Exploratorium

This article is about the museum. For the film, see Exploratorium (film).

Exploratorium

Main entrance to the Exploratorium at Pier 15
Location within San Francisco Location within California
Established	1969 (1969); relocated in 2013
Location	San Francisco, California, United States
Coordinates	37.8014°N 122.3976°W / 37.8014; -122.3976
Type	Science, art, and human perception
Accreditation	AAM, ASTC
Visitors	~1 million (2014)
Director	Lindsay Bierman
Public transit access	The Embarcadero and Green station on the F Market & Wharves streetcar line; several other routes within walking distance
Website	exploratorium.edu

The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally in the Palace of Fine Arts where it founded Pi Day in 1988. The museum relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.

The museum has over 1,000 participatory exhibits divided into several galleries, mainly separated by content. Since its inception, the Exploratorium has expanded into other domains and has inspired more museums to adopt hands-on learning-by-doing exhibits.