Holiday Gift Guide 2026

Roam through our collection of art and science themed gifts to uncover treasures, like the Mini Solar Mars Rover or Rocket Bath Toy, to delight all your favorite people. Every purchase helps to support the Exploratorium’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit mission of transforming science learning worldwide.

Enjoy the best-kept shopping secret in San Francisco—the Exploratorium Store—either online or at Pier 15, where you’ll find welcoming staff and convenient gift wrapping

Budget Collection items including playing cards, magnatiles, Otamatone, and wind-up.
Holiday Budget Friendly Gifts
Red drop earrings, red and black anatomy pouch, silver metallic puzzle, black flask with Exploratorium in silver, green and yellow stag beetle with black legs
Holiday Gifts for Curious Adults
Cat game on top right in orange, green, and purple, Blue robot, brown flashlight bear, multicolored building blocks and a pixel piano in rainbow colors
Holiday Gifts for Kids
Holiday Science Lovers Collection including a microscope, a suspension bridge, and Simply Quantum Physics book.
Holiday Gifts for Science Lovers
A collage of different items from the top; Cats Knocking Things off Ledges, blue flask, purple crochet jellyfish, green & gold beetle, building blocks in green, yellow, blue and pink and The Science of Baking against a red background.
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Gifts for Kids

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Three novelty eyeball toys—green, blue, and red irises with black pupils and branching veins—arranged on a white background.

Eyeball Popper

$ 0.92
$ 0.92
Finger Monsters

Finger Monsters

$ 3.50
$ 3.50
A dog-shaped tape measure with a brown and white body, a green eye detail, and an unfolded measuring tape.

Fido 4 in 1 Multi Tool

$ 18.99
$ 18.99
The front cover of the children's book 'Poop!' by Carles Ballesteros and Lisa Rosinsky The cover features a dark teal night sky with a crescent moon and stars, the title 'Poop!' in large white letters, and a circular slide window showing brown and yellow poop shapes.

Poop! Slide and See Book

$ 19.99
$ 19.99
Front cover of the children's book 'Sneak!' showing a colorful slide-and-see design with a large red flower in the center, illustrated birds, plants, and butterflies on a yellow and blue background.

Sneak! A-Slide-and-See Book

$ 19.99
$ 19.99
BRIO Builder Starter Set in a turquoise carry case, with wooden planks, gears, screws, and colorful connectors arranged below; creative, playful toy

Brio Builder Starter Set

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
A purple Kinetic Sand package shows a squeezable neon-purple sandcastle and sand beside it, suggesting playful, creative fun for children.

Kinetic Sand 8oz

$ 5.99
$ 5.99
A colorful wooden toy robot with a light blue body, red spherical hands and feet, yellow details, and printed control-panel graphics, isolated on a white background.

Giant Wooden Robot

$ 16.00
$ 16.00
DIY Cardboard Axolotl Kit

DIY Cardboard Axolotl Kit

$ 12.99
$ 12.99