We went for a visit to the San Francisco Exploratorium in the Embarcadero pier 15. The Exploatorium teach science, technology, art and math (STEAM) like no place else on earth. Most of the exhibits are one of a kind creations straight from their prototyping workshop designed to engage audiences of all ages. The Exploratorium has over 600 exhibits that visitors can interact with.
Situated in the middle of San Francisco’s piers, it is a perfect walking destinations with lots of sights, food and more to explore!
If you are not up for a walk, there is also a MUNI stop right outside the entrance.
There is a lot to see, if you are only going once make sure to prioritize which exhibits you must see.
Learn about human perception by taking a drink from this unique drinking fountain that is shaped like a toilet.
This is a cloud chamber, a machine that allows you to see particles. The cloud chamber was invented by a physicist named Charles Thomson Rees Wilson in 1911. The cloud chamber is filled with the supersaturated vapor of water or vinegar.
You can even look inside the prototyping workshop where engineers can build prototypes for complicated designs.
This device counts when you turn the first gear using more and more advanced technology. It goes from the ones place counted by a spinning gear, all the way to a computer.
This is a model of the mars rover Perseverance. Its jobs is to look for evidence of ancient life on mars and pick up rock and dirt samples that will be brought to earth in the future. It was launched in 2020 and landed on Jezero Crater in 2021, which used to be a crater lake.
In the far back you can see artifical geysers that go off several times an hour. One of our favorite ways to relax is to take a seat and watch as the pressure slowly rises.
The liquid Litmus display shows how electricity and water relax to create basic (blue) and acidic (yellow) solutions. 
Ever dream you can visit Dune? See a desert world trapped under glass ever changing as winds rip across its surface.
Brave the cold and get a great View of San Francisco while eating lunch.
Learn how a heat pump work and burn off some energy in this exhibit. A lot of the exhibits require a bit of elbow grease to work the body as well as the mind.
This exhibit about DNA shows different models of human heads. Each head is modeled after the sane DNA, showing that DNA is not the only factor that decided people’s appearances.
And we finish our tour with vibrating rings showing how vibrational frequencies affect objects like steel rings.
We only showed you a few of the countless exhibits hidden in every corner of the San Francisco Exploratorium. If you plan a visit we strongly recommend staying all day.
Hope you find inspiration!