West Coast of the United States, US
Immerse yourself in a world of curiosity as you touch, tinker, and play with 700+ hands-on exhibits at San Francisco’s iconic Exploratorium with this full-day admission ticket.
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Step into San Francisco’s Exploratorium, a museum where science, art, and human curiosity come alive. Founded in 1969 by physicist Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, the Exploratorium reinvented what a museum could be by encouraging visitors to touch, tinker, and test the world around them.
Inside six galleries and outdoor spaces, you’ll find more than 700 exhibits built on-site by artists, scientists, and educators. Stop time with a strobe light, play with perception, watch fog swirl in a tornado, or test your senses in the pitch-black Tactile Dome. Exhibitions change regularly, so there’s always something new to explore, like Glow, where you can discover the art and science of light.
The Exploratorium is for everyone, including families, students, couples, and solo adventurers alike. On Thursday nights, the museum transforms into After Dark, an adults-only (18+) event with cocktails, music, and immersive programming (different ticket).
Beyond the exhibits, the building itself is a model of sustainability. Since relocating to Pier 15, the Exploratorium has become the largest net-zero energy museum in the U.S., powered entirely by renewable energy and cooled by Bay water. It’s a museum that doesn’t just teach science, it lives it.
What You’ll Explore Inside
• Human Phenomena Gallery: Experiment with thoughts, feelings and social behavior
• Tinkering Gallery: Try out our latest prototypes that we build for museums around the world, and get creative with hands-on building activities
• Seeing & Listening Gallery: Put your perceptions to the test with light, sound, color, and heat.
• Living Systems Gallery: Discover all scales of the living world in this working laboratory
• Outdoor Exhibits: Immerse yourself into large-scale exhibits on wind, water, and motion
• Bay Observatory: Enjoy panoramic Bay views with exhibits on local history, geography and ecology
General admission to the Exploratorium on date selected
All taxes and applicable fees
Written Guides in 12 Languages
Food and beverages
Public tours
Tactile Dome (available for purchase on-site or by calling the museum)
Great!
Super gemacht, spricht alle Sinne an. Wir hatten leider nur 2,5 Stunden Zeit, hätten aber gerne noch länger bleiben wollen.
Perfect daytime activity and you can really be here all day if experience all there is to offer. Perfect for kids or come to after dark for date night
Incroyablement ludique et éducatif ! Une mine de trésors tous plus ingénieux les un que les autres ! L’apprentissage par le jeu est le maître mots de ce lieu magique 🤩
Wonderful
The exhibits were so fun and dynamic! Some weren’t great for little kids. Maybe there’s a little kid area I didn’t know about? It was my first time.
The grandchildren (ages 7 and 9) loved it. I think they tried everything.
Good experience for both young and old!
cela pourrait être expliqué dans toutes les langues dont le français pour une meilleure compréhension