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Our location on Pier 15 along the Embarcadero gives us a unique platform to investigate the history, environment, and changing ecosystems of San Francisco Bay, as well as human impact on climate. We strive to ask questions, understand the world around us, and share information with the public through interdisciplinary partnerships and by co-creating with communities. Our robust collection of programs, exhibits, and online learning experiences are designed to give visitors, educators, and policy-makers the tools they need to inspire curiosity and understand the scientific processes by which we research our changing environment.
Join us to envision the present and future of sustainable transportation. This special week of solutions-focused programs asks: how can we make getting around our cities enjoyable, equitable, and emissions-free?
We convene scientists, artists, policy-makers, and the public to discover and explore our world together. Through conversations about landscape and resilience, live ship-chats with scientists crossing the arctic, and discussions of the practices and tools scientists use to understand our world, our programs and events empower communities by forging connections and creating the space for interdisciplinary innovation and dialogue.
In 2013, our home on Pier 15 in San Francisco was awarded a LEED® Platinum rating for Building Design and Construction (BD+C). Since then, we’ve won numerous awards for maintaining the highest standards of sustainable architecture and design, striving to become the largest net-zero energy use museum in the U.S., and for our ability to turn our historic sustainable building into a chance for the public to engage with sustainable building systems.
2018 Sustainable Building Fact Sheet
Sustainability: The Exploratorium as Exhibit
Experts on Sustainable Building Systems
We believe that artists have an important role to play in public engagement with climate change. We bring together artists and scientists to explore and interpret scientific data and methodology, and to create experiences for the public that encourage understanding, investigation, and a sense of personal connection to human impact on the environment.
Exploratorium Climate & Environment Experts
Artists Investigating the Environment at the Exploratorium
"Exploratorium Invites Visitors to 'Transportation/Transformations' in September" | August 2019
About the Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is a portal to the astonishing scientific phenomena that animate our world and shape our actions. We create extraordinary learning experiences that ignite curiosity, upend perceptions, and inspire brave leaps forward. Since 1969, the Exploratorium’s museum in San Francisco has been home to a renowned collection of exhibits that draw together science, art, and human perception, and that have changed the way science is taught. Our award-winning programs provide a forum for the public to engage with artists, scientists, policymakers, educators, and tinkerers to explore the world around them. We celebrate diversity of thought, inspired investigation, and collaboration across all boundaries.
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Exploratorium
Pier 15 (Embarcadero at Green Street) • San Francisco • California
(415) 528-4444 • www.exploratorium.edu