Exploratorium by Jon Boorstin (Clip)
Date: November 14, 2004
Running Time: 00:15:19
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Jon Boorstin's 1974 film, Exploratorium, was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. This film explores the museum through imagery and sound, without a narrative voice-over.
Includes videos of Exploratorium founder Dr. Frank Oppenheimer discussing his vision for the museum, the films Palace of Delights and Exploratorium, and a webcast featuring Oppenheimer biographer K. C. Cole.
Visit the History of the Exploratorium Website
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 | Dr. Frank Oppenheimer: Origin of the Explainer program (Clip) 1/12/2012 Dr. Frank Oppenheimer discussing the origins of the Exploratorium Explainer Programs. ... |
| Exploratorium - From An Interview with Dr. Frank Oppenheimer (Clip) 11/30/2009 Produced by Thorne Films, this very early 1972 film details some of the history and thought tha ... |
| Palace of Delights (Clip) 11/14/2004 Originally produced for NOVA in 1982, Jon Else's film takes a look behind the scenes at ... |
| Exploratorium Beginnings (Clip) 11/14/2004 In this short film Frank Oppenheimer gives us some of his visions for what he is creating ... |
Archive
| Shaping the Exploratorium (Clip) 11/6/2012 In this historical video from 1996, which was originally made for a museum floor installa ... |
| Live at Exploratorium Compilation (1997) (Clip) 11/1/2012 In 1997, the Exploratorium opened the Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio on the museum floor, l ... |
| The Explainers in 1982 (Clip) 1/19/2012 Originally produced for NOVA in 1982, Jon Else's film, "Palace of Delights" takes a look behind ... |
| Dr. Frank Oppenheimer: Origin of the Explainer program (Clip) 1/12/2012 Dr. Frank Oppenheimer discussing the origins of the Exploratorium Explainer Programs. ... |
| Author K.C. Cole and Others on Frank Oppenheimer (Webcast) 12/1/2009 Join A, |
