Field Trip Explainers

Supporting and inspiring students

Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery 1: Human Phenomena

Experiment with thoughts, feelings, and social behavior.

Gallery 2: Tinkering

Think with your hands and explore your creativity.

Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing and Listening

Experiment with light, vision, sound, and hearing.

Gallery 4: Living Systems

Investigate the living world.

Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery 6: Observing Landscapes

Uncover the history, geography, and ecology of the Bay Area.

Gallery 5: Outdoor Exhibits

Explore winds, tides, and natural phenomena.

Black Box

This 800-square-foot gallery space provides an ideal environment for media art installations.

Resonance Season 4

Explore distant realms of musical possibility: unheard sounds and undiscovered music

Center for Art & Inquiry

Leading the Exploratorium’s arts strategy and direction, expanding the focus on art as a medium for exploration, inquiry, and discovery.

Arts Program Staff

The Seismic Joint Café

Grab some delicious, healthy food and drinks at our take-out café.

Teacher Institute

Hands-on, inquiry-rich experiences for secondary science and math teachers 

About Relating Research to Practice

Making educational research available to informal educators.

About the Center for Informal Learning in Schools (CILS)

Research and leadership programs

Creating Learning & Teaching Experiences

The Exploratorium provides science learning programs for children and youth from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Critical to these programs are opportunities for learners to be teachers (just as our programs for professional educators provide opportunities for teachers to be learners).

About the High School Explainer Program

These student employees engage visitors and help run the museum.

XTech

STEM program for underrepresented youth 

Community Educational Engagement

Exhibit-based educational activities and partnerships with community organizations

Online Engagement

Engaging with online audiences since 1993

Building Global Connections

Our world extends far beyond our physical home in San Francisco. We reach out across cultures and continents to build connections with people and institutions in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, China, India, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Slovakia, Portugal, and many other countries. Through these connections, we broaden our influence on formal and informal learning and help build a strong global community of educators and learners.

Collaborating with Science Agencies

Showcasing scientific research

The NOAA-Exploratorium Partnership

NOAA and the Exploratorium are long-term partners.

NASA-Exploratorium Collaborations

NASA has partnered with the Exploratorium for more than 40 years.

Collaborating with Educational Institutions

We work to build understanding about learning, to change the way that people learn, and to make science education more accessible and equitable.

Osher Fellows

We bring outstanding artists, scholars, authors, and scientists to the museum as Osher Fellows through the generosity of the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Welcome to the Press Office

About the Series

Explore distant realms of musical possibility with Resonance, a new evening series at the Exploratorium.