Container List
Series 1: Management, 1957-2000
Subseries 1.1: Board of Directors, 1968-1999, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Meeting minutes 1969-1981
Meeting minutes 1982-1992
Meeting minutes 1993-1998
Correspondence 1968-1997
Status Reports 1969-1970
Lists of board members 1969, n.d.
Resolutions in support of the Exploratorium 1969
Fundraising correspondence 1969-1970
By-laws of the Exploratorium 1986
Corporate donors 1995-1998
Board of Directors Handbook 1997
Marketing Committee 1996-1997
Ad Hoc Succession Planning Committee 1996
Program Committee 1997
Committee on Directors 1996-1997
Development Committee 1997-1998
Executive Committee 1997-1998
Strategic Planning Committee 1994-1998
Strategic planning working documents 1994
Strategic Plan - drafts 1995
Strategic Plan 1996
Five Year Strategic Plan - drafts 1998
Expansion Renovation Campaign 1996
Annual Fund Campaign 1997
Fiscal year 1998 budget 1996-1998
Fiscal year 1999 budget 1998-1999
Subseries 1.2: Executive Director, 1957-1999, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Frank Oppenheimer, 1957-1985
Correspondence
Incoming Letters, A-Z 1967-1984
Outgoing Letters 1967-1985, n.d.
Writings
Proposals and Reports
A Proposal for a Palace of Art and Science in the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts 1967
The Content of the Museum 1968
History [Behind the Development of the Exploratorium] 1968
The Initial Program for the Palace of Arts and Science ca. 1968
Outline of the Initial Activities that will be Involved in the Development of the Museum ca. 1968
The Relationship between the Exploratorium in the Palace of Arts and Science and Other Museums in the Bay Area ca. 1968
An Exploratorium of Perception, Science and Technology in the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts 1969
Some Special Features of the Exploratorium in the Palace of Arts and Science ca. 1969
Where We Are and Where Do We Go From Here 1976
Where We Are and Where Do We Go From Here, Part II - drafts 1982
Note on the Wider Availability of Museums n.d.
Future Planning n.d.
Miscellaneous planning documents by Frank Oppenheimer and others 1968-1983
Articles
The Library of Experiments at University of Colorado ca. 1965
The Role of Science Museums 1966
A Rationale for a Science Museum 1968
Schools are not for Sightseeing 1970
Some Special Features in the Exploratorium of Science, Technology, and Human Perception in the Palace of Arts and Science 1970
The Palace of Arts and Science: An Exploratorium at San Francisco, California, U.S.A. 1972
The Exploratorium: A Playful Museum Combines Perception and Art in Science Education 1972
The Exploratorium: A Participatory Museum by Frank Oppenheimer and Karen C. Cole 1974
The Exploratorium and Other Ways of Teaching Physics 1975
The Exploratorium as an Exemplary Institution 1975
Everyone is You--Or Me 1976
Growing Up in the Arts 1976
A Broader View 1977
The Arts: A Decent Respect for Taste 1977
Color [1978]
Aesthetics and the Right Answer 1979
Art and Science: Meaning, Tools, and Discipline 1979
The Exploratorium is a Teaching Museum 1979
Pleasant Play 1979-1980
Adult Play 1980
Museums and Toys 1981
Introduction [1981]
Preface [1981]
The Importance of Science Museums 1982
Jargon: Second Cousin Twice Removed 1982
The Numbers Game 1982
Smells: An Introduction 1982
Teaching and Learning 1982
Watery Delights 1982
Wave Equation 1982
Curiosity 1983
Exploring 1983
Maps and Mappings (Nzkh zmw Nzkkrmt*) 1983
Museums for the Love of Learning 1983
The Role of Museums: Oppenheimer on Exploration and Discovery 1983
Diaphanous 1984
Aesthetic Perceptions n.d.
Boiling and Bubble Chambers n.d.
A Broad View of the Science for the Citizen Program n.d.
A Dynamic Process n.d.
The Importance of the Role of Science Pedagogy in the Developing Nations n.d.
Let the Teachers Teach and the Learners Learn n.d.
Interconnecting Shadows n.d.
