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Exploratorium

Exploratorium

2 6.7
A museum in San Francisco with hands-on science and art exhibits
  • proper noun
  • /ɪkˌsplɔːrəˈtɔːriəm/
: Exploratorium
  • One is at the Exploratorium Science Museum, which we've done a few videos with in the past.
  • Exploratorium in San Francisco
  • San Francisco Exploratorium

Examples

  • Fer had given him an early Christmas present, a ticket to the Exploratorium, the science museum.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • This morning I went to the Exploratorium and saw your tape.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • And I bought one from the Exploratorium, and I mounted it into a helmet.

  • A biodiversity website is the latest offering from the Exploratorium, the popular hands-on museum based in San Francisco.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The Exploratorium's collection of immunology exhibits is expected to be completed in 1992.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Educators and students can visit the Exploratorium's biodiversity website at http://www.exploratorium.edu/biodiversity.

    Academic text (2002)

  • You won't need a bathing suit at the Exploratorium's new exhibition "Diving into the Gene Pool," but you will need lots of curiosity.

    Academic text (1995)

  • MATHEMATICA: A WORLD OF NUMBERS AND BEYOND is on display through May 5, 2002, at the Exploratorium, the hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco, California.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The development of ten new interactive exhibits by the Exploratorium will provide direct experience to the broadest possible audience, particularly adolescent youth, with the workings of the immune system.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The hands-on Exploratorium museum at Pier 15 is a big draw for children.

Synonyms

museum
vsExploratorium
∞ 1.0

A building where people see and learn about art, history, or science

is a public venue famous for hands-on science, art, and perception displays
science museum
vsExploratorium
9 2.4

A museum where people learn about science from displays and experiments

is more interactive and also showcases art and perception exhibits
showplace
vsExploratorium
3 4.6

A place people show to visitors for its beauty or interest

is famous especially for interactive scientific and artistic exhibits rather than appearance

Compounds

exploratorium
1 7.7

A place like a museum where people learn by touching and trying things

Surface Forms

Exploratorium main

Morphology

Exploratorium = explore (semi-transparent) = explore + atorium

The name is built from the idea of exploring plus a place-forming suffix, but as a coined proper noun for a specific museum its meaning is only partly predictable.

Etymology

The word Exploratorium comes from the Latin word explorare meaning 'to explore' and the ending -orium meaning 'a place for'. It is like the everyday word explore and words such as laboratory, so the name means 'a place for exploring', which fits the hands-on museum.