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After Dark: Extraterrestrials
Thursday, October 7, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Launch into the unknown—learn about curious objects in outer space.
After Dark: Discover the Wonder
Thursday, September 30, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Find your aha moment at the Gold Beams Social Club.
After Dark: Sea Otters
Thursday, September 23, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
An evening focused on California's charismatic and ecologically important sea otters.
After Dark: See for Yourself
Thursday, September 16, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Spark your curiosity at After Dark.
After Dark: Science Fiction Turned Fact
Thursday, September 9, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Dig into innovations that were once the stuff of imaginative conjecture.
After Dark: Science of Breathing
Thursday, September 2, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Tonight, we turn our attention to human breath.
After Dark: See for Yourself
Thursday, August 26, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Spark your curiosity at After Dark.
After Dark: Beneath the Bay
Thursday, August 19, 2021 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Dive beneath the surface of the Bay—what do you find?
After Dark: See for Yourself
Thursday, February 3, 2022 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Spark your curiosity at After Dark!
CANCELED After Dark: Discover Wonder
Thursday, January 20, 2022 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Bring fresh eyes to old favorites and uncover phenomenal new experiences.
Total Solar Eclipse: Free Online Teaching and Learning Resources
Align yourself with eclipse science in our video archives.
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department
Exploring the natural, built, and social landscapes.
San Francisco City Planning, San Francisco Public Library
Bringing strangers together in public space.
North Africa and Middle East Science Centers Network
Bringing relevant, timely STEM learning experiences into Arabic-speaking classrooms and homes.
PWP Landscape Architecture, Safdie Architects, Changi Airport Group, CapitaMalls Asia
Innovating ways to bring the outdoors indoors.
Stories from Chinatown | After Dark Online
In this program, join filmmaker James Q. Chan as he shares his current documentary project, Chinatown Stories: You are Here, and premieres a new episode.
Will a vaccine change my DNA?
Vaccines contain genetic material—but can they change your genetic material?
Why are vaccinated people getting infected?
Find out why a vaccinated person might still spread COVID-19.
Cans and magnatiles
Guest post by Casey Federico, an early childhood educator based in San Francisco. Her passions include supporting Bilingual and Bicultural families, teacher-led professional development, fighting for equity in early childhood, and tinkering for all ages.
Science of Cocktails @ After Dark
Thursday, February 17, 2022 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT. Sip your science at a very Exploratorium pop-up experience: Science of Cocktails @ After Dark.
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Pi (π) Day Celebration with John Sims
No matter how you slice it, you don’t want to miss Pi (π) Day.
Online Event: Persy's First Year on Mars
Friday, February 18, 2022 • 1:00 p.m. PT
Mars Mission team members discuss how Perseverance has spent its first year on Mars,
Ryan's Exploratorium Residency Week One
Guest post written by Ryan Jenkins, co-founder and managing director of Wonderful Idea Co, an experimental studio that explores art, science and technology through making and tinkering. Ryan was a core member of the Tinkering Studio from 2009 to 2017 and is excited to return for a new project with the team to develop open-ended, unfacilitated (or lightly facilitated) tinkerable experiences using a wide range of tools and materials.
After Dark: Sexplorations
Thursday, February 10, 2022 • 6:00–10:00 p.m. PT
Discover the creative ways in which the natural world gets it on.
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