Museums: A Versatile Resource for Learning and Pleasure n.d.
On Understanding n.d.
What is Meaning n.d.
Lectures and Speeches
Teaching and Learning 1957
The Unique Educational Role of Museums - drafts 1969
Poster: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Colloquium of the M.I.T. Research Center, "An Exploratorium of Science and Art" 1970
The Exploratorium - drafts 1972
The Millikan Award Lecture, Part I: Teaching and Learning - draft 1973
The Millikan Award Lecture, Part II: The Study of Perception as a Part of Teaching Physics - drafts 1973
Untitled: Arts, Education and Americans panel 1977
Keynote Address: National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts 1977
Science and Anti-Science - drafts and notes 1977
A Tribute to Esther Pike Fuller 1977
Commendation to Victor Cohn 1978
Persuasion: Talk honoring Muriel Rukeyser 1978
Untitled: Arts, Education and Americans panel 1978
Aesthetics and the Right Answer - drafts 1978
Exhibit Conception and Design 1980
Learning with an Opportunity for Choice 1980
Talk given at the March 6, 1980 Meeting of the Advisory Committee, Office of Science and Society, National Science Foundation 1980
Awards Dinner honoring Dr. Henry S. Kaplan 1981
Untitled (paper prepared for the AAAS Meeting) 1981
American Association of Museums Distinguished Service Award speech - drafts 1982
Awards Dinner honoring Dr. Lewis Thomas 1982
Untitled speech: California Humanities Association - draft and notes 1982
Fifteenth Anniversary Awards Dinner - drafts 1984
The Sentimental Fruits of Science: Oersted Medal acceptance speech 1984
Eulogy for Louis Goldblatt ca. 1984
Testimonies
U.S. Congress Committee on Education and Labor Select Subcommittee on Education: "Comments on the Unique Role of Museums and the Need for Federal On-Going Support for their Operation and Expansion" 1974
Testimony with regard to House Joint Resolution 639 calling for a White House Conference on the Humanities 1978
Testimony: Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education: Reauthorization of NEA, NEH, and IMS 1980
Statement to the Commission on Excellence in Education 1982
Statement to the National Commission on Excellence in Education Testimony at Hearing on Science, Mathematics, and Technology 1982
Other Writings
Museums and Teaching (Letter to Lou Branscomb) 1981
Abstracts for speeches and papers 1974-1984, n.d.
Miscellaneous writings 1973-1984, n.d.
Notes for talks 1974-1984, n.d.
Notes n.d.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Correspondence 1974-1976
Committee on Public Understanding of Science 1973-1974
Advisory Committee, 146th National Meeting 1979
Annual Meeting 1980
American Association of Museums (AAM) 1981-1982
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Correspondence 1972-1975
Annual Meetings 1972-1984
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Correspondence 1982-1984
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
Correspondence 1971-1984
Workshops 1974-1979
Conferences 1976, 1978
Joint Annual Meeting of ASTC and the International Committee of Museums of Science and Technology (CIMUSET) 1980
Conference at the Exploratorium 1981
Executive Committee Meeting 1981
Symposium on Science Teacher Education at Museums 1984-1985
Annual reports 1973-1977
Survey 1975
Miscellaneous ASTC 1979-1984, n.d.
California Arts Council Meeting 1979
California Humanities Association 1982
California State Department of Education Curriculum Advisory Committee 1984
China Science and Technology Museum - photos of Oppenheimer visit 1987
Commune di Bologna Conference 1983
Council on Museums and Education in the Visual Arts 1972-1978
Corporation for Public Broadcasting / Annenberg School of Communications Project 1983
International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology Leonardo Project 1982-1984
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Community Science Seminar 1974
National Endowment for the Humanities Youth Projects 1980
National Science Foundation
Correspondence 1977-1981, n.d.
