Impact Report 2019 Table of Contents

A NOTE FROM SELF, MADE 03 THE TINKERING STUDIO 14 SUMMER 2019

WHY WE DO WHAT ROSTEN WOO’S 04 WE DO 17 MUTUAL AIR

HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINERS: LETTER FROM 05 FLASHBACK TO 1969 19 CHRIS FLINK

HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINERS: THANK YOU TO 07 FLASH FORWARD TO 2019 20 OUR SUPPORTERS

THE LIVING OPERATING INCOME 09 LIQUID PROJECT 31 AND EXPENSES THE STORY BEHIND 11 A NEW EXHIBIT Welcome! A NOTE FROM THE TINKERING STUDIO

The first time I came to the Exploratorium as a kid, I felt there was going to be a lot to discover.

For many kids, the Exploratorium is their Tinkering is not just an action—it is a mindset. I hope you’ll feel inspired reading the stories of first time experiencing science in a vibrant, It helps you approach the world with confidence exploration and wonder in this Impact Report. hands-on way—and that can be transformative. in your ability to playfully investigate until you find Perhaps you’ll also be inspired to join me in the That’s what happened to me. In 2008, I joined a solution. Tinkering helps people make sense of Tinkering Studio to create your own Scribbling the Exploratorium as a Field Trip Explainer, the world on their own terms. Machine or Light Play kinetic sculpture. and never left. My goal is that visitors of all ages who come I can’t wait to see you at the ! Today, I am the Program Director for the through the Tinkering Studio experience the museum’s Tinkering Studio. In the Tinkering same spark of discovery I felt in my own early Studio, we develop workshops that allow visitors visits. Tinkering is just one of the ways the to use real tools and materials to ask their own Exploratorium works to ignite curiosity and help Lianna Kali questions and discover their own answers people understand the world around them. Tinkering Studio Program Director through building personally meaningful objects.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 A NOTE FROM THE TINKERING STUDIO 03 Here’s why we do what we do. THE EXPLORATORIUM’S MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES The Exploratorium is a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception. Our mission is to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide. Our vision is a world where people think for themselves and can confidently ask questions, question answers, and understand the world around them.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO 04 MEET PEGGY HELLWEG, HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINER Flashback to 1969— In 1969, she was the Exploratorium’s first (and only) Explainer. who was the first When young Peggy Karplus (later Hellweg) showed up at ’s house on Lombard Street to interview for a position at his Explainer? new Exploratorium, she was already on the path to becoming a scientist. Her parents both worked

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINERS: FLASHBACK TO 1969 05 Over 3,500 Bay Area high schoolers have followed in Peggy’s footsteps.

at the , and she and her a network of seismometer and accelerometer WHO ARE THE HIGH SCHOOL siblings were drawn early to physics, chemistry, stations as the Operations Manager for the EXPLAINERS TODAY? and math. Berkeley Seismology Laboratory. High School Explainers, the Exploratorium’s As an Explainer, Peggy gained life skills as well In the past 50 years, over 3,500 Bay Area youngest employees, are a diverse group as scientific knowledge. “I learned that you really high school students have followed in Peggy’s of students who engage visitors at exhibits, need to listen to people and understand where footsteps. After holding the title of Explainer at lead demonstrations, run many museum they are coming from before you can explain a the Exploratorium, these young people have operations, and receive extensive training from concept to them, or before they can figure out gone on to work in many different professions, leading professionals and scientists across the how a specific exhibit works,” she remembers. becoming firefighters, CEOs, teachers, scientists, organization. Some are interested in science; “I also learned how to explore and figure things and much more. all have a spark for learning new things. High out myself, things that I might not have tried to School Explainers fill over 130 paid positions figure out otherwise. That way I could be a better How will the next 3,500 use their experiences as per year at the museum. teacher than simply knowing an answer by heart.” Explainers to leave their marks on the fields they pursue? We can’t wait to see. Find out more about the Explainer program at Today, Peggy is a seismologist with a BA and MA explainers.exploratorium.edu/highschool. in physics and a PhD in geophysics. She manages

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINERS: FLASHBACK TO 1969 06 MEET MITCHELL CASTANON, Flash forward to 2019— HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINER How do you imagine a typical applicant to the High School Explainer program? You might not how do you imagine the imagine someone like Mitchell Castanon. Mitchell didn’t apply because he loved the typical Explainer? Exploratorium, or even science.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINERS: FLASH FORWARD TO 2019 07 Explainers learn about themselves as much as they do about the world around them.

