George Cogan and Fannie Allen invite you to Party at the Piers: Alchemy on May 3, 2019. During the Exploratorium’s first 50 years, we’ve worked to transform traditional science education around the globe into something more precious than gold: joyful, inquiry-based experiences that empower people to understand the world around them.
At the most transformative party of the year, you’ll dine in a breathtaking setting and enjoy dazzling demonstrations and playful performances while celebrating the 50th anniversary of everyone’s favorite museum of science, art, and human perception. Join us as we celebrate a half century of enthusiastic exploration and look eagerly forward to the transformations of the future.
Your support of Party at the Piers and Afterglow will help the Exploratorium achieve another 50 years of transforming the way the world learns.
Set off this chain reaction on May 3:
Pre-party
Transform
with attire that glitters, gleams, and dazzles. Wear your shiniest gold and metallic finery to celebrate the Exploratorium’s golden anniversary.
6:00 p.m.
Bond
with guests and exhibits at a radiant reception, and alter your state with music icon Mickey Hart and live multiphonic chanting demonstrations by Tibetan Gyuto monks in an otherworldly surround-sound experience.
7:00 p.m.
Metabolize
a memorable meal in the spectacularly transformed Bechtel Central Gallery, and get absorbed in a talk by artist Leo Villareal, who changed the Bay Bridge’s steel cables into glimmering quicksilver.
8:00 p.m.
Catalyze
the dance floor at Afterglow with modern-day alchemist Reggie Watts, who mixes a wildly inventive compound from his formidable voice, looping pedals, and vast imagination.
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At the most transformative party of the year, you’ll dine in a breathtaking setting and enjoy dazzling demonstrations and playful performances while celebrating the 50th anniversary of everyone’s favorite museum of science, art, and human perception. Join us as we celebrate a half century of enthusiastic exploration and look eagerly forward to the transformations of the future.
Your support of Party at the Piers and Afterglow will help the Exploratorium achieve another 50 years of transforming the way the world learns.
Set off this chain reaction on May 3:
Pre-party
Transform
with attire that glitters, gleams, and dazzles. Wear your shiniest gold and metallic finery to celebrate the Exploratorium’s golden anniversary.
6:00 p.m.
Bond
with guests and exhibits at a radiant reception, and alter your state with music icon Mickey Hart and live multiphonic chanting demonstrations by Tibetan Gyuto monks in an otherworldly surround-sound experience.
7:00 p.m.
Metabolize
a memorable meal in the spectacularly transformed Bechtel Central Gallery, and get absorbed in a talk by artist Leo Villareal, who changed the Bay Bridge’s steel cables into glimmering quicksilver.
8:00 p.m.
Catalyze
the dance floor at Afterglow with modern-day alchemist Reggie Watts, who mixes a wildly inventive compound from his formidable voice, looping pedals, and vast imagination.
George Cogan and Fannie Allen invite you to Party at the Piers: Alchemy on May 3, 2019. During the Exploratorium’s first 50 years, we’ve worked to transform traditional science education around the globe into something more precious than gold: joyful, inquiry-based experiences that empower people to understand the world around them.
At the most transformative party of the year, you’ll dine in a breathtaking setting and enjoy dazzling demonstrations and playful performances while celebrating the 50th anniversary of everyone’s favorite museum of science, art, and human perception. Join us as we celebrate a half century of enthusiastic exploration and look eagerly forward to the transformations of the future.
Your support of Party at the Piers and Afterglow will help the Exploratorium achieve another 50 years of transforming the way the world learns.
Set off this chain reaction on May 3:
Pre-party
Transform
with attire that glitters, gleams, and dazzles. Wear your shiniest gold and metallic finery to celebrate the Exploratorium’s golden anniversary.
6:00 p.m.
Bond
with guests and exhibits at a radiant reception, and alter your state with music icon Mickey Hart and live multiphonic chanting demonstrations by Tibetan Gyuto monks in an otherworldly surround-sound experience.
7:00 p.m.
Metabolize
a memorable meal in the spectacularly transformed Bechtel Central Gallery, and get absorbed in a talk by artist Leo Villareal, who changed the Bay Bridge’s steel cables into glimmering quicksilver.
8:00 p.m.
Catalyze
the dance floor at Afterglow with modern-day alchemist Reggie Watts, who mixes a wildly inventive compound from his formidable voice, looping pedals, and vast imagination.
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At the most transformative party of the year, you’ll dine in a breathtaking setting and enjoy dazzling demonstrations and playful performances while celebrating the 50th anniversary of everyone’s favorite museum of science, art, and human perception. Join us as we celebrate a half century of enthusiastic exploration and look eagerly forward to the transformations of the future.
Your support of Party at the Piers and Afterglow will help the Exploratorium achieve another 50 years of transforming the way the world learns.
Set off this chain reaction on May 3:
Pre-party
Transform
with attire that glitters, gleams, and dazzles. Wear your shiniest gold and metallic finery to celebrate the Exploratorium’s golden anniversary.
6:00 p.m.
Bond
with guests and exhibits at a radiant reception, and alter your state with music icon Mickey Hart and live multiphonic chanting demonstrations by Tibetan Gyuto monks in an otherworldly surround-sound experience.
7:00 p.m.
Metabolize
a memorable meal in the spectacularly transformed Bechtel Central Gallery, and get absorbed in a talk by artist Leo Villareal, who changed the Bay Bridge’s steel cables into glimmering quicksilver.
8:00 p.m.
Catalyze
the dance floor at Afterglow with modern-day alchemist Reggie Watts, who mixes a wildly inventive compound from his formidable voice, looping pedals, and vast imagination.
show less
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