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

There's more to polar ice than just frozen water. Learn about the many varieties of ice found at the poles and how and where they form.

Discover the uncommon stories behind the most common fruits and vegetables.

A downloadable series of graphics from our Faultline website gives a snapshot of seismic science.

Close your eyes – and open your ears.

Far north in the night sky, a faint glow appears on the horizon. Green and red flames of light stretch across the sky.

Nobel Laureate Symposium

Join us as we investigate the sweet world of sugar.

The earth moves in mysterious ways

The Exploratorium is taking it outside to explore natural and human-made phenomena in and around San Francisco. Look for new episodes twice each month.

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

Find out why people who love birthday parties should move to Mercury.

Learn about the giants of the polar seas.

This series of activities explores those handiest of appendages, your hands.

Find out what's inside a floppy disk.

Explore the surrounding sounds that everyday objects make. Build a noise contraption from these objects, then add a PicoCricket to automate your contraption. Finally, add a light sensor and program your sound automata to "play" when triggered by light.

Sit down for compost tea with a visionary cultivator.

Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires?

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

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

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