Celebrate at a unique venue with exciting exhibits and stunning views. Allow your guests to enjoy your event while also tinkering, exploring, playing and learning. The Exploratorium overlooks the San Francisco Bay, making for the perfect backdrop for your celebration. With over 650 exhibits, you will go home with distinct and special photos and plenty of memories. Photo by: Drew Altizer
We're pleased to offer a wedding package that features our best galleries for wedding ceremonies and receptions. Our East and Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery & Terrace bundle is the perfect setting for an unforgettable wedding, featuring sweeping views of the city and Bay, and an attached outdoor terrace. The East Gallery offers its own stunning views and houses our exciting life-sciences exhibit collection, which highlights the beauty of living things.
Celebrate your wedding in a unique venue with exciting exhibits and stunning views. Let your guests unwind and explore the museum while celebrating your love. The Exploratorium has many different galleries to offer for weddings up to 200 guests. Larger guest counts are best for reception only events. Photo by: Susie Lacocque Photography
Are you planning an intimate wedding? Consider the Fisher Bay Observatory and Terrace at the Exploratorium. This gallery has floor to ceiling windows that allow for gorgeous views of both the SF Bay and the downtown city skyline. Plan a small outdoor ceremony on the Terrace, followed by an indoor reception surrounded by exhibits highlighting the bay region, weather, geology, and climate. This space is perfect for smaller weddings of 25, but also holds up to 100 guests.
The Exploratorium has two ideal spaces for intimate micro-ceremony wedding events and proposals. The Fisher Bay Observatory Terrace has views of the Bay Bridge and Treasure Island. The Outdoor Gallery includes vies of Coit Tower and downtown. Rent the Exploratorium for your next intimate gathering of your nearest and dearest.
You can have it all: Rent the entire Exploratorium facility and get spectacular waterfront views of San Francisco and the Bay, a lively landscape of 650+ hands-on exhibits, flexible event spaces, superb catering, and skilled staff. Click this image for more information!
Planning to pop the question or say "I do" with your nearest and dearest? The Fisher Bay Observatory Terrace and the Outdoor Gallery feature breathtaking views of the city and Bay in private open-air settings.
The Exploratorium is located on Pier 15 along the historic Embarcadero and is a perfect venue for intimate gatherings or larger events. With 100,000 square feet of space, views of the Bay and city skyline, and hundreds of exhibits; this one-of-a-kind venue with delight your guests and let them explore, learn, tinker and play.
It's all in the details! The Exploratorium is an ideal venue for just about any private event. This museum promotes over 15 spectacular catering companies in San Francisco. Click this image to learn more about renting the Exploratorium!
Celebrate your wedding in a unique venue with exciting exhibits and stunning views. Both the East Gallery and the Fisher Bay Observatory and Terrace showcase views of Treasure Island and the San Francisco Bay. The Outdoor Gallery overlooks Coit Tower and the city skyline, while the West and Central Galleries explore varying exhibits showcasing human perception, art, color, light, sound, hearing, and listening. Book an unforgettable event at the Exploratorium today.
Located in downtown San Francisco, the Exploratorium is an imaginative setting fit for daytime corporate events and company parties!
Explore the history, geography, and ecology of the Bay Area with events in the Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery & Terrace. A marvel of glass, steel, and cutting-edge technology, the Observatory features breathtaking views of the city and Bay. This waterfront gallery with an adjoining terrace is an ideal venue for elegant seated dinners, cocktail receptions, weddings, daytime meetings, and more.
Located in the vibrant heart of the historic Embarcadero, the Exploratorium is an imaginative setting for just about any event, from intimate meetings to spectacular parties. Click this image to learn more!
The winner of SF Magazine’s 2018 “Best Museum Party” award, our sustainably designed facility—located in the vibrant heart of the historic Embarcadero—is an unforgettable venue for everything from intimate gatherings to large events!
Celebrate your wedding in a unique venue with exciting exhibits and stunning views. Allow your guests to enjoy your special day while also tinkering, exploring, playing and learning. The Exploratorium overlooks the San Francisco Bay, making for the perfect backdrop for your big day. With over 650 exhibits, you will go home with distinct and special photos and plenty exciting of stories.
Whether you’re looking for a progressive celebration with distinct spaces for your cocktail reception, dinner, and dessert or planning an entertaining reception, we are happy to help you find the perfect fit.
Celebrate your wedding in a unique venue with exciting exhibits and stunning views. Create an event your guests will never forget at Pier 15 along the historic embarcadero in San Francisco.
Our LEED platinum sustainably designed facility—located in the vibrant heart of the historic Embarcadero at Pier 15—is an unforgettable venue for everything from intimate gatherings to large events. With large windows overlooking the Bay, the East Gallery brings the outside world in, offering experiences and exhibits that let guests explore life at different scales. It’s perfect for intimate seated dinners, dancing, and receptions.
Holiday parties at Pier 15! We are booking events now for December. Treat your employees to a night out at the museum. Our LEED platinum sustainably designed facility is an unforgettable venue for everything from intimate gatherings to large events. With spectacular views of both city and Bay—plus access to our lively landscape of hundreds of exhibits—the Exploratorium’s waterfront home offers an exciting, imaginative setting for just about anything you can dream up.
From Company Gatherings to Wedding Receptions, the Exploratorium is an ideal venue for private parties! With 650+ interactive exhibits, this museum space is versatile for any type of party. Click this image for more information about rentals!