Bicentennial Science Planning Conference 1973
Science Literacy Panel 1978
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) 1984
San Francisco State University Science-Humanities Convergence Program (NEXA) 1976-1979
San Francisco Foundation 1984-1985
San Francisco University High School 1982-1983
Smithsonian Institution
Conference on the Role of Museums in Pre-college Scientific Education 1970
Smithsonian Council 1983-1985
Kellogg Project 1984
Invitations Accepted 1980-1984
Invitations Declined 1976-1984
Awards and Fellowships
Guggenheim Fellowship 1965
American Association of Physics Teachers, Robert A. Millikan Award 1973
Distinguished American Scientist Award 1975
Guggenheim Fellowship 1975
Robert C. Kirkwood Award 1976
California Institute of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award 1979
American Association of Museums Award for Distinguished Service to Museums 1982
The Shoong Foundation Hall of Fame for Outstanding Achievement in Science 1982
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow of the Association 1983
American Association of Physics Teachers Oersted Medal 1984
The Arts Commission of San Francisco Special Posthumous Award of Honor 1985
Biographical Materials
Curricula Vitae 1968-1977, n.d.
Biographies 1968-1973, n.d.
Clippings 1974-1985
Obituaries 1985
Condolence letters 1985
Photos n.d.
Business card n.d.
Neighborhood Arts Program of the City and County of San Francisco Art Commission 1974
Education Development Center 1977-1978
Interview by Jon Else for Nova documentary "Palace of Delights" 1981
The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter 1982
Good Morning America 1982
National Public Radio 1982
Twelfth International Sculpture Conference 1982-1983
KQED 1982
Invisible Aesthetic by Linda Dackman 1983
La Recherche 1983
Up Front 1983-1984
California Confederation of the Arts Newsletter - transcript 1984-1985
California Confederation of the Arts Newsletter - publication 1985
Cal Tech oral history project 1984-1985
Humanities Video Project 1984-1985
Subject Files
Education and the arts 1974-1976, n.d.
Education Development Center 1969-1979
Albert Einstein 1979-1982
Richard Gregory 1981-1983, n.d.
Israel Leviant 1980-1984
Mechanical Universe 1981-1984, n.d.
Richard Morris 1979, n.d.
Muriel Rukeyser 1975
Science and the arts 1971-1982, n.d.
Science and technology 1967-1983, n.d.
Goéry Delacôte, 1991-1999
Correspondence
Incoming letters, A-Z 1991-1996
Outgoing letters 1991-1996
Memos to staff 1993-1996, n.d.
Chief of Staff correspondence 1993-1996
Board of Directors
Correspondence 1994-1997
Ad Hoc Committee on Succession Planning 1996
Committee on Directors 1995-1996
Administrative Files
Arts Advisory Committee 1996, n.d.
Donors 1991,1996
Exhibit Services 1994-1996
Exploratorium trademark 1995-1996
Grants for the Arts 1991-1996
Institute for Inquiry 1995
Irvine Foundation 1995
Management Manual 1996
Mission statements 1994-1995, n.d.
Organizational charts 1991
Organizational chart 1999
National Endowment for the Arts 1992-1993
National Science Foundation 1992-1996, n.d.
Osher Fellowship Program 1993-1995
Renovation/ Expansion 1994-1996, n.d.
The San Francisco Foundation 1995-1996
Swiss Consulate scientists forum 1996
Trip to France 1996
Union 1995
Visit by French Minister of Education 1995-1996
Women's Health Exhibition 1996
Writings
Vers de Nouveaux Musées des Sciences 1991
Toward the Year 2001 ca. 1992
The Role of Outside Support Media, Video and Museums n.d.
