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Exploratorium

San Francisco, United States · exploratorium.edu

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Citations, last 5 years: 31
Works, last 5 years: 22
h-index: 41
Scientists listed: 0
Grants since 2016: 53

Grants received

2025 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Building A Sustainable Future

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$3.5M

2025 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Water, Wind and Light

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.9M

2025 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Strategic Fundraising Support

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$990k

2025–2027 · cooperative agreement · Cooperative Agreement

SBIR Phase II: Single-Stream Reclamation Process for Complex Refrigerant Mixtures

Kalin Baca · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.2M

2025 · grant · National Leadership Grants - Museums

National Leadership Grants - Museums — Exploratorium (FY2025)

Exploratorium · funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services

$1.5M

2024 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Finance and Business Model Consultancy

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$365.4k

2024 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Space Exploration and Discovery Exhibits & Programming

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.8M

2024 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Thriving Destination Campus: Architectural Master Plan

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$2.1M

2024 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Research & Development Exhibit and Programming Fund

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$2.4M

2024 · grant · Museums for America

Museums for America — Exploratorium (FY2024)

Exploratorium · funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services

$239.4k

2024 · grant · Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff

Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff — Exploratorium (FY2024)

Exploratorium · funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services

$248.4k

2023 · grant · Education

Carnegie Education - The Exploratorium (2023)

Exploratorium · funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York

$100k

2023 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Explainer and Field Trip Programs Refresh

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.4M

2023–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

The Cultural Roots of STEM: A Synthesis of Non-Western STEM Learning Paradigms

Isabel Hawkins · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$598.2k

2022 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Strategic Action Planning and Revisioning the Pier

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$645.5k

2022–2025 · other · Performing Arts

Hewlett Performing Arts — Exploratorium

Exploratorium · funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

$150k

2022 · grant · Museums for America

Museums for America — Exploratorium (FY2022)

Exploratorium · funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services

$249.9k

2021–2025 · grant · Continuing Grant

Expanding a Model for Interactive Social Science Exhibits Presented in Outdoor Public Spaces

Shawn Lani · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$2.4MMuseums and Cultural Heritage

2021–2023 · cooperative agreement · Cooperative Agreement

SBIR Phase II: Development of a novel indigo dye process using biosynthesized molecules

Tammy Hsu · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$1MDyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers

2021 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Remaking the Visitor Experience

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.4M

2021 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Changing Coastlines

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$748.6k

2020–2026 · grant · Continuing Grant

Seeing Scientifically: Developing Smart Microscope Exhibits That Support Authentic Visitor Observation and Scientific Inquiry of Living Microscopic Organisms

Kristina Yu · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$3MMuseums and Cultural Heritage

2020–2024 · grant · Continuing Grant

Tinkering and Making Strategies to Engage Children and Families in Creating with Code

Mike Petrich · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$766.3kTeaching and Learning Programming

2020 · grant · Standard Grant

SBIR Phase I: Development of a novel indigo dye process using biosynthesized molecules

Tammy Hsu · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$224.9kDyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers

2020–2022 · grant · Standard Grant

Exploring Early Childhood STEM Tinkering Conference

Mike Petrich · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$249.9k

2020 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Plant Exhibit Development

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.8M

2019–2024 · research · R25

The Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era

Hilleary Osheroff · Exploratorium · funded by National Institutes of Health

$258.8k

2019–2024 · research · R25

The Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era

Hilleary Osheroff · Exploratorium · funded by National Institutes of Health

$254.7k

2019–2024 · research · R25

The Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era

Hilleary Osheroff · Exploratorium · funded by National Institutes of Health

$224.7k

2019–2024 · research · R25

The Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era

Hilleary Osheroff · Exploratorium · funded by National Institutes of Health

$182.5k

2019–2025 · research · R25

The Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era

Hilleary Osheroff · Exploratorium · funded by National Institutes of Health

$244.2k

2019–2023 · grant · Continuing Grant

Spanning Boundaries: A Statewide Network to Support Science Teacher Leaders to Implement Science Standards

Julie Yu · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$2.6M

2019 · grant · Science

Scientific Visualizations for Public Science Engagement and Learning

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$110k

2019 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

The Art of Tinkering Exhibition

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$700k

2019–2025 · grant · Continuing Grant

Cambio: A Professional Development Approach for Building Latinx-focused Cultural Competence in Informal Science Education Institutions

Veronica Garcia-Luis · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$2.8MMuseums and Cultural Heritage

2018–2022 · research · Digital Projects for the Public: Production Grants

San Francisco's Buried History

Robert Rothfarb · Exploratorium · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$198.3k

2018–2022 · grant · Standard Grant

Exhibit-Based Public Participation in Social Psychology Research

Joshua Gutwill · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$299.8kMuseums and Cultural Heritage

2018 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

CRM Software Implementation

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$500k

2018–2019 · grant · Standard Grant

Advancing the Design of Visualizations for Informal Science Engagement

Jennifer Frazier · Exploratorium · funded by National Science Foundation

$249.7k

2018 · grant · San Francisco Bay Area

Exhibit Development

Exploratorium · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.7M