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Exploratorium

3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123 map
cross street: Palace of Fine Arts
district: Presidio

Tel. 415.561.0360
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Events Calendar

Thu Jul 31 - Sun Oct 05

Light Walks

Works by Jane Aaron, Michael Brown, Mark Esper, Kit Kube, and Michael Through October 5, 2008 Light Walks is an art exhibition in honor of Bob Miller, one of the Exploratorium's most influential artists, who died in 2007. Featured artists use li... More

Sat Aug 16 - Sat Sep 20

Physics of Toys

On the third Saturday of every month, the Exploratorium presents Physics of Toys, an interactive laboratory that explores toys in a one-on-one workshop in which children and adults alike investigate the science of everyday things. All materials are p... More

About Exploratorium

Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote museums as educational centers.

This unique museum was founded in 1969 by noted physicist and educator Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, who devoted his efforts to it -- and was its director -- until his death in 1985.

Admission (beginning June 1st):

Members: FREE
Adults (18-64): $14.00
University Students: $11.00
Senior Citizens (65+): $11.00
People with Disabilities: $11.00
Youth (13-17): $11.00
Children (4-12): $9.00
Children Under 4: FREE

Combined admission to the Exploratorium and the Tactile Dome is $17.00.

Hours

Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 10 am - 5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 5 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 5 pm
Friday: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm

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Editorial Review

Reconsidered Materials

at The Exploratorium

By Clifton Lemon (03/17/2006)

" This quirky show at San Francisco's exuberant Exploratorium is a special exhibition of over ten artworks made from stuff not normally associated with "fine" art, or with art at all for that matter -- things like styrofoam, carbon, duct tape, retreads, recycled plastic, mayonnaise jars and cupric sulfate, for starters. "

Editorial Review

Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond

By Greg Youmans

By SFS Staff (03/02/2001)

" Few things are scarier than math. Other subjects, art for instance, may be daunting and inscrutable. But faced with difficult art, we can always defend ourselves with our imperious subjectivity, scoffing at an artwork's failure to affect us as intended, or, better yet, accusing a piece of simply not meaning anything. These are harder positions to take when math confronts us in our ignorance. For many of us, math is meaning. And when faced with the austere beauty of a parabola, reducible to a simple equation composed of numbers and symbols — into which the subjectivity and imprecision of language do not even enter! — a person can indeed feel s "

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