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Automata activities - allowing space for inventing

by Sebastian • January 20, 2019

Clay Beams
Clay Beams

This clay building activity shows that when you make things bigger, weight increases faster than strength.

House of cardboard
Corrugation Nation

by Pearl Tesler • June 28, 2017

Cardboard gets its Amazonian strength from simple geometry.

French Musician Colleen to Kick Off U.S. Tour on June 11 at Exploratorium

by Exploratorium Staff • June 3, 2015

Colleen will perform selections from her April 2015 album, Captain of None.

Artist-in-Residence Zarouhie Abdalian on "The Art Assignment"

by Exploratorium Staff • June 11, 2015

PBS Digitial Studios' latest episode of The Art Assignment profiles Zarouhie Abdalian, an Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence.

Poetry, Plankton, and Play: Juan Felipe Herrera

by Exploratorium Staff • June 15, 2015

Juan Felipe Herrera has been tapped as the next poet laureate of the United States

Magritte Me at After Dark: Get Surreal
Mobile AR at After Dark

by Rob Rothfarb • February 15, 2011

Take a peek at a set of mobile augmented reality installations that were exhibited at an early After Dark program.

Blind Men and Elephant
Adaptive Work

by Josh Bacigalupi • February 22, 2017

Adaptive Work is understanding in the face of Complexity.
Boron: Glassblowing

Get fired up about boron, the element used in some glass.
Cheryl E. Leonard Performance

Discover music where you never expected to find it.
Inflatable: Jimmy Kuehnle

Jimmy Kuehnle’s inflated artworks engage his audiences with the unexpected.

Resonance: Unheard Sounds & Undiscovered Music

Watch contemporary musicians and sound artists perform and discuss their work.

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