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Structures Around the World
Structures Around the World

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Science of Sharing Educator Activities

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Imaging Station Wallpapers
Imaging Station Wallpapers

Download desktop wallpaper for your computer.

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Why Save Seeds?
Why Save Seeds?

Find out why biodiversity benefits plants and people alike.

Turbulent Orb

The Turbulent Orb flows like the surface of Jupiter.

Spectra From Space
Spectra From Space

An introduction to spectra and to the space-based telescopes. The site includes a number of hands-on activities.

Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television
Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television
. . . silence of things secret . . ., by Matthew Goodheart

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Go With The Flow
Go With The Flow

Spin the bottle to see beautiful swirling shapes

Zebrafish

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The Higgs Boson Particle
The Higgs Boson Particle
Interview with Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

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Listening Guides

Skilled listeners share their secrets.

Earliest Memories
Earliest Memories

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ECHO Climate Change Symposium
ECHO Climate Change Symposium

In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.

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Seeing

What do you really know about what you see?

About Chaco Canyon
About Chaco Canyon

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

Guillermo Galindo: Interview

Experience Guillermo Galindo's thoughts on his boundary-breaking musical works.

Copper Caper
Copper Caper

Watch old pennies turn bright and shiny right before your eyes!

Transit of Venus: Sonification

Experience Wayne Grim's sonification of the transit of Venus.

Bronx Cheer Bulb
Bronx Cheer Bulb

Your CRT screen may appear to wiggle when you give it the raspberry, but the only thing wiggling is you.

Seismic San Francisco
Tour San Francisco's geologic past with Exploratorium Educator Ken Finn.
Eames Design Guest Speaker Series
Eames Design Guest Speaker Series

A series of talks celebrating both the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Eames design legacy.

Fireworks in a Bottle

by • July 3, 2015

Make your own liquid “fireworks” with this simple and safe activity.

Krill
Krill

Tiny shrimplike crustaceans, krill play a critical roll in many marine food webs, even feeding huge baleen whales.

Zebrafish

A model for heart development

This year marks 50 years since the first human set foot on the moon. Relive the memories with NASA scientist Brian H....
NASA Moon Tour with Brian H. Day

This year marks 50 years since the first human set foot on the moon. Relive the memories with NASA scientist Brian H. Day—take a look back at each of the Apollo landing sites, examine why NASA chose each one, and reflect on what they learned at each site.

Camera Obscura

Step inside San Francisco's landmark camera obscura with operator Robert Tacchetto.

Singing in the Shower
Singing in the Shower

Capture the sound of your beautiful voice by singing into a wok.

Census of Marine Life
Census of Marine Life

Exploring the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans

Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse Gases

Heat-trapping gases play a major role in polar climate change.

I M O K. U R O K.
I M O K. U R O K.

You can make sentences without words!

Outrageous Ooze
Outrageous Ooze

This stuff can't make up its mind -- is it a liquid or a solid?

Science in the City: Slide Rules

Come out to play on Seward Street concrete slides.

The Art of 3D Printing

See how 3D printing can be used to make art.

Bringing Masks to Life
Bringing Masks to Life
We can communicate our feelings with our bodies as well as our faces and words.
File Card Bridges
File Card Bridges

How many pennies will your bridge hold?

Energy from Death
Energy from Death

Learn how living things get energy from dead ones in this interactive exhibit.

The Dirt on Dirt
The Dirt on Dirt

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics

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

Frog City USA
Frog City USA

Take a virtual journey to the frog capital of the world, Rayne, Louisiana.

Total Solar Eclipse: Live From Turkey
Total Solar Eclipse: Live From Turkey

On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse occurred when the new moon moved directly between the sun and the earth. The moon’s shadow fell on the eastern tip of Brazil, sped eastward across the Atlantic, through northern Africa, across the Mediterranean, an

Total Solar Eclipse from China: August 1, 2008
Total Solar Eclipse from China: August 1, 2008
Ancient Observatories
Ancient Observatories

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

Putting Something on the Ball
Putting Something on the Ball

When you pick up a baseball, it immediately suggests its purpose: to be thrown fast and with considerable accuracy.

Peter Whitehead
Peter Whitehead

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

Bread Science 101
Bread Science 101

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

Lisa Mezzacappa Interview

Resonance live interview with artist Lisa Mezzacappa.

Geometry Scavenger Hunt
Geometry Scavenger Hunt

What geometric shapes can you find on the playground?

Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television
Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television
Solar Images
Solar Images

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

Explore Gluten
Explore Gluten

Explore gluten, the substance that gives bread its structure.

Flying Tinsel: What's going on

Flying tinsel isn't magic—it's repelling electrostatic charges.

Strandbeest: Animaris Suspendisse

Explore the idiosyncrasies of strandbeest motion as one traverses the beach.

What's New In the World
What's New In the World

Stories about science, art, and human perception—from 1998. 

Using the Wired Pier Web App

by Mary Miller • April 19, 2017

Launch our new web app to explore environmental data. 

Walking Polygons
Walking Polygons

Investigate the interior angles of polygons with your feet.

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