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As part of the Making and Tinkering Space at this year's conference, we're excited to invite you to an open Show & Connect session to share half-baked ideas...

We're part of the LEGO Playful Learning Museum Network, a community of practice that invites us to work together to confront shared challenges and develop best practices...

While tinkering with OctoStudio, we've been exploring how combining physical materials with code can support whimsical, surprising, and playful tinkering...

How can you turn trash into treasure? Ilse Cadena-Serrano created this awesome TV diorama for an exhibition called the red room at an art gallery...

Tinkering goes way beyond the stuff, but it's grounded in real, physical explorations of the world around us. I tore a cardboard...

The Art of Tinkering Show took place at the Exploratorium from June 18 – September 5, 2022! We hope that you were able to...

What does it mean to learn through play? We've been exploring what playful learning looks like in different settings, from the kitchen table to the museum floor...

Working at the Exploratorium means constantly being inspired by all of the different teams doing work driven by curiosity and creativity...

I was so inspired by Casey's experiments with combining tin cans and Magnatiles into a construction set that I wanted to try...

Something incredibly wonderful happens when you combine children's literature with tinkering activities. As children engage with...

In partnership with Story Time with Mr. Limata, we’ve been testing out different tinkering activities with his 2nd grade class...

Carrot & Pea: An Unlikely Friendship is a sweet story about standing out and embracing differences — so probably not...