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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  Christmas Tree Balls, by Bob Miller

  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

  • #Exploratorium
  • #christmas
  • #Black and White
  • #photography
  • #circles
  • #art
  • #science
  • #angles
  • #vintage
  20 Dec 2012 / 28 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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  Watch Water Freeze, An Exhibit by Charles Sowers

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  • #Exploratorium
  • #water
  • #frozen
  • #crystals
  • #color
  • #prism
  • #art
  • #photography
  • #trippy
  • #cold
  • #exhibit
  • #science
  4 Dec 2012 / 198 notes
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  The Exploratorium Magazine, December 1978 / January 1979

  • #vision
  • #1978
  • #exploratorium
  • #b&w
  • #history
  • #magazine
  • #science
  • #perception
  • #trippy
  • #cheshire cat
  • #eye
  22 Sep 2012 / 74 notes
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  A.M. Lightning, Bill Parker, 1990

  • #Art
  • #Artist-in-Residence
  • #Exploratorium
  • #Lightning
  • #science
  • #Bill Parker
  11 Aug 2012 / 167 notes
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  Barry Kluger-Bell amidst fruit batteries.

  • #Barry Kluger-Bell
  • #Art
  • #Science
  • #Exploratorium
  • #Food
  8 Aug 2012 / 60 notes
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  Light Experiments, Bill Parker, 1977

  • #Art
  • #Artist-in-Residence
  • #Exploratorium
  • #Light trail
  • #long exposure
  • #science
  5 Aug 2012 / 78 notes