All year long we set aside Sunday mornings for Daytime members, donors, and Corporate members—10:00 a.m. to noon is just for you. Join us for a leisurely visit, enjoy lunch at the Tinkering Table ...

Art and science meet in a tube of mirrors. Rolls of shiny Mylar bundled into a tube together create a dazzling pixelated view of the world. Use your pixel tube to explore reflections of light and ...

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Notice – Please note that the Exploratorium is moving to a new ticketing system on 10/27/25. Tickets for dates from 10/28/25-01/04/26 will be available starting on 10/27/25. Apologies for any ...

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Our social lives are filled with ritualistic touching: from hugs to high fives to pinky-swears. These acts of interpersonal contact create feelings of connection between people—both literally and ...

Join us for Storytime Science—a storybook read aloud followed by a simple related science activity geared toward very young children. This month, Exploratorium staffer and children's literature ...

Happy National DNA Day, which commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. Published sixty-four years ago in the journal ...

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Screaming headlines abound in our media-saturated world. “Killer Moths Invade Homes.” “New Drug Promises Alzheimer’s Cure.” “Experts Confirm: Sky Is Falling.” Some are obvious click bait, but others ...

Over the past several years of doing automata, we've developed some "classic" motion examples for participants to check out as they are starting to design their creations. On the old PIE pdf for ...