Since 1969, the Exploratorium has produced over 600 engaging and innovative, interactive exhibits about Science, Art and Human Perception. Our exhibits provide engaging experiences for visitors of all ages, and are valuable teaching tools for schools and universities as well. In addition to exhibits, we offer something that no one else can; educational training, programs, workshops and professional development to make your space a thriving and dynamic environment for visitors and staff. It is our mission to help you be successful, not only now, but well into the future.
Exhibit Services News
- June 30, 2010 - Earth Exposed in San Diego By Aiona Bones
Last Friday, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego opened ExNET’s newest fleet, Earth Exposed, exploring the dynamic processes that shape our planet. Eric Muller from the Teacher Institute headed down with me to work with their staff, a delightfully engaged crew ready to take these exhibits and run with them. Here’s a photo [...]
- April 22, 2010 - KQED Forum Panel with KC Cole, Dennis Bartels By Sam Dean
From a November 13, 2009, KQED Broadcast from the Exploratorium, with KC Cole and Dennis Bartels. MP3 Available for Download from the KQED site…
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R911131000
‘Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens’
Like his brother J. Robert Oppenheimer, Frank Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project. But Frank went on to become an educator, and to found [...] - February 24, 2010 - Explainer Videos By Aiona Bones
For the past couple of months I have been working on a video project with the Exploratorium Explainers. The goal is to catalog some of the unusual ways we use exhibits and some of the fascinating connections we help visitors make while they are there. Soon we will be posting them on exhibit pages so [...]
- January 29, 2010 - Pocket Magnifiers By Aiona Bones
For the past couple weeks I’ve been working on creating a list of good objects for floor staff to keep in their pockets while roaming the floor, to share with visitors and think about new concepts themselves. The magnifier in this post is an outtake, but it’s just so cool I wanted to put the [...]
- January 12, 2010 - Baoding Balls By Aiona Bones
Don Harrington Discovery Center is currently working hard on putting together their Bounce exhibition, which opens in June, and they are getting a new set of Exploratorium exhibits to complement their own. I’ve been searching the city for interesting spheres and round things and packing them together in a big box of toys and tools [...]