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 in the Palace of Fine Arts where it founded Pi Day in 1988.
- Museum
- …is wheelchair accessible
- Opening hours:
Tuesday–Sunday: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
June 19–September 4: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM and Friday 10:00 AM–9:00 PM - Description: museum in San Francisco
- Address: San Francisco
- Also known as“exploratorium.edu”“The Exploratorium”
- Established: April 12, 2013
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Transamerica Pyramid and Coit Tower.
Transamerica Pyramid
The Transamerica Pyramid Center is a pyramid-shaped… Transamerica Pyramid is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Exploratorium.
Coit Tower
Coit Tower is a 210-foot tower in the Telegraph Hill… Coit Tower is situated 2,200 feet west of Exploratorium.
Levi’s Plaza
Levi Strauss Plaza, also known as Levi Plaza or Levi's… Levi’s Plaza is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Exploratorium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Telegraph Hill and Chinatown-North Beach.
Telegraph Hill
Neighborhood
Telegraph Hill is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in San Francisco, California.
Financial District
The Financial District is a neighborhood…
Exploratorium
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Latitude
37.8009° or 37° 48′ 3″ north
Longitude
-122.39853° or 122° 23′ 55″ west
Open location code
849VRJ22+9H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Exploratorium” goes by many names.
إكسبلوراتوريومArabic
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Chinese
ExploratoriumDutch
ExploratoriumFinnish
ExploratoriumIndonesian
ExploratoriumItalian
エクスプロラトリアムJapanese
ExploratoriumLatin
ЕксплораториумMacedonian
اکسپلوراتوریومPersian
ExploratoriumRomanian
ЭксплораториумRussian
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