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Artworks on View

Artworks on View

Art is everywhere at the Exploratorium. Here are some of the artworks currently on display—and where to find them.

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Pendulum Clock
A Pendulum Clock
At first glance, the giant see-through-erector-set-like structure seems to be a realization of one of Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical inventions.
Aeolian Harp exhibit
Aeolian Harp
Listen to a 27-foot-tall harp that's strummed by the wind.
Aeolian Landscape exhibit
Aeolian Landscape
Swirling sand evokes a desert landscape.
A large white abstract sculpture with a circular shape and multiple protrusions, displayed on a dark surface.
Albert
A mechanical object may seem alive if it responds to you.
Visitors interact with the Anti-Gravity Mirror exhibit.
Anti-Gravity Mirror
Take off and fly in a mirror that makes half your body look whole.
Two people standing near a large round sculpture in an outdoor urban setting.
Archimedes
Parabolic dishes collect and focus sound waves and reflect them to participants seated within them.
Two people sitting at a wooden desk, one appears to be working on a laptop.
As One
How closely can you and a partner mirror your movements?
Aurora exhibit
Aurora
A reflector stretches light from colored tiles into long bright ribbons.
Bay Lexicon exhibit
Bay Lexicon
Jane Wolff's writings guide visitors on a walk along San Francisco's waterfront.
A large, rough-textured wood log sitting on the floor of a warehouse-like space with large windows visible in the background.
Big Wood: 300 Years of Photosynthesis
Explore the complexity and enormity of this grand, once-living organism.
A large, ornate wall mirror with an elaborate wooden frame hangs on a blue wall.
Braided Stream
Air—not water—erupts through fine powder to sculpt these roiling streams.
Geometric steel structure against a blue sky with clouds.
Buckyball
Leo Villareal's Buckyball shines in both daylight and moonlight.