We offer Nonmembers and Members of all ages and interests a variety of fantastic things to do and create! Bring the whole family to the museum to explore some of our most popular demonstrations, or take to the outdoors with excursions that let you see a different side of hands-on science. Enjoy brand-new family and adult art workshops—plus much more!

Excursions:

Join Exploratorium educator Ken Finn for Exploratorium-style learning and fun out and about in San Francisco. Please note!: Because our excursions take place in public locations, children are not permitted to attend without a participating, paying adult. Excursions are $15 per person, and preregistration is required.

Black Sand Treasure Hunt

Saturday, June 16
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Black Sand is one of the most popular exhibits at the museum; visitors of all ages can't keep their hands off it! Join Exploratorium educator Ken Finn in search of elusive "black sand" (aka the magnetic mineral magnetite) at Ocean Beach. Tools and materials will be provided. We'll send you home with black sand and magnets so you can make your own miniature Black Sand exhibit—just like the one at the Exploratorium. Join us at Taraval & the Great Highway, and bring the fun home.

Price is $15 per person. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.

Family Investigation Workshops:

Please check back for more information about fall 2012 family investigation workshops.

Get ready to be hands-on and minds-on with your family. You may have seen our popular cow’s eye and heart dissections at the museum, but with Family Investigation Workshops you and your family are invited behind the scenes to do these same hands-on explorations with us. Each family workshop will feature one of the activities from our award-winning Exploratopia publication and will focus on practicing the “Tools for Exploration” found in the book. These tools can be used anywhere, anytime, to actively explore the world.

Open to families with children ages 7 and up.