Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is a of science, technology, and arts in , . Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    June 19th—September 4th: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM and Friday 10:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “exploratorium.edu” and “The Exploratorium”
  • Address: San Francisco
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and Coit Tower.

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The is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Exploratorium.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a 210-foot tower in the neighborhood of , California, overlooking the city and . The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, was built between 1932 and 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco. is situated 2,200 feet west of Exploratorium.

Park
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Levi Strauss Plaza, also known as Levi Plaza or Levi's Plaza, is an office complex located in North Waterfront district of , west of The Embarcadero. is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Exploratorium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Telegraph Hill and Chinatown-North Beach.

Neighborhood
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is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in , California. It is one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The iconic stands at the apex of .

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in combines two adjoining neighborhoods that are culturally, politically, and aesthetically distinct, while geographically blending into each other.

Quarter
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The is a neighborhood in , California, United States, that serves as its main central business district and had 372,829 jobs according to U.S. census tracts as of 2012–2016.

Exploratorium

Latitude
37.80091° or 37° 48′ 3″ north
Longitude
-122.39852° or 122° 23′ 55″ west
Inception
April 12th, 2013
Open location code
849VRJ22+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 621529017
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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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Highlights include Pier 15 and Pier 17.

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