The
Exploratorium's core exhibit collection consists
of five broad content areas and a temporary exhibition
program. The museum develops its own exhibitions and
also hosts those from other organizations. We particularly
encourage proposals that relate to the thematic interests
of the museum, as described below.
Mind: Attention, Emotion, and Judgment
This new project at the Exploratorium, funded by the National Science Foundation, focuses on three areas of mental activity that mediate perceptions and enable human action: attention, emotion, and judgment. Working with an interdisciplinary team of museum staff and artists, scientists, and educators from outside the museum, the Mind project will develop more than 30 new interactive exhibits, as well as programs including brain dissections, psychology research with visitors, films, workshops exploring ways of highlighting the workings of the mind in everyday life, and lectures by professionals. The project links to formal education through K-12 teachers in professional development, and university faculty and museum educators who serve school audiences. Dissemination includes Web activities and a traveling film program.
Outdoor Exploratorium: Experiments in Noticing
The Outdoor Exploratorium is an NSF-funded project to create a collection of outdoor exhibits dispersed at partner sites throughout San Francisco. The project will consist of 20 to 25 installations and exhibits that explore the natural phenomena of the immediate environment. Water, wind, sound, and light, in all their complex behaviors, will be foci of investigation. Rather than simply selecting exhibits that are too big or too messy to put indoors, we want to focus the Outdoor Exploratorium on interventions that can help visitors notice, reflect upon, and experiment with the phenomena all around them. Areas of investigation also include the built environment and human behavior in urban environments. more 
Nanotechnology
NISE: A Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
Advances in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology are revolutionizing medicine, computing, materials science, energy production, and manufacturing. Yet to the general public, these advances remain largely invisible and difficult to understand. Nanoscale research challenges the education and research communities to come together and create new methods and approaches to communicate the work of nanoscale scientists and engineers, to inform the public about advances in scientific research, and to capture the imagination of diverse communities of youth who may choose careers in science and engineering. Addressing these challenges will lead to new thinking, techniques, and partnerships between educators and scientists-just as the advancement of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology has led to new disciplines, technologies, and collaborations.
Listening, Sound, and Hearing
Our popular and expanding collection of exhibits on auditory perception,
sound, music, resonance, and vibration.more
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