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As a part of the Exploratorium's opening ceremonies, Miwa Matreyek performed in our Outdoor Gallery on April 17,2013. In her live performance, Matreyek interacted within beautifully expressed cinematic narratives that unfolded as wondrous journeys, exploring nature and human imagination.

Project: Arts at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: May 3, 2013
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art
Running Time:
00:02:15
For thousands of years, Indian women have created these elaborate geometric designs using a variety of natural materials—flowers, spices, sand, and natural pigment—to mark auspicious occasions, celebrations, and milestones.

Project: Arts at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: April 23, 2013
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art
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00:03:06
For the past forty years, the Exploratorium has set the standard in hands-on, inquiry-based education. See how our new Pier 15 home, with its new exhibits and expanded resources, is helping us achieve our mission: to change the way the world learns.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: April 17, 2013
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics, Art
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00:12:40
For our first episode in a new season of "Science in the City," we explore the creation of a bell for the Exploratorium’s new home at Pier 15. Artist Nick Diphillipo has been designing and casting bells and other objects for over thirty years. He teaches bell making at The Crucible in Oakland, California, as well as other foundry-related subjects.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: April 10, 2013
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, General Science
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00:01:00
Edited b-roll of establishing shots, exhibits, and visitors for press use of the new Exploratorium at Pier 15.

Project: Exploratorium Miscellaneous Press Video and Audio | Browse All

Date: April 9, 2013
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics, Art
Running Time:
00:03:00
Extended raw b-roll of establishing shots, exhibits, and visitors for press use of the new Exploratorium at Pier 15.

Project: Exploratorium Miscellaneous Press Video and Audio | Browse All

Date: April 9, 2013
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics, Art
Running Time:
00:02:00
What a great day! We were in the Mission and Bayview districts and on the Embarcadero for a free, preopening extravaganza that was part road show, part street festival, and all Exploratorium. On the Move featured a fleet of moving trucks equipped with museum exhibits and experiences accompanied by artworks, films, food, family activities, and live performances that culminated in a spectacular finale at Pier 15.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: March 13, 2013
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Art,
Running Time:
00:28:00
In this historical video from 1996, which was originally made for a museum floor installation, we learn about both the Palace of Fine Arts and the roots of the Exploratorium. This piece mixes footage from films in the Exploratorium's collection and interviews with historians, architects, and museum staff.

Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: November 6, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics, Art, History
Running Time:
00:04:50
Thomas Dolby performs his famous hit "She Blinded Me With Science" in the Exploratorium's webcasting studio.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: October 24, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art
Running Time:
00:07:53
Watch as comedian/musician Reggie Watts improvises an ending to the Mars webcast on August 9th, 2012.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 10, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, astronomy, general science