“I always thought I hated science,” Mitchell He noticed that while friends dreaded getting up says. “In my education, science was more about and heading to work, he woke up motivated and memorizing than doing activities.” Nor was he energized, and he soon added community college looking for a stepping stone to college; in high coursework to his commitments. A year and a school he took “the easiest way out possible.” half later, this student once intent on squeaking Mitchell wanted an internship in the tech industry, by was accepted to the University of at hoping it would lead to a job. But a friend working Santa Cruz to major in education, becoming only at the Exploratorium encouraged him to apply the second person in his family to go to college. here as well, and so Mitchell applied to the Explainer program as a plan B. Some Explainers arrive confident and sure of the path to their goals. Others, like Mitchell, start Being an Explainer was not what Mitchell had unsure of their futures. But through the program, imagined. Explainers learn about themselves as much as they do about the world around them, and they As an Explainer, Mitchell rediscovered an early carry those lessons, and the friendships they passion that, during high school, he’d almost make, with them for the rest of their lives. forgotten—teaching. Helping people didn’t feel like an assignment to him; it was intuitive, Today, Mitchell is still Explaining—you can find and he loved it. After his first semester at the him doing demonstrations and interacting with Exploratorium, Mitchell started spending extra attendees at private events held at the museum. time coaching, supporting, and teaching new He expects to graduate from UC Santa Cruz in Explainers as they joined the team. The joy of spring 2022. helping others grow and succeed returned, and he reconnected to his own love of learning.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 HIGH SCHOOL EXPLAINERS: FLASH FORWARD TO 2019 08 THE LIVING LIQUID PROJECT Can we tap, swipe, and Whenever you check your heart rate graphs on a Fitbit, or explore maps of election poll results, you zoom to make sense of are using visualizations to make sense of big data. Visualizations—computer-generated visual representations of data—are an increasingly big data? critical part of our everyday lives. They help

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 THE LIVING LIQUID PROJECT 09 scientists and the public make sense of the and to discover ways to encourage visitors to ask Visualizations help massive, complex data sets now collected questions about that data. everywhere, from weather satellites to genome us navigate the huge sequencing machines to our own wearable You can try your hand at exploring two data sets sensors. with touch-screen exhibits in our Living Systems datasets now collected gallery: everywhere. It can be difficult to feel empowered to navigate this flood of information, but helping people ask • Plankton Populations explores the ever- questions and understand the world around changing population of plankton throughout them is central to our mission. As huge scientific the world’s oceans, with data from the data sets have become more prevalent, we’ve Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s expanded our focus on making visualizations for Darwin Project. our visitors, while continuing to research the best approaches to design and development. • Mapping Migrations investigates the migration of the ocean’s top predators, with data from the Jennifer Frazier, a senior scientist at the Tagging of Pacific Predators project. Exploratorium, is a leader in this work. Jennifer grew up in a house crammed with “cases of In May 2019, in an extension of this work, fossilized jellyfish” (collected by her dad, an Jennifer also led the VISUALISE: Visualization amateur paleontologist) and vials of sand from for Informal Science Education conference around the world (belonging to her mom, a here at the Exploratorium. VISUALISE was the middle school science teacher). Inspired by this first conference focused on creating effective setting, and by her weekends spent outdoors, visualizations for science and informal Jennifer went on to receive a BS in bioethics science education venues, and it brought and genetics from University of California Davis, together museum professionals, learning followed by a PhD in cell biology from University researchers, computer scientists, artists, and of California . technology developers.

