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Frank Oppenheimer
Founder of the Exploratorium

The qualities that made Frank Oppenheimer so special are the same qualities that make the
Exploratorium special: an insistence on excellence, a knack for finding new ways of looking
at things, a lack of pretentiousness, and a respect for invention and play.
...A short biography
...A somewhat longer biography
Video

Palace of Delights by Jon Else

 Exploratorium by Jon Boorstin

Random Frank Quotes

 Staff Remembrances

Exploratorium Beginnings

 Exploratorium-1972 Interview
Articles

Rationale for
a Science Museum

Exhibit Conception
and Design
  Everyone is You... or Me   Exploration and Discovery
  Museums, Teaching,
and Learning		   Teaching and Learning
  The Exploratorium:
A Playful Museum		   Recollections
  Growing Up
In The Arts		   The Arts:
A Decent Respect For Taste
  The Practical and Sentimental
Fruits of Science		   Living a Fruitful Life
  Adult Play   Watery Delights
  Jargon      
  The Aesthetic of
Frank Oppenheimer		  

Aesthetics and
the Right Answer
  Quotes   Picture Gallery
 
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