Every Thursday from 6:00–10:00 p.m., After Dark transforms the Exploratorium into an adult playground with 700+ interactive ...

The Tinkering Studio is primarily an R&D laboratory, so whenever possible we try to share our projects, explorations, and developing ideas.

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 ...

Take off and fly in a mirror that makes half your body look whole. Here’s an exhibit where watching is at least half the fun. Positioned at one end of this large flat mirror, you can create any number ...

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 ...

Sunday (Daytime Members/Donors Only 10:00 am to Noon): 12:00 pm—5:00 pm ...

-Sportscaster Joe Garagiola describing the first documented appearance of a "stadium wave" at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum on October 15, 1981. Consider the stadium wave: a spontaneous group behavior ...

We have been prototyping a new automata activity called “Cranky Contraptions” using simple materials such as wooden blocks, wire, and foamies. Now that it’s been about a month that we have been ...

Before you take the next photo, make sure that you slide down the dot on the slider bar on the left. This gives you an onion skin (a faint ghost of the previous image that you captured) to help you ...

In 2021, the LEGO Foundation started a community of practice called the LEGO Playful Learning Museum Network (PLMN). A shared commitment to playful learning binds our 22 member institutions together: ...

Woleai is one of hundreds of small coral islands scattered like breadcrumbs across the South Pacific in the region known as Micronesia. The atoll, which is about the size of Golden Gate Park, has a ...