Today, Jennifer is helping visitors explore and Funding for Living Liquid and VISUALISE make sense of data sets from the natural world. was provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore She is the lead researcher on our Living Liquid Foundation and the National Science Foundation project, which aims to make marine biology data under Grant Nos. 1322828 and 1811163. accessible to visitors through hands-on exhibits,

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 THE LIVING LIQUID PROJECT 010 THE STORY BEHIND A NEW EXHIBIT Can a visual illusion BY DIANE WHITMORE, EXHIBIT DEVELOPER In 2014, I attended a talk by Harvard psychology researcher and Osher Fellow Mahzarin Banaji. help us understand She had discovered a visual illusion that had to do with how people perceive race. The images she showed placed me face-to-face with my own skin-tone bias? unconscious skin-tone bias.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 THE STORY BEHIND A NEW EXHIBIT 011 Five years later, our exhibition Self, Made gave me an opportunity to develop that experience into an exhibit.

This prototype required new experts— and changed my development practice forever.

Exploratorium exhibit developers typically solicit feedback on prototypes from content experts, colleagues, and visitors. We gather points of view, then sift and synthesize them. This prototype, however, required a different kind of feedback and new experts—and it changed my development practice forever.

The following illusion may or may not work for Master Exhibit Developer Diane Whitmore is in her 25th year at the you, but here are three things to remember: Exploratorium. Her many creations include What’s Hot, What’s Not?, Pi Toss, and 3-D Shapes. Here Diane tells you the story behind When • You may experience discomfort. Seeing Race, Can You Trust Your Eyes?, an exhibit she developed for our • You might learn something new. summer 2019 exhibition Self, Made: Exploring You in a World of We. • This is not a test for racism.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 THE STORY BEHIND A NEW EXHIBIT 012 7627_G2_RaceIllusion_Faces | (39.25” x 12”) | Direct print to 0.04” Dibond IDENTITY 5141/ U1000 TRY THIS: Look at the two faces on the ends.

Do they have different skin tones?

Depending on what you saw, you might be race.” I found that talking about race got easier reactions. With their help, I could reconsider my surprised to know that all the faces are exactly the with practice. prototypes through a broader lens. same tone. Only the facial features are different. So I sought other voices, including from among The resulting exhibit, When Seeing Race, Can Not convinced? The exhibit includes tools that our racially diverse cadre of Explainers, many You Trust Your Eyes?, presents a verifiable skin- let you check this statement. Skin-tone biases of whom shared their personal experiences. tone bias experience. It seeks both to represent have been documented in multiple published These sources responded with generosity, people of color and clearly account for why this experimental psychology studies. It’s clear from expert insights, and great advice. Comments illusion matters in daily life. this research that society and experience shape included “How can a white person say anything what we see and hear. meaningful about racial bias?” “You need to say If this illusion gave you a face-to-face experience why this matters,” and—when I was deciding with skin-tone bias, I hope you’ll accept it as a part How did developing this exhibit change my whether to show two faces or six—“It’s nice to see of being human. Perhaps acknowledging it will practice? At first, by challenging me simply to more brown faces.” change you a little, as it did me. If we can accept discuss race without overt fear or defensiveness. unconscious skin-tone bias as biofeedback, we When collecting feedback from my usual sources, I was beginning to tune in to a new (to me) may gain awareness. And with awareness, we can I heard concerns such as “Is this appropriate for dimension of exhibit development: emotional shift our conscious behavior. our floor?” Some saw it as an optical gray-scale feedback. I found I needed new strategies illusion. I learned to say “No, this exhibit is about to invite, understand, and integrate people’s

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 THE STORY BEHIND A NEW EXHIBIT 013 What makes you you?

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 SELF, MADE: EXPLORING YOU IN A WORLD OF WE, SUMMER 2019 014 ...and why does a care?

SELF, MADE: EXPLORING YOU IN A WORLD OF WE, SUMMER 2019

In our 50th anniversary year, alongside our exhibits on light, sound, and other natural phenomena, the Exploratorium transformed one large gallery into an exploration of yet another visible yet mysterious subject: what makes you you.

Why did a science museum create an exhibition about identity?

