About ExNET

The Exploratorium Network for Exhibit-Based Teaching (ExNET) is a hybrid exhibit and teaching program that shares the fruits of forty years of research by the Exploratorium and affiliated partners with a diverse group of science-rich institutions around the United States and the world.

Sam Dean
ExNET Program Director
sdean@exploratorium.edu
+1 415-353-0442 (phone)

Workshops

Curious about new ways of learning?
We'd be thrilled to share our ongoing deep exploration and research into new ways of using exhibits as learning tools.

Exhibit Groups

ExNET features a collection of the best of the Exploratorium’s exhibits, grouped together thematically into a number of different powerful combinations.

Partner Institutions

ExNET Partners, representing large and small museums worldwide, organize around the exchange of exhibits, people, and expertise to contribute to a worldwide culture of learning.

Recent ExNET Posts

August 17, 2010 - Gearing up for MindFest By Aiona Bones
Next Saturday, Don Harrington Discovery Center, located in Amarillo, Texas, is hosting MindFest, a day packed full of interesting exploration opportunities, including dismantling a car, walking on oobleck, and tinkering around lots of other rich and playful activities. MindFest is also a great opportunity for museum educators to get together and have some fun.
Last week [...]
August 2, 2010 - Egypt By Aiona Bones
Earlier this summer Anne Richardson and I headed around the world to Qanater, Egypt, to work with floor staff at a new hands on museum. During our two day training they experimented with optics, played with bubbles, and used inquiry to explore hands on exhibits. I was delighted with their enthusiasm and excited for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]