exploratorium

Exhibits

  • Animation Station exhibit

Animation Station

A stop-motion animation is made of many pictures, each slightly different from the last.

Where:   Gallery 2: Tinkering
Exhibit Developers:   Sebastian Martin, Creative Machines, and Joe O'Connell

See the latest animations made by our visitors.

 
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More to explore

Animation Station
Animation Station goes online

by Sebastian • May 1, 2012

We wrote a new software for the exhibit that allows visitors to keep their movie.
cardboard characters
Small Scale Animation with Cardboard

by Amy • August 2, 2017

We made new cardboard pieces on the laser cutter to use with our stop motion animation stations.

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Magic Wand

Wave the wand quickly and see an image appear.