Self, Made: Exploring You in a World of We isn’t our first bold exhibition. Over the years, the Exploratorium has tackled many complex subjects, including the AIDS crisis and the legacy of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Fifty years on from our founding, we’re reflecting upon the Exploratorium’s own identity as a museum of “science, art, and human perception.” And nothing shapes human perception quite like our beliefs, habits, values, and upbringing—all elements that make up our personal identities.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 SELF, MADE: EXPLORING YOU IN A WORLD OF WE, SUMMER 2019 015 We explore science, art, and human perception— and nothing shapes perception quite like identity.

In fact, many topics we think of as “science” are shaped by external forces, can be illuminated essential: anthropologist Duana Fullwiley, PhD; issues are powerfully shaped by our social through both scientific disciplines (biology, sports journalist and author Howard Bryant; Earth identities—think of views on gene modification, neuroscience, anthropology, psychology, historian Lauret Edith Savoy, PhD; and American or opinions on climate change. Identity is a highly social and behavioral sciences, medicine) and studies scholar Ramzi Fawaz, PhD. relevant topic for our community to explore, humanities or cultural disciplines (art, history, especially in a time when it’s become clear that popular culture). As a result, Self, Made is By exploring how one’s own identity—and the the very definition of “truth” is shaped as much by eclectic and mixed media, appropriate for a show identities of others—are shaped, we hope our prior beliefs as by scientifically verifiable facts. exploring this complex topic central to human visitors leave more curious and empathetic experience. In addition to creating and curating toward anyone they may think of as “different.” How we intentionally and unintentionally Exploratorium exhibits, we worked closely with construct our identities, and how our identities guest co-curators, whose contributions were

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 SELF, MADE: EXPLORING YOU IN A WORLD OF WE , SUMMER 2019 016 ROSTEN WOO’S MUTUAL AIR Can you hear the air What if you could hear the air pollution that affects us all? pollution? On September 30, 2018, the Exploratorium launched artist Rosten Woo’s sound installation Mutual Air. Fifteen individual sculptures, installed across San Francisco and Oakland, chimed and clicked in response to fluctuations

in local air quality and global CO2 levels.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 ROSTEN WOO’S MUTUAL AIR 017 By forming partnerships with organizations to host the sculptures across the two cities, as well as collect, frame, and share their data, Mutual Air aimed to create opportunities for residents to better understand their air quality and advocate for their communities.

Two months after installation, local events led Mutual Air to change its tune. In November 2018, during the devastating Camp Fire in Butte County, what had begun as a way to draw attention to air-quality disparities across the Bay Area quickly vaulted the region’s “Mutual Air allows us to access the dynamic interconnectedness to the foreground. As smoke quality of the air, which is otherwise invisible,” pollution soared, the bells sounded with nonstop says Woo, who developed the project as an Artist- distress, a vivid reminder of the unfolding tragedy in-Residence at the Exploratorium between 2014 to the north. As Woo eloquently says, “Sound has and 2018. “I was inspired by the historic use of special characteristics—you can’t choose not to bells, which once kept the daily rhythms of towns see it, and you can’t look away.” SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORS and connected its residents. What if we could AFTER THE CAMP FIRE connect contemporary urban spaces by sonifying In an era when global rhetoric often divides People from around the world contributed this resource?” people, Mutual Air’s goal was to bring local upward of $55 million to California wildfire communities together. Part of the Exploratorium’s recovery efforts. After the Camp Fire in Butte For nine months, this network of bells focus on fostering civic agency, the project County, the Exploratorium and our employees reacted throughout the day to fluctuations involved partnerships with and cooperation lent support by sending donations to North from the Oakland Museum of California, Chabot Valley Community Foundation (nvcf.org), in neighborhood air quality and global CO2 levels; the artist calls them “wind chimes for air Space and Science Center, the City of Oakland working with corporate partner Good Eggs pollution.” Woo’s bells respond to particulate Public Art Program and Cultural Affairs Division, to send Thanksgiving meals to the displaced, and the West Oakland Environmental Indicators personally transporting donated items north matter in the air, specifically PM2.5, or particles 2.5 microns across or less—tiny enough to easily Project. Mutual Air was supported by the Kenneth for distribution, and opening the museum— enter our lungs and bloodstream. High levels Rainin Foundation’s Open Spaces Program with where industrial air filtration systems kept the of this widely used measure of poor air quality additional support from Particle. air quality at healthier levels than outdoors—to are associated with serious health risks like affected local families. respiratory disease, heart disease, and diabetes. Learn more about this project at mutualair.org.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 ROSTEN WOO’S MUTUAL AIR 018 It’s our 50th year. What’s next?

