Exploratorium Reviews

Great! Especially for a day out with your family. Go when they have a free day. Lots of fun things. Parking is available but costs 20$ for the day.

Exploratorium at night is a great experience for adults. A different kind of museum where you can interact with the exhibits while having drinks with friends

A huge amount of fun and very educational! Plan to spend at least three hours here, probably closer to four or five.

Has a good variety of exhibits for both young and old. There are exhibits on sound, motion, electricity, biology, and more. Everything is VERY hands on.

When I first came in, I was afraid this museum would be too kid orientated (There were a lot of children and the early exhibits were very basic). However, the farther you get in, you get more options to go into more in depth items.

If you are short on time, skip the early stuff if it is too basic, there is more than enough to do.

I had a chance to visit the Exploratorium while it was still located to Palace of Fine Arts, and also the new location at 15/17 Pier. Me and my friends enjoyed it greatly.

At first we thought it was only a place for kids. We were so wrong. If you enjoy science and technology, you will love this place. We came there around 10 AM, and didn't leave until it closed at 5 PM. There were so many things to do!

For example, there's a place where you can take a photo with a wall at your background, but the shadows stays even after you leave. How about drinking water from a toilet bowl? Are you brave enough? One of my favorite spots is the area where you can take a water drop photo with your face as the background.

All in all, there are many more attractions that will keep you busy for hours. What are you waiting for?

This is the first time I've been to the new Exploratorium and my experience there was pretty good. There are a lot of exhibits to see and I loved how most of the exhibits are interactive. There are many different sections you can explore such as biology, sound, electricity, etc.

Because of the small exhibits you might have to wait for your turn to try it out. There are a lot of little kids visiting the museum and they will hog most of the good exhibits.

The museum also doesn't look aesthetically pleasing, imo. It's basically a giant warehouse, although the outside views are beautiful.

Anyway, I enjoyed my time there but I probably won't visit there again.

When I was younger I used to live just north in Santa rosa but I moved to north Carolina in 2012 and this is just a place I really missed

Definitely needed more time to explore all of the exhibits. Will definitely be going back :)

The Exploratorium is truly tons of fun for all ages and you learn so much at the same time, without even realizing it. You will want to have the day to spend here so you can see and do all they have. I recommend it for any family!!

So big and lots of fun. Bring a friend, most of the activities take two people.

The thing is that, is a fun place to go, to do something for a little while, some place to visit, it is fun if you have children so you can take them there and entertain them for a while, but it could get boring if you're not really into a lot of science really fast

Amazing. Amazing amazing. My biggest regret of living in the south bay was that we didn't come here more. Huge variety and a lot of thought put into the educational and entertainment value of each exhibit. If you have kids in the 4+ range, it's a must. (our daughter enjoyed it at 3 as well).

Amazing, unique place. I have wanted to come ever since I was a little kid. You can spend hours here.

Wow, this is an AMAZING PLACE!! I would totally recommend it to both tourists and people who live in SF. It's free, and has great games and is super interactive. My fave part has to be the tactile dome, because it's like an obstacle course in pitch black darkness. RATE 5 STARS!!! XD

Myself and my son and his friends loved this place. We shall be going back. This is a place that you do not want to miss out on especially if you have kids.

Try to go when they're less crowded. A really amazing spot for learning and creativity

Insanely expensive, and gets insanely busy, but it does have a great range of hands-on-science things to, ideal for kids 7+.

Amazing place great for the entire family. There's a sound projection installation right outside the street. You can talk to each other tens of feet away. Don't miss it !

Love it , felt like a kid again. It was exciting to show my children this place. educational yet fun all in one.

Totally recommended, children, adults and seniors ... One of the sites that should not be missed. Amazing day of discoveries

Mind boggling place! You need an entire day to see everything. Make sure you get there early!

Awesome place! Tons and tons of hands on activities for kids and adults. We actually ran out of time and didn't get to do everything.

It is a great place to bring your kid. There are like 6 times a year where it is free. I didn't like the fact they buy mice and euthanize them for one of the exhibitions.

So fun!!! We finally went to the new one and its awesome! So big!!!

Not the best place to be. Really poorly built and the people are rude.

This place is awesome. There are so many fun things to discover here. It will make adults feel like bright eyed children again, and kids will have a fun time mixed with an educational experience.

My favorite exhibit was the sonar chairs, where you can talk at a normal voice to someone across the room, and they'll totally hear you like you're right next to them.

