San Francisco Exploratorium Ticket: 700+ Hands-On Exhibits

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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.

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    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund

Experience

  • 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
  • Full description
    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...  more
  • Includes
    • General admission to the Exploratorium on date selected
      All taxes and applicable fees
      Written Guides in 12 Languages
  • Exclude
    • Food and beverages
      Public tours
      Tactile Dome (available for purchase on-site)
From US$ 39.95 per person
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