Exploratorium After Dark
The San Francisco Exploratorium, an interactive science museum / exhibits / experiments, now has a night event once a month aimed at adults – food and adult beverages available. I went last week for my first time and I’ll be going back.
First of all, I LOVE the Exploratorium. There are terrific exhibits and experiments for kids of all ages. It is lots of fun for middle school age kids who have a science curiosity (and their parents) but there is something for everyone.
Secondly, for each night event there is a theme with special exhibits and entertainment related to it. The one I went to was on geometry so had exhibits on torus figures, origami, stacking unusual shapes, mobius strips, Klein bottles and interesting figures in topology that I had no idea how they were made. There were also large structures that people could climb on and through. Lots of fun and mental stimulation.
Then, there was an aerial display – a ribbon acrobat, a duet on an aerial hoop, and a guy balancing a huge metal cube while hanging in the air. Really an excellent event.
Pics show the story.
I’ll be there next month when a burning man organizer talks about temporary and vagabond communities. What can those displays be???
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- One of the experiments in the entry area.
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- A toronado generator.
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- These are special blocks that are put together to climb on / thru.
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- This is a figure w/ only 2 surfaces all twisted together.
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- Looking thru it’s “worm hole”.
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- The kids (and their parents!) LOVED it.
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- Origami bug.
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- Origami crane
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- Folding diagram for the crane.
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- How to stack 10 sided figures.
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- There were a series of twisty tunnels.
