Global Collaborations

Projects

World renowned as a premier interactive museum exploring science, art, and human perception, the Exploratorium is a twenty-first century learning laboratory that produces phenomenal teaching tools, interactive exhibits, and innovative programs. Through Exploratorium Global Collaborations, which launched in 2012, our work as a collaborative R&D institution has expanded to help myriad organizations further their own unique goals, reach, and impact.

Global Collaborations projects are true partnerships. Working together with like-minded people, we use inquiry as a tool to ignite curiosity, empower learners, and inspire individuals on a broad scale to build a more reflective, critical, and empathetic world. Our partners and co-creators around the world include local and national governments, universities, museums, libraries, hospitals, corporations, and foundations. Our philosophy is that the local expertise and resources of our partners' communities must be meaningfully engaged as we work together to realize their visions.

Projects range from master planning to professional development to exhibition design, development, and fabrication. Learn more about some of our recent projects below, or see who we've partnered with around the world.

A.M. Qattan Foundation

Ramallah, Palestine

Building professional capacity and a new Science Studio in Palestine

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Washington, DC

Inspiring an engaged American citizenry through social science

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

San Francisco, CA

Transforming a hospital into a place to play, learn, and explore

Helix

Los Altos, CA

Creating community through hands-on science learning

Google

Mountain View, CA

Transforming smartphones into science tools

Speed Art Museum

Louisville, KY

Empowering people to connect and engage with art

Mid-America Science Museum

Hot Springs, AR

Enlivening a beloved museum with new exhibits and artwork

San Mateo County Libraries

San Mateo, CA

Hands-on learning hits the road

Global Collaborations Partners Since 2012

A. M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine
Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee, United Arab Emirates
Amazeum, Bentonville, AR
Los Altos Community Investments, Los Altos, CA
Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, CA
Changi Airport Group, Singapore
Children’s Discovery Museum of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV
City of San Leandro, CA
Cloud for Good, Asheville, NC
Creative Machines, Tucson, AZ
Dalio Foundation, Westport, CT
Discovery Center of Springfield, MO
Discovery Science Center, Los Angeles, CA
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Burlington, VT
Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR
Facebook, Menlo Park, CA
Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA
Google, Mountain View, CA
International Spy Museum, Washington DC
Kalamazoo Valley Museum, MI
Korean Development Institute, South Korea
LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, LA
Maltbie Inc, Mt. Laurel, NJ
Mid America Science Center (MASM), Hot Springs, AR
miSci, Museum of Innovation and Science, Schenectady, NY
National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD
National Media Museum, Bradford, United Kingdom
Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
Oklahoma Museum Network, Oklahoma City, OK
Omaha Children's Museum, Omaha, NE
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany
Questacon, National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, Australia
San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco, CA
San Mateo County Library, San Mateo, CA
Saudi ARAMCO, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
Science Centre Singapore, Singapore
Science Museum of London, England
Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Sietecolores, Mexico City, Mexico
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington DC
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Star Group, China
Tahoe Fund, Tahoe City, CA
Texas Museum of Science and Technology, Cedar Park, TX
Thanksgiving Point Institute, Lehi, UT
The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Plano, TX
The Presidio Trust, San Francisco, CA
TMG Partners, San Francisco, CA
Trust for Public Land, San Francisco, CA
TÜBITAK, Turkey
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Universum, Bremen, Germany
Village of Homewood, IL
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Learn more

Read about some recent collaborations, learn about how we work, meet our team, or get in touch.