Dear friends,

This year we’re basking in the glow of the of the Internet. With the pace of technological Thank you for your support: visiting, donating, Exploratorium’s golden anniversary. During our change ever increasing, it’s hard to imagine learning, and exploring with us. I can’t wait to see first 50 years, we’ve worked to transform science what a science center could look like in five where we go next, as we joyfully invent that future education around the globe into something more decades. But one thing, I’m sure, will together. more precious than gold—joyful, inquiry-based remain constant: our commitment to continual experiences that empower people to understand innovation. Through applied research and the world around them. development, the Exploratorium’s exhibit developers, educators, scientists, and artists It is humbling to lead an institution that shares its continue to tirelessly prototype and test novel anniversary with such momentous milestones learning experiences. I invite you to explore our Chris Flink as the Apollo 11 moon landing and the launch R&D Agenda for a preview of what’s next for the Sakurako and William Fisher Executive Director Exploratorium.

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR 019 INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Our thanks to the friends who helped support Richard Laiderman and Jung-Wha Song John and Leslie McQuown the Exploratorium with gifts made July 1, 2018, Mr. and Mrs. Jude Laspa Kenneth and Vera Meislin to June 30, 2019. Their generosity provided Sue and Phil Marineau Robert and Robyn Metcalfe much-needed resources to help deepen our Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mauzé Elizabeth R. Patterson impact on science education and interactive Stephanie and Bill Mellin Cameron A. Phleger learning worldwide. Ken and Kris Moore Kevin Primat, Primed Foundation Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman Vincent and Jean Ricci Exploratorium Trust Laurie and Josh Olshansky Jack Schiffhauer The Bengier Foundation Kenneth Rainin Foundation Shustek Dubinsky Family Philanthropic Fund William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Craig Silverstein and Mary Obelnicki Skip and Ellie Smith George W. Cogan and Fannie Allen Adriana and Aaron Vermut Lisa Stanton and Nicholas Baker Troy and Leslie Daniels Jim and Lia Whitehead Urbanek Family Foundation Michael Jacobson and Trine Sorensen Roger Wu and Ruth Hauser Wu Lynn and Peter Wendell The McMurtry Family Foundation Dan Yue Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan Gordon and Betty Moore Esther and Stan Wojcicki Sandy Otellini Director’s Circle Mr. David A. Wollenberg Sakana Foundation Anonymous Richard Yonash Ram and Vijay Shriram Andrew J. Anagnost David G. Yu Jennifer Van Natta Scott and Caroline Borduin Family Foundation Norman Brand and Nancy Spero Catalyst Circle Leadership Circle Marilyn Burns and Jeffrey Sellon Anonymous (4) Anonymous (2) Barbara Carbone and Gregg Lyman Bruce and Betty Alberts Ravin and Alka Agrawal Robert Chin and Julia Zaks Therese and David Arsenault Jennifer Caldwell and John H. N. Fisher Anne D. and Walter B. Clark Family Liv Baalsrud Tony and Sarah Earley Donor Advised Fund Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Bechtle Martha Ehmann Conte Clay Foundation - West Gordon Bell Roger Evans and Aey Phanachet The Dolby Family Stuart J. Berkowitz, PhD Mrs. Donald G. Fisher Judy Estrin Kathleen and Dan Bomze Sharon Flanagan and Patrick Galvin The Julie and Greg Flynn Family Fund Dr. Margarita Bratkova and Solomon Boulos Germaine and Jonathan Heiliger Glasser Family Fund Kirby and Jeffrey Burke Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau John and Marcia Goldman Foundation The Campbell Foundation The Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation Sara G. Griffith/Griffith Family Foundation Kyra and Ken Carson Roberta and Chuck Katz Divesh and Diksha Makan Megan Cayler, In Memory of Kathryn McFarland

