Holiday Gift Guide 2021

When is a gift more than just a gift? These hand-curated selections from our store fuel curiosity and open paths to exploration all year long—surprise, challenge, and delight even your hardest–to–shop-for friends and family with our unique selection. Even better, every purchase helps to support the Exploratorium's mission of transforming learning worldwide.

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A gif image of a solar-powered Swarovski crystal spinning at the bottom of a see-through colorful gear motor.
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Solar Powered Rainbow Maker with Swarovski Crystal
$ 31.99
The box is 10" x 10" On the cover of the box are four samples that you can make with the kit. On the side of the kit are the little gears and pieces that you make the kit with.
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Klutz: Gear Bots: Create 8 Machines
$ 24.99
Blue box with an image of the rainbow maker; a window cut out on the right side shows the parts to make the rainbow maker. On the left are two DIY experiments, candy rainbow and rainbow slime time.
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DIY Rainbow Catcher
$ 24.99
Dark gray socks with Pi symbol and 85 digits of Pi in white and green.
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85 Digits of Pi Sock
$ 12.95
The tripod pendulum arc is cardboard; a plastic syringe hangs down from the middle attached with string. A blue spiral pattern shows below.
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Make Your Own Painting Pendulum
$ 10.95
A long slender black musical instrument that is in the shape of an eighth note with white eyes on the base.
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Otamatone Deluxe Musical Instrument from Maywa Denki
$ 88.00
Glow in the dark small solar system. Each planet has a string attached to allow it to hang from any surface.
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3D Planets in a Tube
$ 8.99
Blue box with close-up images of the components to create the chain reactions. Including a wooden car,  a circular loop, blocks, ramps, sticks, and steels balls.
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Zig & Go Wroom Action-Reaction 45 Piece Set
$ 62.99
A box in yellow, orange, and magenta radiate from the middle outward. There is an illustration of a female and males dressed as spies with no facial features. Top secret and code names appear in word bubbles above their heads.
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Codenames
$ 27.00
Rainbow-colored magnetic balls in a circular tube and cube shape.
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Speks Rainbow Spectrum
$ 35.99
Awika is a wind-up metal toy that sparks at the bottom as it moves about. It comes in green or red with two sets of three feet that propel it forward.
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Awika Wind Up
$ 16.95
Cosmic Mission scratch card front image, showing a multi colored rocket blasting off and stars in the background.
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Cosmic Mission Scratch Cards
$ 6.99
This full deck of cards ( with numbers and suits for actual gameplay) features 26 profiles of women and gender minorities in physics careers—including the Exploratorium's own senior physicist, Desiré Whitmore.
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Across the Spectrum: Women & Gender Minorities in Physics Careers Playing Cards
$ 12.00
There are two playing cards, one set up with the puzzle dog pieces. Five dog puzzle pieces sit on the top and bottom of the cards; the dog pile box is to the right,
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Dog Pile Puzzle
$ 17.00
Giff image. When the mug is cold, the Moon is set against a sea of black. Add a steaming beverage, and then the mug transforms, revealing the names of the Appolo missions, astronauts, landing sites, and milestones.
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Moon Mug
$ 16.95
The game is set up for play. Seven cat pieces are puzzled together on a challenge card. The box is 3" x 6".
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Cat Stax Puzzle
$ 17.00
A hardcover book with a colorful illustrated image in green, blue, white, brown, black, and red of a young girl sitting at a table in her science lab.
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Goodnight Lab by Chris Ferrie
$ 17.99
A blue-green box showing samples of the pets you can make with the kit. Featured are the sloth, owl, and French bulldog.
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Robot Pet Shop
$ 30.00
Blue and yellow cover with cross axels, technic bricks, plates, pegs, gear, and wheels showcasing objects one can build with this kit.
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Klutz LEGO Gadgets
$ 24.99
A set of four white ceramic pudding bowls with the proofs of classic theorems of Euclid, Hippasus, Pythagoras, and Gauss. Each bowl is 8 oz., 4” diameter, 2” tall
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Proof is in the Pudding Bowls
$ 31.00
A black and blue planet hangs from a wooden crane; under the planet are three magnets that move around to spin the planet. Several tools, magnets, and discs are scattered underneath.
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Magnet Science Lab
$ 29.99
The game board is set up with the game box; A turtle sits in an outdoor scene about to capture the coveted red jewel. The game board consists of bright colors of purple, blue, green, and red.
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Robot Turtles: A Coding Board Game
$ 34.00
"The Wildcrafted Cocktail" is a paperback book with a wine-colored cocktail with green herbs against a cement background on the cover.
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The Wildcrafted Cocktail: Make Your Own Foraged Syrups, Bitters, Infusions, and Garnishes: Includes Recipes for 45-One-of-a-Kind Mixed Drinks by Ellen Zachos
$ 14.95
It is a blue and beige box with an illustration of elements from the periodic table, a chemistry flask, a testable, and a Bunson burner. The box is 5" x 3.75".
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Chemistry Fluxx
$ 16.99