Exploratorium Reviews

Super fun, especially the Thursday Night Life nights!

One of my all time favorite museums. If you're a person who likes science, technology, psychology, and hands on exhibits, then you'll have a great time.

Excellent place for curious minds. Ideal to visit with children

Not for toddlers. If my tickets weren't free, I would be crying right now on wasted moneys lol

don't buy online : then you can't turn tickets to membership!

The gift shop is great but alittle pricey but nevertheless the science and facts are great went on a trip there 2 yrs ago with my class great

The Exploratorium was the highlight of a recent San Francisco. Another reviewer mentioned the Tactile Dome costing $10, but I was there last week, and the price listed was $15 per adult. Maybe there's been a recent increase?

I very much appreciated the presence of lockers (only 50 cents to rent one all day), not having to schlep my stuff between exhibits made things a whole lot easier. You can come in and out throughout the day (just be sure to have your hand stamped), and it seems like a lot of the class field trips tend to pack up and go in the early afternoon hours.

Great interactive museum. Probably suited best for families with children. Still very interesting exhibits.

Super awesome place full of activities and things to explore. I was exhausted and I didn't even see entire rooms yet.

The exploratorium is awesome, it's for everyone there are a little ones every where going crazy on all the exhibits but it's still really cool you learn a lot I loved it. If you're visiting or you live here and haven't been I definitely recommend it. You get a great view of the bay bridge and the bay it's awesome!

Great place for people to explore, games n stuff related to water bodies.

Amazing building with some awesome science experiments! Great for kids, families or if you just love to see science in motion I can't reccomend it more!

This place is brilliant. I will come back multiple times. The exhibits are more interesting and better quality than any government funded science centre I've ever been to and I've been to dozens. The "science" is great for adults and enough exhibits to keep kids busy for days. The "light and visual" section is outstanding.

Always so much fun and every visit you find something new!

Can I just live here? Of all the museums I have ever been to, this one is by far my favorite. Theres a ton to do and see, so make sure you give yourself several hours to explore!

If you're the type of parent that lets your child run around and act ferral--this is your ideal place. There is no supervision whatsoever. People have no consideration and believe they're the only ones on the premise. Be ready to have to argue with others so either you, or your child get a chance to explore the exhibitions. Take a Motrin, Tylenol, whatever you want to avoid the guaranteed headache you'll get once you step in into this zoo!

Great museum for active and curious kids. A little expensive though- about 25-30 a person.

Interactive technology museum. Thursdays open until 10:00 pm.

This place is amazing, all hands on learning with fun for all ages

Fun hands on science museum. Difficult to understand family membership. Discouraged putting two adults on family membership, so the named adult always had to be in attendance. Weird.

Very fun place to visit with maybe hundreds of small exhibits, but a terrible place to go on national holidays. Nice gift shop and a nice view of the bay. When I went it closed at 5, which was pretty early for me. Coolest part was seeing the workshop where all the exhibits are built, which the public is free to look at. Very expensive food.

Fun place with interactive exhibits. Lots to learn for kids and adults alike!

Fun for the whole family. Evening events are fun. Food not that great for the inflated costs

Awesome place for both kids and adults. For adults, I would recommend Wednesday evenings, where you can peruse the museum while enjoying drink--and no kids.

This place is just cool for all ages if you like to learn. But I love nearly all of San Francisco

Go early because there is alot to do and see. Great for all ages.

Awesome fun for whole family, just returned from a company party there which was amazing

There are many small experience projects that adults can also take a look at. It is more suitable for teenagers and can be played for a day.

The target audience for this museum is definitely kids but still fun to visit as an adult. The focus is interactive exhibits that teach various scientific facts.
The layout and style makes it fun since everything feels very industrial. It's packed on weekends and parking is challenge but tickets are fairly cheap given the amount of things to see.

Not a tremendous amount of re-visit value. If you go here once, probably not worth going again for a while. Overall though a fun a fun experience.

This place is fantastic. We spent 3 hours there and went back after going to Alcatraz. Till they sent us out. Three building manager was great. Got an additional tour... this was fun for kids and adults.

So cool!! The best science museum I've ever been to. I couldn't get through the whole thing and I spent a solid two hours there

If you have a kid and you have not visited, you are sinner.

Had over 600 displays/exhibits. Very hands on learning, lots to do. Can be there for hours. Great for kids.

The kids had a fun time yet didn't really seem to care why things did what they did. Not sure if this was due to age (1st graders) or if it would be better as a one on one so that you can focus on individual interest instead of worrying about corralling the ones that slipped off.