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We are grateful to our spring gala sponsors Gala Supporter INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS whose gifts were received by June 30, 2019. Akkadian Ventures Amgen, Inc. Gold Sponsor CORPORATE SUPPORTERS BlackRock Financial Management Jennifer Caldwell and John H. N. Fisher Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP George W. Cogan and Fannie Allen Reception Sponsor Dodge & Cox Ram and Vijay Shriram PG&E EHDD Hammel, Green, and Abrahamson, Inc. Silver Sponsor Premier Sponsor Jazz Venture Partners William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation United Airlines Kaiser Permanente Germaine and Jonathan Heiliger Matt Construction Merrill and Van Kasper Gala Sponsor McGriff Insurance Services Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mauzé Asset Management Company Meyers Nave Stephanie and Bill Mellin First Republic Bank Nibbi Brothers Construction Ken and Kris Moore KPMG, LLP OneRhythm LLC Jennifer Van Natta Oracle Corporation Afterglow Center Stage Sponsor Power Engineering Construction Co. Copper Sponsor Bain & Company, Inc. RSM Anonymous Sidley Austin LLP Ravin and Alka Agrawal Afterglow Brilliant Sponsor The Pace Gallery LLC Bengier Foundation Sidley Austin LLP Wilson Meany L.P. Dan and Stacey Case Family Foundation Roberta and Steven Denning David deWilde and Katherine August-deWilde Martha Ehmann Conte

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Charles and Roberta Katz Anthony G. Avila Evan Marwell and Tracy Leeds Koret Foundation Peter Barrett Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman Sue and Phil Marineau Dennis and Suzi Bartels Shweta and Amish Mehta Deedee J. McMurtry Ambar K. Bhattacharyya Mordesovich-Chase Family Charitable Fund Jennifer and Frances Rainin Stephen and Diane Bieneman of Horizons Foundation Craig Silverstein and Mary Obelnicki Gay-Lynn Blanding Sunil Nagaraj and Mary Kate Stimmler Nagaraj Ellie and Skip Smith Sabrina Buell and Yves Behar Mrs. Sheila B. Nahi Phoebe White and Burke Norton Carolyn and Preston Butcher Farzad Nazem and Noosheen Hashemi Mitchell and Susan Cohen Ralph I. Peer Chromium Sponsor Laurie and Alan Dachs Jason Phillips and Sheila Schroeder John and Nancy Cassidy Troy and Leslie Daniels Zakia Rahman Sarah Cogan and Douglas Evans Gretchen De Baubigny Brian and Ann Roberts The Julie and Greg Flynn Family Fund David and Camille Dibble John Rohrer and Shona Brown Josie and Dan Haspel Admiral James O. Ellis Steve Seelbach Frances Hellman Judy Estrin Javier Soltero and Emily Morris Soltero J. Michael Horwitz Alison Scott and Seth Pedder Ferguson John and Deborah Steinbuch Michael Jacobson and Trine Sorensen Sharon Flanagan and Patrick Galvin David and Susan Tunnell Laurie and Josh Olshansky Chris Flink Aaron Vermut and Adriana López Vermut Vincent L. and Jean Ricci Jennifer Fonstad Stephan Vermut and Barbara Vermut Albert and Roxanne Richards Pamela Kay Frost and Daniel Ray Frost William and Kathleen Volkmann Lynn and Peter Wendell Jonathan Adam Gans and Abigail K. Turin Judy L. Wade Jim and Lia Whitehead Stanlee Gatti Allison K. Walsh Diane B. Wilsey Glasser Family Fund Michael and Julie Whitcomb Miriam and Peter Haas Fund Faye Constance Wilson Gala Donor Jim and Cecilia Herbert Mr. David A. Wollenberg Anonymous (3) Christopher and Deirdre Hockett Richard and Wendy Yanowitch Willie and Peggy Alford Laura and Gary Lauder David Yu and Gretchen Wustrack John and Amanda Anderson Rebecca Lee

