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Exploratorium

Where
Embarcadero
Embarcadero
When
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Admission
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City
San Francisco edition

The place

Curiosity gets physical at this waterfront museum. More than 650 hands-on exhibits turn light, perception, fog and other everyday phenomena into things to test for yourself. The Tactile Dome adds a journey through darkness; the bay outside supplies a useful change of scale.

Curiosity gets physical at this waterfront museum. More than 650 hands-on exhibits turn light, perception, fog and other everyday phenomena into things to test for yourself. The Tactile Dome adds a journey through darkness; the bay outside supplies a useful change of scale.

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