Professional Affiliations
Alliance des professeures de Montréal 1996
American Association of Museums 1992-1995
American Educational Research Association 1991-1992
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
Correspondence 1992-1997
Conference 1996
Breakthrough: People of Color in American Science 1994-1995
Carnegie Mellon University: Studio for Creative Inquiry 1996
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 1996-1998
Cité des Sciences de Tunis 1994-1995
Class of '87 1994-1996
Comité National d'Evaluation 1998
Commonwealth Club 1994-1996
Conservetoire National des Arts et Métiers Comité Scientifique 1994-1999
French-American Chamber of Commerce 1995-1996
French Foundation for Medical Research and Education 1994-1998
Fritz Institute of Global Logistics 1996
Genentech Foundation for Biomedical Sciences 1995-1996
Institute for Science Education 1992-1994
International Academy of Education 1991-1996
Japan Science Foundation 1996
Laboratoire Interuniversataire de Receherche sur L'Éducation Scientifique et Technologique 1995
Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. Goodwill and Trade Mission to Paris 1996
National Academy of Sciences 1993-1996
National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment 1992-1996
National Health Sciences Consortium 1995-1996
National Institute for Science Education 1996
National Science Foundation 1992-1996
National Sciences Resource Center 1993-1996
Palais de la déouverte 1995-1996
Science Oasis 1991-1993
TERC Educational Advisory Board 1993
UCSF Foundation 1996
Invitations accepted 1995-1997
Invitations declined 1992-1997
Biographical Materials
Clippings 1991-1996
Interviews 1994-1996
Subseries 1.3: Administration, 1963-2000, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Chief of Staff
Staff lists and job descriptions 1972-1983, n.d.
Staff meeting minutes 1977, n.d.
Personnel policies 1983, n.d.
Long range planning 1981-1991
Executive Director search 1990
Employee Handbooks 1990, 1993
Management group meeting minutes 1991-1996
Identity Campaign report 1991
Japan visit 1990-1992
Supervisor's Handbook 1994
Robert Semper, NSTA Award 1994
President Clinton visit 1995
Advisory Committee 1995-1996
Unionization
Correspondence 1991-1993
Organizing meetings
Questions for Exploratorium management 1991
Questions for union representatives 1991
Elections 1991-1992
Service Employees International Union memos 1991-1995
Posters and handouts ca. 1991
Organizing Committee 1991-1992, n.d.
Bargaining Unit 1991-1995
Negotiating Team 1991-1993
Publicity 1991-1992
"The Unionization of the Exploratorium" by Joseph G. Ansel, Jr. from Institutional Trauma 1995
Contract negotiations 1992-1995
Tentative agreements 1992-1993
Agreement, March 1, 1993-May 31, 1994 1993
Agreement, June 1, 1994-May 31, 1995 1994
Contract negotiations 1995
Agreement, June 1, 1995-May 31, 1998 1995
Architectural Planning
Building Projects
Correspondence 1976-1983
Preliminary plans for Palace of Arts and Sciences ca. 1969
Theater project ca. 1970
Theater project drawings 1970
Floor plans 1975
Physics Playground drawings 1977, n.d.
Mezzanine project (includes photograph) 1979-1980
Drawings 1979
McBean Theater project drawings 1981
Cultural Center project drawings 1982-1983
"The Rationale for a Space Expansion Program for the Exploratorium" by Frank Oppenheimer 1983
Renovations 1991
Extending the Exploratorium 1994
Storage cabinet drawings 1996
Floor plans ca. 1997, n.d.
Renovations 1997
Renovations 2000
Exploratorium Store drawings n.d.
Palace of Fine Arts History
Rehabilitation project drawings 1963
Brochure: Evolution of a Palace 1970
Palace of Fine Arts: A Brief History by D. Evelyn Fondren 1986
Clippings n.d.
Internal Communications
Policies 1991-1992
Memos 1994, n.d.
Explosé 1992,1995
Internal Communications Liason n.d.
Subseries 1.4: Chronological Files, 1974-1991
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1974-1977
Correspondence 1978-1979
Correspondence 1980-1982
Correspondence 1982-1984
Correspondence 1984-1985
Correspondence 1985-1987
Correspondence 1987-1988
Correspondence 1988-1989
Correspondence 1989-1990
Correspondence 1991
Series 2: Public Information Office, 1996-2000
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 2.1: Administration, 1969-2000
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1977-1992, n.d.
Promotional literature 1969-1991, n.d.
Fact Sheets 1970-1997
Visitors 1976-1979
Report 1987
Publicity packets ca. 1991-2000
Promotional materials n.d.
Staff biographies n.d.
