A compelling collection of historical images culled from the vaults of the one-and-only Exploratorium, San Francisco's museum of human perception.



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  Exploratorium High School Explainer, 1980’s

  • #Exploratorium
  • #Black and White
  • #vintage
  • #photography
  • #polka dots
  • #palace of fine arts
  18 Apr 2013 / 17 notes
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  Slide Race (a hilariously precarious experiment on the museum floor), mid 1970s, photo by Nancy Rodger

  • #Exploratorium
  • #slide
  • #high ceiling
  • #science
  • #physics
  • #illegal
  • #dangerous
  • #Black and White
  • #photography
  • #vintage
  • #palace of fine arts
  6 Dec 2012 / 1,035 notes
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  Palace of Fine Arts in a Fresnel Lens, 1980’s, photo by Nancy Rodger

  • #Exploratiorium
  • #palace of fine arts
  • #photography
  • #lens
  • #lenses
  • #fresnel
  • #eyeball
  • #magnify
  • #distortion
  • #seeing
  • #how the eye works
  15 Nov 2012 / 404 notes
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  Zaccho Dancers, 1992

  • #Exploratorium
  • #dance
  • #performance art
  • #acrobatic
  • #Palace of Fine Arts
  • #angels
  5 Sep 2012 / 33 notes
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  Artisans at the Palace of Fine Arts, 1915

  • #Art
  • #Exploratorium
  • #History
  • #history
  • #vintage
  • #dead white dudes
  • #Palace of Fine Arts
  • #San Francisco
  24 Aug 2012 / 41 notes