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Member Benefits

Exploratorium membership pays for itself in fewer than three visits.

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Unlimited Admission When We Reopen

All Exploratorium memberships include a full year of free admission to the Exploratorium. Members enjoy online benefits starting now; on-site benefits extend a full 12 months from the museum’s reopening. We look forward to welcoming you back!

  • With six spacious indoor and outdoor galleries and hundreds of exhibits to explore, you can discover something new every visit.
  • Daytime memberships allow unlimited access to the Exploratorium daily.
  • 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 hours when we reopen!

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
  • 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.
 

Reciprocal Admission to Open, Participating Museums

  • The perks of Daytime membership are now global through our participation in the Association of Science and Technology Center’s reciprocal admission Passport Program. This program provides free entry to over 350 institutions that are 90+ miles away from the Exploratorium.

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 When It Reopens

  • 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 When We Reopen

 
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