appear to have been astronomical observatories.
Solar Eclipse: Stories from the Path of Totality
Explore stories, dispatches, photos, articles, and archived Webcasts of total solar eclipses from 1998 to 2010.
Science of Cycling
Check out top mountain biker, Ruthie Matthes. Learn about frames and materials from a custom bike maker. Try interactive javascripts that calculate braking distances and energy consumption.
Iron Science Teacher
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
Doctor Atomic: Commentary on an Opera
Explore the scientific, historical, and cultural context behind a new opera about the first atomic bomb test.
Science of Baseball
What's the science behind a home run? Why do curveballs curve? Learn about the game from players from the S.F. Giants & Oakland A's.
Voyages of Discovery: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer
The Okeanos Explorer is the newest vessel in NOAA's fleet and the first to be dedicated solely to exploration and discovery missions. Follow along with the scientists and crew on their discovery voyages.
Extemophiles in Kamchatka
Follow scientists looking for life in the hot springs of the Russian Far East.
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Cow's Eye Dissection Find out how your eyes work and watch a real dissection of a cow's eye. INTERACTIVE
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Planetarium View the night sky from any latitude on earth, and take a guided tour of the Hawaiian star families. INTERACTIVE
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Seasons and Shadows Why is your shadow longer in winter than in summer? Grab a basketball and some paperclips and find out! HANDS-ON
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Canoe Tour Take a virtual tour of a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe. INTERACTIVE
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Sound Sandwich Make a crowd-pleasing noisemaker called a sound sandwich, which you can adjust to raise or lower its pitch. HANDS-ON
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Modeling the Seasons See for yourself how the tilt of the earth's axis results in what we experience as the seasons. HANDS-ON
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Make Your Own Petroglyph Try your hand at explaining symbols both modern and ancient, and then make your own. HANDS-ON
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Your Age on Other Worlds Find out why people who love birthday parties should move to Mercury.
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Subzero Gardening Tour a hydroponic greenhouse in frozen Antarctica. VIDEO
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Your Weight on Other Worlds Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or The Moon? Here's your chance to find out.
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Solar Images: Tools Through Time The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies. ARTICLE
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Cute-ify Investigate the factors that make animals, faces, and even objects cute—or not. INTERACTIVE
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Exploratorium @
The Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 561-0360 - general information
(415) 561-0362 - Tactile Dome reservations
Open Tuesday—Sunday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays (except certain holidays). For details, visit our calendar.
