Digital Library
Exploratorium Exhibit Images
The Exploratorium houses over 650 interactive exhibits. Here you'll find a few images of the our exhibits. We hope to expand this section greatly in the future.
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Floating_symmetry is simply a large flat mirror where one can learn about symmetry in surprisingly humourous ways.
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Duck Into Kaleidoscope, one of the Exploratorium's popular exhibits puts you in the middle of the action. A narcissisist's dream come true.
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A series of lenses transmit your face 20 feet from your head at
Image Relay.
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Sand on bowed metal plates (properly called"
Chaldni Plates") jiggles to nodal positions as the plate vibrates.
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You can build a free-standing catenary arch out of blocks at this exhibit.
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Red, green, and blue lamps cast complimentary cyan, magenta, and yellow shadows at Colored Shadows.
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Sound activates hundreds of small lamps on
the Enchanted Tree.
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The Ames Room. This room actually has no square corners. They only look that way when viewed from this point. This creates bizzare perspective size distortions.
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The Momentum Machine gives you a visceral understanding of the meaning of conservation of angular momentum.
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At the Bernoulli Ball the forces of air pressure keep the ball afloat and centered in the stream of air.
The Exploratorium, 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco CA 94123 tel: (415) 563-7337
Floating_symmetry is simply a large flat mirror where one can learn about symmetry in surprisingly humourous ways.
Duck Into Kaleidoscope, one of the Exploratorium's popular exhibits puts you in the middle of the action. A narcissisist's dream come true.
A series of lenses transmit your face 20 feet from your head at
Image Relay.
Sand on bowed metal plates (properly called"
Chaldni Plates") jiggles to nodal positions as the plate vibrates.
You can build a free-standing catenary arch out of blocks at this exhibit.
Red, green, and blue lamps cast complimentary cyan, magenta, and yellow shadows at Colored Shadows.
Sound activates hundreds of small lamps on
the Enchanted Tree.
The Ames Room. This room actually has no square corners. They only look that way when viewed from this point. This creates bizzare perspective size distortions.
The Momentum Machine gives you a visceral understanding of the meaning of conservation of angular momentum.
At the Bernoulli Ball the forces of air pressure keep the ball afloat and centered in the stream of air.