A visit to San Francisco's Exploratorium
The Exploratorium
science museum in San Francisco is an exciting place to be. Apart from
featuring floor to ceiling windows that offer a beautiful view of the San
Francisco bay and city, the science museum also features a collection of
atlases maps, and exhibits that enable visitors to connect what they see to the
meteorological, geological and human forces that helped in their shaping. I
made my way to the museum on 29th September and I am pleased to say
it was a fun filled and educative day.
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The Museum’s Map
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The Museum's Entrance
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Me and my Admission Ticket!
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A Section of the Interior
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The museum’s
interior is bright and filled with over 600 exhibits. The exhibits consisted of installations that
focused on various scientific fields such as electricity, sensory perception,
weather, light, astronomy and sociology. The exhibits employed a variety of
concepts such as magnets, pendulums and electricity, dancing and other social
interactions, algae among others. Some
of the exciting exhibits featured artificial tornadoes in glass tubes, a creepy
video art installation, a cooperative Pac-Man game, and a place to send text
messages to fish. I found it amazing how people could come up with such ideas.
The exhibits seemed to stimulate one’s thinking while leaving the audience’s conclusion
open.
The most interesting
part was visiting the glass observatory at the end of pier 15. The tour guide pointed out that city’s
waterfront during the gold rush period used to follow the bay’s natural
contours that extended from to west up to the location where the Transamerica
Pyramid is located. Apart from focusing
on the bay’s history, the observatory also has exhibits that explain the tides
and the bay's unique weather systems. One exhibit showed how the original
waterfront was and how it eventually became filled and smoothed out with the
city’s expansion.
A Drawing
The
main focus of the Exploratorium was education. I was able to note several cases
that proved art and science share a close relation. All the exhibits on display
were actually artistic work and employed scientific concepts. I am still
looking forward to another visit
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