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Member Benefits
Exploratorium membership pays for itself in fewer than three visits.
Unlimited Admission
All Exploratorium memberships include a full year of free admission to the Exploratorium.
- With more than 650 hands-on exhibits, you could come every day we’re open for a year and experience something new in every single visit.
- Daytime memberships allow unlimited access to the Exploratorium daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday and select Mondays.
- After Dark memberships allow unlimited access to a packed calendar of 50+ After Dark Thursday evening programs (ages 18+ only), each featuring cocktails, a unique theme, and special programming.
- Want it all? Check out our Supporter and Sustainer membership levels, which include unlimited admission to both Daytime and After Dark hours.
Exclusive Access
Both Daytime and After Dark members get special members-only access and events throughout the year, including member previews, special tours, and workshops.
- Check out our Member Events to see upcoming and past programming and perks.
- Join us for our new members-only Saturday morning summer hours, starting summer 2020!
May Is for Members
Each May, we thank you for your support with a month of extra perks.
- Daytime members get in free to After Dark Thursday Nights and the Tactile Dome
- After Dark members visit free during the day
- Extra store and dining discounts
- Special member hours
- Free entry at other museums and cultural attractions, and more.
NEW! Reciprocal Admission
- All Daytime members receive free admission to over 350 science and technology centers worldwide. The perks of Daytime membership are now global through our participation in the Association of Science and Technology Center’s reciprocal admission Passport Program.
Store Discounts
Members always get 10% off at the Exploratorium Stores, both at the museum and online.
- Discover unique gadgets, games, tinkering items, and books that focus on science, art, and technology.
- You’ll find a wide variety for both kids and adults that are great for holiday and birthday gifts, and unusual San Francisco souvenirs.
- Our stores are the only place to get Exploratorium clothing and gift items designed and made by local San Francisco artisans.
- All your purchases help support the Exploratorium’s educational mission.
Tactile Dome Discounts
- Daytime members receive discounted tickets ($3 off per ticket) for one-hour journeys through total darkness inside our world-famous Tactile Dome.
After Dark Discounts
- Daytime members and their guests receive $5 off per ticket on After Dark Thursday nights.
- Daytime members get free After Dark admission during our annual members’ month, May Is for Members.