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Our thanks to the friends who helped support Tony and Sarah Earley Robert and Connie Lurie the Exploratorium Capital Campaign with gifts Brewster and Nancy Ely Sue and Phil Marineau made between 2012 and 2019. Eucalyptus Foundation Ken and Kris Moore The Julie and Greg Flynn Family Fund Oak Meadow Foundation Anonymous (3) Lynn and Anisya Fritz Barbara Perlman-Whyman Dennis and Suzi Bartels Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau Vincent and Jean Ricci The Bengier Foundation Scott and Nancy Hindes Arthur Rock and Toni Rembe Rock William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Michael Jacobson and Trine Sorensen Sakana Foundation George W. Cogan and Fannie Allen Franklin and Catherine Johnson Craig Silverstein and Mary Obelnicki Troy and Leslie Daniels Rupert and Maryellie Johnson Skip and Ellie Smith Dhanam Foundation The Charles and Roberta Katz Stupski Foundation Robin and Chris Donohoe Family Foundation Dan Yue William H. Draper III and Phyllis C. Draper Fund Koret Foundation

OPPENHEIMER CIRCLE

Members of the Oppenheimer Circle help Diana Buchbinder Aradhana Ghosh ensure the future of the Exploratorium through Joseph Castrovinci Florence Gong their personal support and legacy gifts. Rilla McCubbins Chaney Josh Gutwill and Laura Wise Diane and William L. Clarke Linda Halicki Anonymous (7) George W. Cogan Herbie Harman Anonymous—In Memory of Mary Brown Colonel William L. Cope Brian Harvey Philip and Mary Albert Robert D. Cormia James A. Heagy Donna M. Albertus Celeste Dela Calzada Marilyn Dobbs Higuera Anthony J. Alfidi Alan D. Entine Scott Hindes Dean Anderson Lawrence M. Fagan Signa I. Houghteling Robert A. Asadorian David Fain Cory Iwatsu and Kirk Lively Ms. Charna Ball Jo Falcon and William E. Spears Anne Jennings & Andy Stacklin Dennis and Suzi Bartels M. Jean Fisher Maurice S. Kanbar Estate of William K. Bowes, Jr. Susan Floore Mr. and Mrs. F. Van Kasper Frish Brandt and August Fischer William Fries Foundation Bruce Kau and Linda Hansen Marcus Brooks and Donna L. Stuedeman Lynn Fritz Mrs. Ellen Kipp Marjorie Hom Brown Ellis and Jennifer Gans Aman Ishaan Kumar

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Richard Laiderman and Jung-Wha Song James R. Murphy Peter Sargent Michael A. Lampert Alice Musbach Jack Schiffhauer Mrs. L. W. Lane, Jr. Ruediger Naumann-Etienne Ellie and Skip Smith Jude Laspa John R. Nelson Kathryn Stegner Rebecca Lee Tom M. Nguyen William and Barbara Straka Christine Lemor-Drake Charles and Diane Paskerian Estate of Joyce Talal Allan S. Leonard Gilberto Perez and Rosa Vilchis Kathe Traynor Jo Markovich Regina Phelps Susan A. Van Wagner Paul Masson Cameron Phleger Sandy Williams herbert a masters III Robert and Marcia Popper Brian and Melissa Wong Amy McCombs Vincent L. and Jean Ricci Anders Yang Chuck Mignacco David A. Robb Mr. J. Sanford Miller Jeanne Rose

ENDOWMENT DONORS

Special thanks to donors that have made Named Endowment Funds Koshland Foundation Fund significant contributions in support of our Anonymous donor, on behalf of the eBay Walter Landor Endowment endowment. User Community for Creative Exploration Endowment for the Bowes Education Center Louis R. Lurie Foundation Endowment The Bengier Foundation John P. Britton Education Fund for Explainers Columbia Foundation Jim Clark Endowment for Internet Education McBean Family Foundation Endowment Glasser Family Fund Leslie and Troy Daniels Fund for Excellence for Webcast Programming William R. Hewlett Troy and Leslie Daniels Fund for Life Sciences Noyce Fund for Teacher Education Franklin and Catherine Johnson Fleishhacker Foundation Fund The Bernard Osher Foundation Fellowships Jeanne T. Moore Hambrecht Teacher-in-Residence Fellowship Silver Giving Explainer Fund Dr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Oliver Barrett & Margaret Hindes Foundation Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Artists-in-Residence Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans Endowment for Exhibit Development Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Capital Improvements Sakana Foundation and Maintenance Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Exhibitions Rupert and Maryellie Johnson Fund for Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Teacher Training Education William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Education Programs

