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Online Events
Full-Spectrum Science Online: Mixing Color
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • 4:00 p.m.
Are the primary colors really red, yellow, and blue? What you learned in elementary school may be mistaken. How can you get the color yellow from mixing red and green together? Watch and find out.
After Dark Online: Earth Day
Thursday, April 22, 2021 • 7:00 p.m. PT
Join us as we look toward our local landscapes, celebrating and highlighting the work of organizations exposing inequitable impacts of climate change and advocating for environmental justice.
For the Curious Online:
Exclusive Member Virtual Programs—Close Up Sea Critters
Saturday, April 24, 2021 • 10:00–11:00 a.m. PT
Join Exploratorium marine biologists Veronica and Dana in investigating the creatures that live in coastal tide pools and the bay water right beneath the museum.
Storytime Science for Kids Online: The Flying Things Episode
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. PT
Hear the Exploratorium's own Vivian Altmann read Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, and build three different flying things.
After Dark Online: Forever Chemicals
Thursday, April 29, 2021 • 7:00 p.m. PT
Chemicals found in products we use and wear have impacts on our bodies and can compound stressors such as COVID-19 and climate-related events. Learn about toxic “forever” chemicals and what we can do about them.
After Dark Online: Stories from Chinatown
Thursday, May 6, 2021 • 7:00 p.m. PT
San Francisco's Chinatown exists as a dynamic community of families and individuals cultivating tradition and nurturing social progress. Join filmmaker James Q. Chan as he shares his current documentary project, Chinatown Stories: You are Here.
Party at the Piers: Emergence
Friday, May 7, 2021 • 6:00 p.m. PDT
On May 7, our annual gala fundraiser will delight and surprise you, while raising crucial support to sustain the Exploratorium during our prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the Curious Online:
Exclusive Member Virtual Programs—Mini Mathematical Universes
Saturday, May 8, 2021 • 10:00–11:00 a.m. PT
In this workshop you can take a stab at applying the scientific method to a collection of intriguing—and fun—puzzles. Each one is a mathematical creation that, with enough poking and curiosity, can be figured out.
Checking in with Perseverance
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 • 1:00 p.m. PT
Catch up with the Mars rover Perseverance and find out what's happening on the red planet. Where has Perseverance been? What has it found? Where is it going? Tune in and space out.
After Dark Online: Sustainable Energy
Thursday, May 13, 2021 • 7:00 p.m. PT
Explore technologies designed to harness renewable energy sources and lower the carbon footprint of energy use—virtually step onboard a self-sufficient hydrogen-powered vessel and inside the sustainable Exploratorium building to find out more about the science behind them.
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