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Cardboard Automata

Explore mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages to create your own moving sculpture.

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Contemplate the continuum of cinema at After Dark. 

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The Inupiaq People of Barrow, Alaska

The majority of Barrow residents are indigenous people who live both traditional and modern lives

CD Spectroscope: What's going on

Split light using an outdated form of music storage.

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Arctic Birds

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Collisions on Ice

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Bee Hummer

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Light Walk
Light Walk

Artist Bob Miller's Light Walk at the Exploratorium will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images.

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Find out how America's Cup catamarans balance...and tip over.
Monthly Wallpaper
Monthly Wallpaper

Decorate your desktop with some of the most intriguing pattern and perception images from the Exploratorium.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Bernie Krause: Performance

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Driven
Driven

How are creative investigations sparked? What does a state of inspiration feel like? Can inspiration be transmitted from person to person? Join us for an audio slideshow series that explores the fascinating world of how we work creatively.

Pictures in a Box
Pictures in a Box
Look closely at a TV and a newspaper and you’ll notice they are made up of lots of tiny dots
Science of Coffee
Science of Coffee

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

Cell Explorer
Cell Explorer

Learn about the inner workings of a cell through this interactive exhibit.

The Art of John Edmark

What do plants know about numbers? Paul Dancstep investigates.

Geology for Fossil Hunters
Geology for Fossil Hunters

Search a geological map of Ethiopia for fossils.

Kronos Quartet: Performance

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Scribbling Machines
Scribbling Machines

A Scribbling Machine is a motorized contraption that moves in unusual ways and leaves a mark to trace it's path.

Ocean Acidification in a Cup: What's going on

How does ocean acidification affect humans and sea life?

Cafe Wall Illusion
Cafe Wall Illusion

Interact with the Cafe Wall Illusion.

Time on Mars

What time is it on Mars?

Cow's Eye Dissection
Cow's Eye Dissection

Learn how eyes work, and watch a cow's eye dissection. Then follow step-by-step instructions to do a cow's eye dissection yourself.

Making Naked Eggs
Making Naked Eggs

A naked egg is an egg without a shell. Using vinegar, you can dissolve the eggshell without breaking the membrane that contains the egg.

Vocal Visualizer: Have fun

Two Vocal Visualizers are better than one.

Frozen Frogs
Frozen Frogs

By passing the winter frozen as solid as a holiday fruit cake, the wood frog breaks all rules. Scientists hoping to preserve human organs are paying close attention.

Transit of Venus: June 5-6, 2012; June 8, 2004
Transit of Venus: June 5-6, 2012; June 8, 2004
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.

Ancient Observatories Teacher's Guide
Ancient Observatories Teacher's Guide
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Neurons
Neurons

A fish-eye view of the brain

The Amazing Water Trick
The Amazing Water Trick

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Light Painting
Light Painting

You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.

Reflections on Soap Film Painting

Reflect on the deeper significance of Soap Film Painting.

Meet the Artist: Fi Henshall

Meet Fi Henshall, an automata artist showcased at the Curious Contraptions exhibition.

Circuit Boards
Circuit Boards

Tinker with electricity using common objects: batteries, lights, buzzers, motors, switches, etc.

Tidal Bulge

Make a paper model that helps explain the changing tides.

Remembering Loma Prieta
Remembering Loma Prieta

Read stories and see footage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Electric Guitar

Shred like Jimi or twang like Johnny? Find out how.

Diving into the Gene Pool
Diving into the Gene Pool

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

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.

Darwin Days
Darwin Days

In February 2009, the Exploratorium hosted Darwin Days, a series of presentations, debates, and discussions exploring the ways scientists continue to learn from and apply their knowledge of evolutionary biology to a broad range of pursuits.

Meet the Artist: Matt Smith

Meet Matt Smith, an automata artist showcased at the Curious Contraptions exhibition.

Ooblek Trek (cornstarch ooze)

Touch, dance, or walk on the ooze known as ooblek.

Avalanche

Watch out for stratification of objects—it's nuts.

How Far Can You Hit One?
How Far Can You Hit One?

How can something as light as air slow down a hit?

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.

Quake Basics: Measurements
Quake Basics: Measurements

Richter and beyond

Moldy Science: Cheese
Moldy Science: Cheese

Come along as we explore the cool, dark world of cheese.

Seasons and Shadows
Seasons and Shadows

Why is your shadow longer in winter than in summer? Grab a basketball and some paperclips and find out!

Brain Explorer
Brain Explorer

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

Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse

Explore webcasts, stories, dispatches, photos, and articles of total and annular solar eclipses and transits.

Antarctic Exploration
Antarctic Exploration

The lure of Terra Australis Incognita begins with the Ancient Greeks and ends with modern cruise ships.

Kosher Dill Current
Kosher Dill Current

High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles.

Special FX
Special FX

Make yourself giant or tiny with a snip of the scissors.

The Tinkering Studio
The Tinkering Studio

Activities and workshops for playful invention, investigation, and collaboration

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Electronic Guidebook Research Project
Electronic Guidebook Research Project
Seymour Papert Lecture
Seymour Papert Lecture

Learn how to bridge the digital generation gap

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