San Francisco Exploratorium Ticket: 700+ Hands-On Exhibits Skip-the-line Daytime Ticket
ID: GYG244442-1239821
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Country: United States
Duration:
1 days
Description
Immerse yourself in a world of curiosity as you touch, tinker, and play with 700+ hands-on exhibits at San Francisco’s iconic Exploratorium with this full-day admission ticket.
Step into San Francisco’s Exploratorium, a museum where science, art, and human curiosity come alive. Founded in 1969 by physicist Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, the Exploratorium reinvented what a museum could be by encouraging visitors to touch, tinker, and test the world around them.
Inside six galleries and outdoor spaces, you’ll find more than 700 exhibits built on-site by artists, scientists, and educators. Stop time with a strobe light, play with perception, watch fog swirl in a tornado, or test your senses in the pitch-black Tactile Dome. Exhibitions change regularly, so there’s always something new to explore, like Glow, where you can discover the art and science of light.
The Exploratorium is for everyone, including families, students, couples, and solo adventurers alike. On Thursday nights, the museum transforms into After Dark, an adults-only (18+) event with cocktails, music, and immersive programming (different ticket).
Beyond the exhibits, the building itself is a model of sustainability. Since relocating to Pier 15, the Exploratorium has become the largest net-zero energy museum in the U.S., powered entirely by renewable energy and cooled by Bay water. It’s a museum that doesn’t just teach science, it lives it.
What You’ll Explore Inside
• Human Phenomena Gallery: Experiment with thoughts, feelings and social behavior
• Tinkering Gallery: Try out our latest prototypes that we build for museums around the world, and get creative with hands-on building activities
• Seeing & Listening Gallery: Put your perceptions to the test with light, sound, color, and heat.
• Living Systems Gallery: Discover all scales of the living world in this working laboratory
• Outdoor Exhibits: Immerse yourself into large-scale exhibits on wind, water, and motion
• Bay Observatory: Enjoy panoramic Bay views with exhibits on local history, geography and ecology
Highlights
- Rated #1 Museum in SF (Tripadvisor) & Top US Science Museum (USA Today)
- 700+ hands-on exhibits: touch a tornado, bend light, crawl the Tactile Dome
- Watch science in action as staff prototype & build exhibits before your eyes
- Visit the largest net-zero energy museum in the U.S., powered by solar panels
- Stunning waterfront location, steps from Ferry Building & Fisherman’s Wharf
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Pier 15 (Embarcadero at Green St)
San Francisco, CA 94111
INCLUDED
- General admission to the Exploratorium on date selected
- All taxes and applicable fees
- Written Guides in 12 Languages
NOT INCLUDED
- Food and beverages
- Public tours
- Tactile Dome (available for purchase on-site)
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.