Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is a of science, technology, and arts in , California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally in the where it founded Pi Day in 1988.
exploratorium.edu
Wikipedia
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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.

Photo: Kevin Cole, CC BY 2.0.
The is a monumental structure located in the of , California, United States, originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art. is situated 360 feet southeast of Exploratorium.

Museum
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The is an American that features the life and legacy of Walt Disney, founded by Diane Disney Miller and Walt E. Disney Miller. is situated 3,000 feet west of Exploratorium.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 2,200 feet west of Exploratorium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marina District and Pac Heights.

Quarter
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The is a neighborhood located in , . 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.

Quarter
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Pacific Heights is a wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States. It has panoramic views of the , , the Palace of Fine Arts, Alcatraz, , and the Sutro Tower.

Neighborhood
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is a small, extremely affluent gated neighborhood in that was the first of the master-planned communities built in the West Side of the city.

Exploratorium

Latitude
37.80382° or 37° 48′ 14″ north
Longitude
-122.44886° or 122° 26′ 56″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
849VRH32+GF
Geo­Names ID
5347240
Wiki­data ID
Q206518
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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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