- Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is a public science
museum , located in theMarina District at thePalace of Fine Arts inSan Francisco, California . It is one of San Francisco's most popular museums, drawing over 500,000 people each year.Founded in 1969 by the physicist Dr.
Frank Oppenheimer , the Exploratorium is dedicated to teaching science through hands-on exhibits. Many of its exhibits are created by visual and performing artists as well as scientists and educators. Exhibit designs that have been created at the Exploratorium often are duplicated for other science museums worldwide. Some exhibits, of course, can't be duplicated, such as the off-siteWave Organ , a unique sonic experience located on a nearby point of land jutting into San Francisco Bay. The Exploratorium also features theTactile Dome , a three-dimensional pitch-blacklabyrinth that visitors must navigate using the sense of touch.The Exploratorium has an extensive website with many online science exhibits and
experiment s, which has received theWebby Award for Best Science Site five times since 1997.
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49-Mile Scenic Drive External links
* [http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Exploratorium official site]
* [http://www.exploratorium.edu/frank/index.html All about Frank Oppenheimer, founder of the Exploratorium]
* [http://www.exploratorium.edu/frank/rationale/index.html Frank Oppenheimer's rationale for building the Exploratorium]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=37.803032,-122.448281&spn=0.003081,0.004313 Google maps]
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