Exploratorium
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The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.
Key facts
- Museum.name
- Exploratorium
- Museum.logo
- Exploratorium logo.svg
- Museum.image
- Main Entrance to the Exploratorium at Pier 15.jpg
- Museum.caption
- Main entrance to the Exploratorium at Pier 15
- Museum.map_type
- United States San Francisco Central#California#USA
- Museum.established
- relocated in 2013
- Museum.location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Museum.type
- Science, art, and human perception
- Museum.accreditation
- AAM, ASTC
- Museum.visitors
- 1.1 million visits annually
- Museum.director
- Lindsay Bierman
- Museum.publictransit
- The Embarcadero and Green station on the F Market & Wharves streetcar line; several other routes within walking distance
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Archive
- Founded
- 1969
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding and early years
- Palace of Fine Arts
- Move to Piers 15 and 17
- Architecture and design
- Renovation of Piers 15 and 17
- Restaurant
- Sustainability
- Layout
- Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery 1: Human Phenomenon
- Gallery 2: Tinkering
- Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing and Reflections
- Gordon and Betty Moore Gallery 4: Living Systems
- Gallery 5: Outdoor Exhibits
- Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery 6: Observing Landscapes
- Public space
- Restaurant
- Educational programs
- Teacher Institute
- Informal learning programs
- Educational outreach
- Explainers
- Arts
- Influence
- Impact
- Website
- Events
- Related points of interest
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.
The museum has over 1,000 participatory exhibits and is divided into several galleries, mainly separated by content. Since its inception, the Exploratorium has expanded into other domains and has inspired an international network of participatory museums.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Exploratorium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (15)
On the map
2 mapped locations
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- Français
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- Italiano
- العربية
- Bahasa Indonesia
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- فارسی
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