Subseries 2.2: Writings by Exploratorium Staff, 1966-1991
Scope and Content Note
List of papers and published articles 1966-1982
"The Exploratorium" by Evelyn Shaw 1972
"The Cheshire Cat Effect" by Sally Duensing and Bob Miller 1978
"The Ethology of Teaching" by Judy Diamond 1980
"Open Questions in Museum Accounting" by Caryn Clark 1982
"Use of Interactive Exhibits in College Teaching" by Robert J. Semper, et al. 1982
"Remembrance of Smells Past" by Linda Dackman 1982
"Perception and Language" by Sally Duensing 1983
"Science Museums as Environments for Learning" by Robert J. Semper 1990
"A Brief Political History of the Exploratorium" by Robert J. Semper 1991
"Exploratorium" by K.C. Cole n.d.
"Museums and Popular Culture" by Linda Draper n.d.
"Taking the Exploratorium Home With You" by Bob Miller n.d.
Subseries 2.3: Writings about the Exploratorium, 1971-1987
Scope and Content Note
"The Palace of Arts and Sciences" by Philip Morrison 1971
The Exploratorium: Museum as Laboratory by Hilde Hein - drafts 1983
The Exploratorium by Jeanne Lam, et.al. 1987
Dennis the Menace comic book about the Exploratorium by Hank Ketchum n.d.
Subseries 2.4: Media Coverage, 1969-1997
Scope and Content Note
Lists of articles about the Exploratorium 1975-1997
NOVA television documentary: Palace of Delights
Correspondence 1981
Program transcript 1981
Frank Oppenheimer interview 1981
Letters received following broadcast 1982-1983
Press clippings 1969-1984
Press clippings 1984-1987
Press clippings 1986-1988
Press clippings 1988-1989
Press clippings 1988-1989
Press clippings 1989-1990
Press clippings 1990-1992
Press clippings 1992-1996
Subseries 2.5: Publicity, 1969-1995
Scope and Content Note
Letters of Appreciation 1969-1986
Background Material 1963-1975
Art and Science 1971-1977
Art and Science 1971-1977
Music in the Exploratorium 1973-1978
Jupiter Fly-By 1974
Documentation of Exhibits 1974-1975
Special Events 1975-1977
Hotel Tax Fund 1976-1980
Press releases 1978-1991
Press releases 1991-1995
Series 3: Development, 1969-1997
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 3.1: Administration, 1969-1989
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1969-1982
Fundraising reports 1968-1984
Corporate donors 1976-1986
California Assembly
Correspondence 1977-1989
Assembly Bill No. 4034 regarding regional science resource centers 1984
Funding notes for future projects 1982, n.d.
Subseries 3.2: Membership, 1969-1991
Scope and Content Note
Associates Program 1976-1982, n.d.
Applications ca. 1985
Members only previews and invitations 1989-1997
Brochures n.d.
Subseries 3.3: Grants, 1969-1991
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco Foundation 1969-1970
National Science Foundation 1971-1981, n.d.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Measurement of Temperature 1976
Ecology Regained 1976-1977
Choosing the Future: seminar planning grant 1978
W. R. Hewlitt Foundation 1976-1977
National Endowment for the Arts 1976-1984
Mary A. Crocker Trust 1977
California Arts Council 1977
California Postsecondary Education Commission 1977
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) 1977-1978
Hotel Tax Fund 1978
California Council for the Humanities in Public Policy 1978
Various grants for project documenting the history of the Exploratorium 1978-1982
W. K. Kellogg Foundation 1978-1986
MacArthur Foundation 1981
CPB / Annenberg Project 1983
U.S. Department of Education 1990-1991
Miscellaneous grants 1971-1982, n.d.
Subseries 3.4: Special Events, 1977-1997
Scope and Content Note
Awards Dinners 1977-1997
Associates Party 1978-1979
Mezzanine Dedication Gala 1981
National Endowment for the Arts: Challenge Grant Campaign Luncheon n.d
Series 4: Marketing, 1969-1996
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 4.1: Admissions and Visitor Services, 1969-1996
Scope and Content Note
Attendance reports 1969-1976
Visitor petition ca. 1976
Visitors 1976-1984
Return visitor study 1978-1979
Visitor survey report 1993
Report: Community, Audience, and Competitive Study for the Exploratorium 1996
Subseries 4.2: Museum Rental, 1979-1981
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1979-1981
Notes 1981, n.d.
