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Exploratorium After Dark: Cinema Arts & Mechanical Melodies | Pier 15

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Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Cost: $15*
*$15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members ($10 Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome) Adults Only (18+)

Exploratorium | Pier 15, San Francisco, CA

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Exploratorium After Dark | Pier 15

Feed your head every Thursday night at After Dark at the Exploratorium. Savor unique, thought-provoking series for adults—plus, grab dinner and drinks by the Bay, play with hundreds of hands-on exhibits, crawl through their pitch-black Tactile Dome, and explore.

Exploratorium After Dark
Thursday Nights | 6-10 pm
Exploratorium, Pier 15
$19.95 Adv/Door –  Free for Lab Members ($10 Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome)
Adults Only (18+)

Cost update – As of 10/1/18 advanced ticket prices rose from $17.95 to $19.95

Adult tickets to the Exploratorium are nomally $29.95 so After Dark is $10 off.

Thursday, January 19, 2017
Exploratorium After Dark | Pier 15

The Musical Art Quintet accompanies a program of silent films from the early days of cinema in this program co-presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The films feature mechanical wonders and inspired inventions, evoking the whimsy and wonder of our temporary exhibition Curious Contraptions.

  • A Wild Roomer (1926, 24 min.) by Charley Bowers
  • Ballet Mécanique (1924, 16 min.) by Fernand Leger
  • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912, 13 min.) by Ladislaw Starewicz
  • Mechanical Principles (1933, 11 min.) by Ralph Steiner

Aside from the Silent Films, come be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman. Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and their collective human experience.

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: $15*
*$15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members ($10 Add-On Ticket for the Tactile Dome) Adults Only (18+)
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Address: Pier 15, San Francisco, CA