Explore, Play, Discover: Websites, Activities, and More

The common ground between pickles, cheese, bread, wine, and many other foods.

See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.

Sit down for compost tea with a visionary cultivator.

Art/science teams explore the underlying systems that give the San Francisco Bay Area its unique character.

The fruit flies in this exhibit show just a few of the mutations that occur in natural fruit fly populations.

Is it just a glorified plank with roller skate wheels on it? Or is it a highly engineered device through which kids have reclaimed the urban landscape, bringing creativity and style back to the sterile asphalt spaces of sprawl?

The nearly ice-free Dry Valleys are an Antarctic anomaly, and Earth's closest equivalent to Mars.

Listen to internationally recognized authorities on human thought and behavior, including Temple Grandin and Paul Ekman.

What happens to meat when you cook it?

Peter Whitehead is an instrument builder, performer, and composer.

Make a simple rocket and a rocket launcher, and watch a demonstration of how the finished rocket will fly.

APE was a four-year Exploratorium project to explore strategies and tactics to shift the role of visitors from passive recipient of information to active participant in the exhibit experience.

Get messy with ExploraGoo and Outrageous Ooze! Get airborne with the Fabulous Foam Flyer! Get loud with the Water Gong or Straw Oboe!

Visit the Outdoor Exploratorium at Fort Mason to explore the science behind wind, waves, and more.

The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.

Recycle some cans to make after-dinner music!

What's the science behind a home run? Why do curveballs curve? Learn about the game from players from the S.F. Giants & Oakland A's.

What brings archeologists and astronomers alike to this ten-mile canyon in remote New Mexico?

Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.

Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

What happens to meat when you cook it?

Sperimenta interattivamente l'illusione del muro del caffé.

Watch this timelapse video to see a zebrafish develop from a single cell into an embryo

Explore the unknown world inside your brain with these fun activities.

A drop of water makes a fine magnifying lens.

What's really going on when you bake? Find out.

Explore the scientific, historical, and cultural context behind a new opera about the first atomic bomb test.

Join us as we investigate the sweet world of sugar.

A multifaceted exhibition that explored genetics and the Human Genome Project from a variety of perspectives from April 8 to September 4, 1995.

What's in that cup of coffee anyway? Find out about the history and chemistry of coffee.

fat, proteins, collagen, and more

How do scientists establish the age of artifacts, rocks, and settlements?

Interact with the Cafe Wall Illusion.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Make a simple musical instrument that sounds like a swarm of buzzing bees when you spin it around.

Do hot water and cold water mix?