Brochures n.d.
Subseries 4.3: Tactile Dome, 1977-1986
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1977
Publicity 1986, n.d.
Subseries 4.4: Store, 1987-1996
Scope and Content Note
Product development 1978-1989
Cookbook sales 1979-1991
Proposal to Board of Directors ca. 1980
Opening reception 1981
Catalogs 1985-1996, n.d.
Brochures n.d.
Series 5: Exhibit Services, 1975-1996
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 5.1: Administration, 1975-1996
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1977-1992
Planning 1975-1991
Consulting 1979-1991
Financial records 1984-1992
Project overviews 1985-1991
Prospective clients 1987-1992
Memos 1987-1991
ASTC presentations 1989-1992
Report 1990
Sample contracts n.d.
Subseries 5.2: Exhibit Sales, 1981-1990
Scope and Content Note
Price lists 1981-1990
Drawings 1986
Lists of exhibits 1988, n.d.
Descriptions 1988-1990, n.d.
Lariat Chain 1990
Touch the Spring 1990
Brochures n.d.
Sales packet n.d.
Subseries 5.3: Projects, 1984-1996
Scope and Content Note
IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York
Seeing the Light 1984-1986
Sound, Hearing and Music 1988
Parc de la Villette, Paris 1985-1987
New York Hall of Science 1986
Iwisaka Science Stadium, Osaka 1988
Exploratorium in Tokyo 1988-1990
Museum of Science, Boston 1989
Spaceworld, Japan 1989
Discovery Center Museum, Rockford, IL 1990
Sensorium, Reno, NV 1991
Sony America 1991
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 1992
San Francisco International Airport 1992
Le Jardin D'Acclimatation, Paris 1996
Subseries 5.4: Art from the Exploratorium, 1990-1992
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1990-1992
Exhibitions 1990-1992
Memos 1991-1992
Contracts 1991
Insurance 1991-1992
Graphics [1991]
Exhibit Maintenance
Correspondence 1991-1992
Instructions and warranties n.d.
Color Xeroxes of exhibits [1991]
Slides of exhibits [1991]
Renovation project 1992
Series 6: Center for Public Exhibition, 1969-1999
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 6.1: Administration, 1994-1999
Scope and Content Note
Program Planning 1994-1996
Project proposals 1995-1996
Exhibits and programs 1995-1998
Refocussing on the Floor
Background materials 1996-1997
Planning 1995-1997, n.d.
Pedagogy Group 1996, n.d.
Core Exhibits Group 1996-1997, n.d.
Mediated Experiences Group 1996-1997, n.d.
Orientation 1997-1998, n.d.
Projects 1997-1998, n.d.
Subseries 6.2: Exhibits, 1969-1994
Scope and Content Note
Exhibit Development
Correspondence 1973-1986, n.d.
Exhibit planning 1969-1988, n.d.
Exhibit staff meeting notes 1978
Exhibit descriptions 1970-1983, n.d.
Exhibit essays 1974, n.d.
Exhibit drawings 1986-1991
What's Going On: an Exploratorium pocket book ca. 1985
Frank Oppenheimer's exhibit development files 1968-1982, n.d.
Exhibit ideas and suggestions 1974-1985, n.d.
"Documentation of Exhibits: December 1974-June 1975" by Jennifer Merrill ca. 1975
"Experiments in the Exploratorium" 1978
"Exhibit Placement" by Robert Semper - draft 1983
Exhibit design book by Larry Klein 1984
"The Exploratorium's Greatest Hits" by Tucker Hiatt 1984
Permanent Exhibits
Sound and Hearing 1975, n.d.
Electricity and Magnetism 1978-1984, n.d.
Heat and Temperature (includes photos) 1978-1981, n.d.
Life Sciences Lab 1978-1994, n.d.
Einstein 1979-1981, n.d.
Language 1979-1981, n.d.
Waves and Resonance 1981-1982, n.d.
Mathematics 1990-1991
Playbase (includes photos) n.d.
Size Distance and Perspective n.d.
Color n.d.
Vision n.d.
DNA n.d.
