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  • All PlayLists
  • A Different Light
  • “We” or “Just Me”?
  • See Yourself in Cells
  • Greatest Hits: Gallery 2
  • Greatest Hits: Gallery 3
  • Greatest Hits: Gallery 4
  • Museum Map
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Welcome to PlayLists

PlayLists are 20-minute self-guided tours of a handful of exhibits collected along a theme.

A Different Light

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Every day you encounter light in a dazzling variety of forms—screens, halogen headlights, fluorescent tubes, LEDs, streetlights, the Sun overhead. What’s the difference between these light sources, and what can we learn from the light they shed?

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"We" or "Just Me"?

Where: Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery 1: Human Phenomenon

Are you a pushover or a freeloader? Do you play well with others or play to win? Try these social experiments to learn about yourself—and others—as you confront social concepts of fairness, risk, and reward.

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See Yourself in Cells

Where: Gallery 4: Cells to Self

You’re made of cells—trillions of them. And no matter whether you’re busy or lazy, your cells are hard at work doing all the things needed to keep you alive and make you who you are.

Get a more intimate look at your cells and what they’re up to.

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Greatest Hits: Gallery 2

Where: Crossroads and Gallery 2: Getting Started and Tinkering

Ask a dozen people, “What’s your favorite Exploratorium exhibit?” and chances are you’ll get several dozen different answers. Still, if we had to choose just a handful of exhibits, these might be the ones.

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Greatest Hits: Gallery 3

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Ask a dozen people, “What’s your favorite Exploratorium exhibit?” and chances are you’ll get several dozen different answers. Still, if we had to choose just a handful of exhibits, these might be the ones.

TRY IT
Greatest Hits: Gallery 4

Where: Gallery 4: Living Systems

Ask a dozen people, “What’s your favorite Exploratorium exhibit?” and chances are you’ll get several dozen different answers. Still, if we had to choose just a handful of exhibits, these might be the ones.

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PlayLists

  • All PlayLists
  • A Different Light
  • “We” or “Just Me”?
  • See Yourself in Cells
  • Greatest Hits: Gallery 2
  • Greatest Hits: Gallery 3
  • Greatest Hits: Gallery 4
  • Museum Map

 


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