I do recommend you bring some hand sanitizer with you, as I found myself grabbing things, then wondering how many kids may have grabbed them or worse. The germaphobe in me meant I had to wash my hands constantly, and deal with the chaos of 20 kids in a bathroom.

Pretty cool, it would be better if they didn't allow so many grubby little children.

Really enjoyed this place. Most people spend 2 hours here I spent like 4!

Come to the Exploratorium at night. No kids and booze for sale! What a fun place.

A must place to visit in this part of the bay, for all ages with a day of free time.

I would give this a 5 because it is a really fascinating presentation. I only gave it 4 stars because with the crowds and all of the small presentations you get sensory overload pretty quickly.

I wanted to be 8 years old again, but still great fun for adults! Take your time, the place is huge!

Nice museum. It made me a bit uncomfortable as I could feel the germs of other children on the exhibits. Also trypophobia warning, I am very traumatized by a few of the attractions. Very disappointed in the tornado exhibit. We stood there for an hour waiting to see the tornado. However no matter how much we ran around the exhibit trying to summon the storm, the tomato wouldn t form. One kid even tried to collect the tornado in his jacket and plant it elsewhere but it was unsuccessful. The horde of screaming gremlins surprisingly was not enough for the tornado to emerge, very anticlimactic experience. Lastly, the exhibit closed before I could get a good instagram picture wich was very disappointing and then it started to rain which was even more sader. Overall nice concept with some nice ideas and stuff but I m traumatized

Very good place for children and adolescents. Parents also enjoy!

There are very exciting and relevant activities for the students

Very cool place for kids. The diner towards the front is very good! The pendulum drawing board is awesome!

Went here for the evening on Thursday and had a ball. There's tons to interact with, and a decent bar

Went for the chocolate event and was very disappointed. So many people, so little to do. Only a few things to actually do and way too crowded at all of them.

I love this place! It was so much fun, informative, easy to find, and beautiful. My only issue is that it is a hands on science museum (with lots of kids around) and there were no sanitizer stations around. The awesome thing is they let EBT cardholders (4people) in for free, part of the museums for all programs.

Wonderful museum for kids and adults to learn about science. Allow 2 to 3 hours for your visit. There's also some wonderful views of the San Francisco Bay from the outside decks.

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Amazing collection of exhibits, very interactive and interesting

Went to the late night event. Was crazy crowded would not recommend. The exploritorium during normal business hours is awesome.

very interesting! a bit too crowded with school visits though... can easily spend a full day there, but our minds were bloated after 3-4h :)

A ton of fun things for both kids and adults to explore.

The best place! But for older kids who have patience to read and understand

Something for all ages. Easy to spend hours just in one area. Well worth the ticket price.

Don't stay a kid, become a fun loving, open, curious adult

Went here for a nighttime private event and it was super cool. Looked like a good place to visit during normal hours

Every time I visit this place I learn something new. Am I really dumb? Or is this place just a great time with too much to see in one day !!!

Awesome for kids all ages with lots of fun learning stuff to do

Great place for all ages , if you have some extra time in SF

Very interactive! Would definitely recommend going during after hours to avoid the family crowd. Go with friends because some of the exhibits requires a partner.

Wish I came here as a kid. A must go. Thursday evening is 15$ entrance with great vibes

Absolutely amazing place! I forgot I was a grown man. My daughter and I played and were amazed all day long. 1 day is not enough to truly experience it all.

If you think this is just 'a place great for your kids', you would be very wrong! THIS PLACE IS THE BEST EXPIRIENCE FOR ANYBODY (WHO CAN REMEMBER (4+ yrs))!!!!! This is a place that deserves a spot on your bucket LIST!!! LOVE IT!!!!

I love it so much! There is so much to play with and see it's almost overwhelming! The toothpick exhibit it always one of my favorites to see how it grows and changes

To do absolutely, especially with children. Attention, closed on Monday.

The 21+ night event was awesome! Tons of cool projects out and no kids. We went in the tactile dome, which in my opinion was totally worth it. It was a really weird and disorienting experience, but really fun.

Fun fun fun and sore feet at the end of the day. We love this place!

This suprised me quite a lot. It was not my planned stop in SF but we went there and it was amazing!

What an amazing place to explore and bring your science hat out. Toootally reccomend this for family's and individuals who wanna get a little brainy