Museum · Embarcadero, San Francisco, California
A hands-on science museum on the San Francisco waterfront at Pier 15, off the Embarcadero.
The Exploratorium is a museum in San Francisco, according to Wikidata. OpenStreetMap places it on the Embarcadero waterfront near Telegraph Hill, records that it opened at this site on 12 April 2013, tags it as a museum that charges a fee and as wheelchair accessible, and links a photograph titled Main Entrance to the Exploratorium at Pier 15. The operator's own site could not be read on 3 October 2026, so opening hours, ticket types and programmes are not stated here; check the Exploratorium's site before you go.
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Guided tour · skygate
Exploratorium
Admission to the Exploratorium at Pier 15; the general admission option names a multilingual museum map and the Tactile Dome. An adults-only After Dark option for Thursday evenings showed no open dates when checked. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.
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Eight single-venue tickets and four attraction passes for San Francisco are sold on SkyGate. This guide sets out when a single museum ticket will do, which tickets cover a second venue, and how the CityPASS and three Go City passes differ.
Ways to visit
Bookable experiences that include it.
Admission to the Exploratorium at Pier 15; the general admission option names a multilingual museum map and the Tactile Dome. An adults-only After Dark option for Thursday evenings showed no open dates when checked. Options differ; check what your chosen option includes on SkyGate.