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The Exploratorium relies on the generosity of Chase Arts and Culture Program Oracle Corporation corporate supporters to bring our education Chevron Corporation Particle programs to young people and their teachers. Citadel Pinterest We extend our gratitude to our Luminary Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP Power Engineering Construction Co. Partners and corporate sponsors. Dodge & Cox Prologis EHDD RSM US LLP Luminary Partners Endless West Sidley Austin LLP First Republic Bank SoFi Fort Point Beer Co. The Moody’s Foundation Foundation The New York Times Good Eggs, Inc. The Pace Gallery LLC Google, Inc. Tulloch Corporation Hammel, Green, and Abrahamson, Inc. UDC Inc. Hanson Bridgett LLP United Airlines Heffernan Financial Services VISA Hint Inc. WideOrbit Inc. IDEO LP Wilson Meany L.P. Intero Foundation Jamestown LP Matching Gifts Jazz Venture Partners Thank you to the following institutions for Kaiser Permanente matching their employees’ gifts. KPMG LLP Corporate Supporters Kumon North America, Inc. Adobe Systems Incorporated Akkadian Ventures Levi Strauss & Company AllianceBernstein Amgen, Inc. Matson Foundation Apple, Inc. Asset Management Company Matt Construction Autodesk, Inc. Bain & Company, Inc. McGriff Insurance Services CA Technologies Bank of America Meyers Nave Chevron Corporation BlackRock Financial Management MUFG Union Bank The Clorox Company California Bank & Trust National Geographic The Walt Disney Company Foundation Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Nibbi Brothers General Contractors, Inc. Emerson Electric Company

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS 28 CORPORATE SUPPORTERS ExxonMobil Corporation KLA-Tencor Corporation Oracle Corporation Goldman Sachs LinkedIn PayPal, Inc. Google, Inc. Microsoft Corporation Salesforce.org Hewlett-Packard Company Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Texas Instruments, Inc. IBM Corporation Monsanto VISA Keysight Technologies Netflix, Inc. Wells Fargo & Company

GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS

We are grateful for the involvement of Luminary Partners S. D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation our government partners and foundation California Department of Education The Robert Brownlee Foundation supporters, who make it possible for us to bring Frank A. Campini Foundation extraordinary programs to the public, both John & Marcia Goldman Foundation locally and internationally. Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Walter and Elise Haas Fund Christian Humann Foundation Moore Family Foundation National Endowment of the Humanities Pisces Foundation The Society for California Archaeology

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We are grateful to the following individuals and Cultivar Wine Pi Bar organizations that made in-kind donations from Fort Point Beer Co. Purity Organic July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. Hint Inc. RG Nets Inc. Hotaling & Co. Importer/Distiller Royal Dutch Distillers Humboldt Distillery Jack Schiffhauer Mr. Stephen M. Labovsky SnapFiesta The New York Times Symmetry Labs North Channel Spirits Three Babes Bakeshop Old Elk Distilleries, LLC United Airlines Particle

EXPLORATORIUM IMPACT REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2019 THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS 30 FY2019 EXPLORATORIUM PRELIMINARY ACTUALS

Total revenue: $48.15M Total expenses: $47.82M

Marketing $2.3M

Earned Revenue Contributed Income Programs $25.96M (Restricted) $29.12M Admissions, Program Earned, $13.8M Visitor Experience, Campus & Facilities Government Contracts, Program Restricted, Design & Development, Museum Rentals, Membership, $6.26M Endowment Educator Engagement, Retail, Pier 17 Global Collaborations, Facilities & Architecture, Volunteers & Program Pier 17, Museum Rentals Support

Administration Contributed Income $10.14M (Unrestricted) Executive Office, Finance, IT, Institutional Advancement, $8.39M Organizational Development General Operating Support, Special Events

Final audited financial statements for FY19 will be available in the fall of 2019.

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