Exploratorium
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 located in the Palace of Fine Arts and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: museum in San Francisco
- Also known as: “exploratorium.edu” and “The Exploratorium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palace of Fine Arts and Walt Disney Family Museum.
Palace of Fine Arts
Photo: Kevin Cole, CC BY 2.0.
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental structure located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art. Palace of Fine Arts is situated 360 feet southeast of Exploratorium.
Walt Disney Family Museum
Museum
Photo: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Walt Disney Family Museum is an American museum that features the life and legacy of Walt Disney. The museum is located in The Presidio of San Francisco, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco. Walt Disney Family Museum is situated 3,000 feet west of Exploratorium.
Presidio Tunnel Tops
Park
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Presidio Tunnel Tops is a park, which is situated 2,200 feet west of Exploratorium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marina District and Pac Heights.
Marina District
Quarter
The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood sits on the site of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, staged after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to celebrate the reemergence of the city.
Pac Heights
Quarter
Photo: Beland, Public domain.
Pacific Heights is a wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States. It has panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, the Palace of Fine Arts, Alcatraz, Presidio of San Francisco, and the Sutro Tower.
Presidio Terrace
Neighborhood
Presidio Terrace is a small, extremely affluent gated neighborhood in San Francisco that was the first of the master-planned communities built in the West Side of the city.
Exploratorium
- Categories: museum, science museum, and nonprofit organization
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Exploratorium” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إكسبلوراتوريوم”
- Chinese: “探索博物馆”
- Chinese: “探索館”
- Chinese: “探索馆”
- Chinese: “科學探索館”
- Chinese: “舊金山探索館”
- Dutch: “Exploratorium”
- Finnish: “Exploratorium”
- French: “Exploratorium”
- German: “Exploratorium”
- Indonesian: “Exploratorium”
- Italian: “Exploratorium”
- Japanese: “エクスプロラトリアム”
- Latin: “Exploratorium”
- Macedonian: “Експлораториум”
- Persian: “اکسپلوراتوریوم”
- Portuguese: “Exploratorium”
- Romanian: “Exploratorium”
- Russian: “Эксплораториум”
- Spanish: “Exploratorium”
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Localities in the Area
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