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The Exploratorium’s Free Admission Day for Mother’s Day 2024

Sunday, May 12, 2024 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Pay what you can

Pier 15 | 698 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111

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The Exploratorium typically only has one “pay what you wish” day a year. The Exploratorium’s “Community Day” tradition will return in 2024 in honor of Mother’s Day/Día de las Madres. 

Happy Mother’s Day! All mothers—and especially mamás latinas—are invited to celebrate this special holiday with their families at the Exploratorium. To honor this day, we offer bilingual programming for moms y toda la familia. Enjoy fabulous performances of folklórico dances and a mariachi concert serenading mothers. Make paper flowers as a gift, and learn all about the “mother food” of the Americas, maize. Pay what you wish for a day of fun at the Exploratorium!

The Exploratorium’s “Pay What You Wish” Community Day
Sunday, May 12, 2024
10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Pier 15, Embarcadero at Green St., S.F.,
Free / Pay what you wish* – *
Please note that admission is “pay what you wish” is for everyone, not just for mothers.

Arrive early as entry is subject to capacity.

See full details at exploratorium.edu

Pay what you can’ within your means on Community Days, when museum admission is subject to capacity and is on a first-come, first-served basis. The number of tickets available depends on the accommodation capacity of our facilities, so admission is not guaranteed. Daytime hours for members and donors (Sundays, 10:00 a.m. to noon) will not be available.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*Pay what you can
Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, Free Museum Day, In Person, Mother's Day
Venue: Pier 15
Address: 698 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111

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