Exploratorium Blogs

Corrugation Nation

by Pearl Tesler • June 28, 2017

What does cardboard have in common with bicycles, kites, the Eiffel tower, and the Golden Gate Bridge? Triangles.

What's It Like to View a Total Solar Eclipse?

by Liz Ball • June 22, 2017

Viewing a total solar eclipse can give you a sense of your own place in the universe. Prepare for this fascinating, unnerving, awe-inspiring celestial event through the stories of others.

Light Play at Lighthouse

by Deanna • June 20, 2017

Pinhole Cameras with Modesto Tamez

by lianna • June 20, 2017

BAME meetup - Cardboard night

by Ryoko • June 15, 2017

Layering shadow play elements with Scratch

by Sebastian • June 9, 2017

Maker Faire 2017

by luigi • May 26, 2017

Writer Mary Roach Reveals How to Read a Cardboard Box

by Mary Roach • May 24, 2017

Box tattoos and bees? Writer Mary Roach spent time with our Welcome to WildCard exhibition team then made some surprising discoveries about cardboard boxes. 

Tinkering at the LEGO Foundation’s Partner’s Meeting

by luigi • May 24, 2017

This Thursday: Scratch Day at the Tinkering Studio

by luigi • May 23, 2017

Exhibits In Extreme Close Up: Dance Of Opposites

by Paul Dancstep • May 9, 2017

We've been looking at some of our exhibits using a scanning electron microscope. In this installment of the series we take a closer look at some styrofoam from the exhibit Dance Of Opposites.

Lighthouse Mini Maker Faire

by Deanna • May 1, 2017