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  1. RT @explo_lab: Spectrascopes, Chromatography & Secret Messages! We're playing w/ color @ The Lab's Summer Party... ow.ly/bfLdN
  2. Woot! RT @thisdoug: Just moved out to San Francisco as of today! Doing an exhibit design fellowship at the @exploratorium.
  3. RT ‏@explo_lab: We still have a few spots left on our Rock Climbing w/ a Physicist excursion. Sign up today to get in! ow.ly/bdPGe
  4. Don't miss last Transit of #Venus for 105 yrs—a truly "once in a lifetime" experience! DIY your own viewer before Tues: ow.ly/bfL4u
  5. "If people give up on understanding the physical world, they give up on the social and political world too." –F. Oppenheimer #frank100
  6. Looks awesome! RT @neaarts: We're co-hosting panel on intersect of arts/science/tech/society 6/4. Hope you’ll join us! go.usa.gov/pha
  7. Thnks! RT @museologymn: @Exploratorium hosts group Tibetan Buddhist monks & nuns, #science leaders in their monasteries ow.ly/bbrX7
  8. Photos of students visiting through the TechBridge program for girls. Was awesome having them! Great #STEM learning. ow.ly/bekmr
  9. "Even if people only have the conviction [to] understand then they feel they make a difference thru their decisions” —Oppenheimer #frank100
  10. "The whole point of the Exploratorium is to make people feel they can understand the world around them." - Frank Oppenheimer #frank100
  11. See you today for GGB's #75th! Watch Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart bring sounds of @GGBridge to life via our exhibit! ow.ly/b9XYa
  12. “Explaining science & tech w/o props is like telling what it’s like to swim w/o ever letting a person near water.” –F. Oppenheimer #frank100
  13. "Nobody ever flunked a science museum." -- Frank Oppenheimer #frank100
  14. Friday afternoon #inspiration: YURI SUZUKI's Breakfast Machine ow.ly/ba5hV #watch
  15. Today we begin 100 Posts Over 100 Days leading to 100th Anniversary of Frank Oppenheimer’s birth, August 14! ow.ly/b9YAE #frank100
  16. Our @GGBridge exhibits feat in @RollingStone for GGB's 75th Annvsry this wknd! Guess who's going to "play" the exhibits ow.ly/b9XYa
  17. Woot! Thanks for being part of our awesome community! #ff to you! RT @lodclothing: #ff @exploratorium -where my family gets their science on
  18. That absolutely made our day yesterday! Thanks for passing along. RT @rrmutt @xek: Hey @exploratorium : whilstinsf.tumblr.com/post/235832091…
  19. Yes MT @khamarapettus: swans of @PalaceOFineArts next to @exploratorium had 6 swanlings this wk! And they are ADORABLE! ow.ly/b8BtZ
  20. Bye-bye & thank You! RT @haptick: Goodbye @exploratorium! Thank you much for wonderful 6 wks! was awesome! instagr.am/p/LB0GU7j1zL/