Exhibit photographs n.d.
Temporary Exhibits
Cybernetic Serendipity 1969
Signals in the Environment 1970
The Spirit of Innovation 1976
Dreamstage
Correspondence 1977-1978
Publicity 1977-1978
Notes 1977-1978
Floor plan ca. 1978
Medical Technology
Correspondence 1978-1984
Exhibit descriptions 1978-1979
Publicity 1978-1979
Budget 1979
Questionnaires 1979
Final report 1979
Photographs 1979
Gossamer Albatross
Correspondence 1980
Poster 1980
Looking at the Light 1981
Weightless Figure 1982
Nikon Small World Exhibit 1983
Chips and Changes
Correspondence 1983-1984
Contracts 1984
Publicity 1983-1984
Exhibit text 1984
Poster 1984
Photographs 1984
Les Mécaniciens de l'Imaginaire
Correspondence 1988
Budget 1988
Publicity 1987-1988
Photographs 1988
Subseries 6.3: Artist in Residence Program, 1974-1996
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1975-1991
Proposals 1974-1981, n.d.
Four New Works 1974
Program information 1974-1984, n.d.
Seminar on Art and Sciences 1975
Report ca. 1980
Report 1994
Performance and exhibit publicity 1985-1996
Artists 1976-1988, n.d.
Floor map of art exhibits n.d.
Subseries 6.4: Film and Performance Program, 1975-1996
Scope and Content Note
Music in the Exploratorium 1975-1977
Speaking of Music 1977-1984
Speaking of Music - posters 1978-1989, n.d.
San Francisco Summer Festival 1982
Michael Pepe: San Francisco International Theater Festival 1982
Directions in Bay Area Theater 1982
Tukak Teatret 1982
Company : San Francisco International Theater Festival 1983
Schlippenbach / Johannson 1983
Bella Lewitsky 1983
David Gordon and Valda Setterfield 1983
Theater Day 1984
Film Program 1992-1994
Making Waves: San Francisco Music Day 1993
Wired Youth Media Festival 1993-1996
Sylvia Nakkach of Vox Mundi 1994
Hiroshima Nagasaki 50th Commemoration 1995
About the Size of It 1996
Cinema Unbound poster 1996
Miscellaneous performances 1972-1993
Subseries 6.5: Special Events, 1970-1999
Scope and Content Note
British Columbia Mug-Up 1970-1971
Jupiter Fly By 1974
Jupiter Fly By - poster 1974
Forefront Readings in Science and Poetry 1975-1976
The City Series 1976
Mars Tuesdays 1976
On Color: A Celebration 1977
Re-viewing the World: Art, Science, the Humanities and Public Policy 1978
Balancing Acts: Explorations in Decision Making 1978-1979
Edison Centennial Symposium Reception 1978-1979
Saturn at the Exploratorium 1979
Saturn at the Exploratorium - poster 1979
Golden Gate Kindergarten Association 100th Birthday and Reunion 1979
M.I.T. Day at the Exploratorium 1979
KQED Auction Volunteer party 1979-1980
U.S. Rep. John Brandemas reception 1980
New Music America 1980-1981
Science Media Conference 1981
Twelfth International Sculpture Conference 1981-1982
Atari Asteroids Competition / San Francisco 1981
Visual Arts Forum 1982
Aeolian Towers / Sound Garden 1982
Oakland A's Exploratorium Days 1983
Catch on to Computers 1983
Electricity Exhibits Conference 1983
Raise the Roof Party 1983-1984
Remembrances of Palaces Past 1984
Bubbles Festival 1986, 1988
Memory: The Art and Science of Remembering 1988
Earthquake Information Weekends 1989
Founder's Day 1990
Cultural Rhythms Weekends 1991
Tracing Time 1992
Winding Your Way Through DNA 1992
Finding Your Way 1992-1993
Psychology: Understanding Ourselves Understanding Each Other 1993
Mindworks Lecture Series 1993
Halloween Family Fun Night 1993
Exploring the Steel Pan 1993
Tibetan Sand Mandala 1993
Osher Fellowship Lecture Series 1993-1999, n.d.