Went to the exploratorium with my wife and 4 y/o, it was fantastic. Highly recommend for older children or if your child is science minded like mine. He could have spend another 3 days there if he could, worth going multiple times if you live in the area. Not sure if it would be great for younger toddlers.

Absolutely awesome. Such an approachable way for everyone to explore science.

It is not a museum for children, it is tedious even for adults. I do not recommend it

There's easily 3 days worth of activities here so be ready to make a return trip.

Se si studiasse la fisica e la matematica in un posto come questo, tutti si innamorerebbero delle discipline scientifiche. Un luogo in cui si apprende giocando, guardando, toccando con mano. A mio avviso adatto per bambini dai 5-6 anni fino a 100.
If you could study phisics and matemathics here, everibody will love science. A place where you can learn playing. In my opinion for children between 5/6 and 100 yo.

Hundreds of cool setups explaining fundamental concepts. Need a whole day to checkout everything.

We went to Exploratorium on Thursday night, we had so much fun, having drinks, the service is really good, attentive and always available.

Lots of fun, interactive ways to experience science!

The best and most exciting science museum I've been to so far! The cosmic particle revelator is incredible.

I believe it's the best experience I've ever had in a museum!

The most interactive, yet simple to understand museum/exhibit space I have been to. Been here once in the day, and once for After Dark, and both times delivered on quality science fun!

Got tickets to the Tactile Dome, but was admittedly too distracted by magnets to make it there before closing time... Would have probably made my experience even more memorable.

Very interesting "museum". Apparently, Oppenheimer wanted it to be called an "exploratorium" and not a "museum". Perfect for school-age children to pique their curiosity and interest in science. Divided into 6 exhibition sections and I would say, it takes at least 3 hours to briefly browse through everything. Will take longer if you want to try everything. All explanations in English. Very interactive and interesting. Can get busy with kids running and laughing everywhere. Did this as part of SF City Pass.

This is a fantastic place. Its not quite a museum as its more about experimental science. It would be easy to spend a whole day here, and I wish we'd had more time. We really enjoyed our time here and spent a lot of time going through half of the place, not even realizing just how much was left. I would recommended this for anyone with kids and even if you don't have kids. There's neat things to check out outside.

This place us awesome to see the many different exhibits. Brings me back tovmy childhood when I use to come here on fieldtrips. Wouldvl definately recommend this place to check out if u have kids.

Mostly really good except of some people doesn't wait in line to experience.

So much fun for science lovers. This is a museum of science, but everything can be touched and played. Suitable for young people (should be 5 years +) and adults who like science, physics, engineering and biology, should give at least half a day

This place is huge. There is so many places to explore. Great for children 5 and up. If under 5 you can still look around and stand on the tornado

This place is so cool! I can't wait to take my kids here once they're old enough to appreciate it's awesomeness. The not so new anymore location on the pier is incredible!

Great place for kids. They can simply explore the whole museum for a full day without getting tired. They have a small restaurant but it will close at 3.

A must go! A place to learn, enjoy science and have lots of fun!

Wonderful and engaging place to go to for the hole family

Very good, super entertaining, ideal to come with children.

Amazing interactive museum. Great for kids and even adults, where you can see and interact with simple laws about physics, biology and chemistry and get introduced to them through every single activity.

Wow! Plan on spending 5 hours here! Come early on a weekday if possible. Take a break at the restaurant... Great and plentiful food.

Unfortunately closed at the moment but I would defo still wander around to explore its iutside exhibits and learn the wisdom thats interactively presented around the building

Excellent place to go with children, it is an interactive museum where you can learn about physics and biology

Kept a 9 year old excited and engaged for 6.5 hours from the moment we walked into until they closed the doors. A must stop for kids.

A museum that is not one, a new place of learning quite awesome!

It's lost some of the charm from is old location, but it's still worth the visit. Depending on the age of your children your may want to skip some of the beginning kiosks and get to the juicy stuff with electricity and magnetism. If you look close you'll find some if your favorite old exhibits.

Love the afterdark. Walking around with cocktails after dark is really cool.

Awesome place, just hope you won't get there while a whole group of other tourists arive as then it gets very crowded.

A great educational experience for parents and their children.

Fantastic! I love how interactive the exhibits are. I could spend all day learning and playing inside.

Great place to take the kids. Or a date night on Adult night on Thursdays!

Great place for kids and adults. Fun and educational. I would love to go back for one of their adults only nights.