Beakman and Jax 1994
Black History Month 1994
Rising Above our Garbage 1994
Interactive Sound Studio 1994
Multimedia Playground 1995
President Clinton Visit 1995
Nature / Culture Film and Lecture Series - poster 1996
What about AIDS 1996
Boundaries: It All Happens at the Edge
Floor Plans 1996-1997
Poster 1997
Turbulent Landscapes 1996-1997
Turbulent Landscapes - poster 1997
Cycles: Nature Repeats Itself 1997
Revealing Bodies: Anatomical Wax Venus 1999
Crafts Demonstrations n.d.
Miscellaneous special events 1971-1999
Series 7: Center for Teaching and Learning, 1969-2000
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 7.1: Administration, 1994-1998
Scope and Content Note
Program information 1994-1998, n.d.
Planning 1998, n.d.
Subseries 7.2: Classes and Workshops, 1971-1995
Scope and Content Note
Student Science Project Program 1971
Summer Classes 1973-1982
Perception and the Adult 1979
Inside the Puzzle Children 1979
Light, Sound, and Perception n.d.
Mission Science Workshop n.d.
Miscellany 1979-1995
Subseries 7.3: School in the Exploratorium, 1972-1993
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1976-1982
Program information 1972-1991
Report ca. 1979
Report 1992
Lead Teacher Program 1993, n.d.
Subseries 7.4: Teacher Programs, 1983-2000
Scope and Content Note
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
Program description 1983-1987, n.d.
Newsletters 1986-1989
Report 1987
Assessment 1987
San Francisco Mathematics Collaborative 1987
National Center for Teacher Education 1993
Science at the Core: joint program with the Lawrence Hall of Science 1993
Special events for teachers 1996-1997
Institute for Inquiry 1996-2000
Science Framework for California Public Schools 1997
Berkeley Summer Workshop n.d.
Subseries 7.5: Field Trips, 1969-1991
Scope and Content Note
Letters of appreciation from students and teachers 1969-1981, n.d.
Letters of appreciation 1982-1986
Reports 1970-1978
Brochures 1975-1991, n.d.
Light, Color, Vision: Explanations about Exploratorium Exhibits for Teachers and Classes 1975-1976
Pathways: exhibit guides and workbooks n.d.
Subseries 7.6: Explainers, 1969-1995
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1972-1982
Program descriptions 1969-1978
Explainer comment book 1975
Report 1978-1979
The Explainer Research Project 1986
ExplaineReport newsletter 1992, 1994
When the Right Answer is a Question: Student Explainers at the Exploratorium 1995
Photographs n.d.
Subseries 7.7: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), 1977-1980
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1977-1979
Project director files 1977-1980
FIPSE Advisory Board Conference
Information packet 1978
Transcript of conference 1978
Notes 1978
Progress reports 1977-1979
Survey 1979
Program description 1978-1980
Letters of inquiry 1979-1980
Intern evaluations 1978-1980
Intern institutions 1978-1980
Series 8: Center for Media and Communications, 1970-1999
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 8.1: Administration, 1994
Scope and Content Note
Overview of CMC departments 1994
Subseries 8.2: Library/Information Resources, 1990-1999
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence 1991, n.d.
Program information 1990-1995
Annual report 1990
Monthly reports 1991-1999
Statistics 1991-1992
Catalogue of Frank Oppenheimer's library n.d.
Renovation project n.d.
Subseries 8.3: Media Department, 1976-1997
Scope and Content Note
Film collection 1976-1979
Video projects 1980-1983
Video Documentation Project 1989-1991
Learning Through Collaborative Visualization (CoVis) 1994
Multimedia Playground 1995
Informal Science Educators Network 1995-1997
Highways and Byteways 1996
Science Learning Network n.d.
Subseries 8.4: Publications, 1970-1981
Scope and Content Note
Exploratorium News 1970-1972
Cookbook 1975-1981
Facets of Light: Colors, Images, and Things That Glow in the Dark by K.C. Cole - draft 1978
Visitor brochure drafts 1979, n.d.
Exploratorium Essays #1-26 n.d.
Publication catalogues and brochures n.d.