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

Blue, red, green & silver wind-up, lenticular dog playing cards, ploysquish box black and multicolored, blue, green and red magnatiles, brown raccoon holding corn and a pink & blue otamatone melody against a green background
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
Blue panel with colored lights, white & black microscope, purple jellyfish, pink & orange book Simply Quantum Physics, and black bridge with gray attachments against a blue background
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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Geology Cat Pin

Geology Cat Pin

$ 19.50
$ 19.50
Colorful rainbow-shaped object on a white background

Rainbow Eraser

$ 4.99
$ 4.99
A wooden cutting board with the periodic table of elements engraved on the surface.

Periodic Table Cutting Board

$ 36.00
$ 36.00
Giant Sequoia Crystal Growing Kit

Giant Sequoia Crystal Growing Kit

$ 7.95
$ 7.95
Cherry tree packaging with an image of the fully grown cherry tree crystals beside it.

Cherry Tree Crystal Growing Kit

$ 7.95
$ 7.95
The box comes in a white slipcover with drawing in black of different circuits made with the copper tape, the circuit stickers, and the coin cell batteries similar to a maze. There are also fun yellow drawings, such as a cat, a bee, and a robot.

Chibi Lights LED Circuit Stickers STEM Starter Kit

$ 35.00
$ 35.00
A rectangular-shaped metal frame with continuous rows of pinheads with a concave skull shape impression sits against a white background.

Classic Pin Art

$ 15.00
$ 15.00
The gray iron filings are visible through the transparent sections on the top and bottom of the clear plastic container with a red lid and a blue and white label.

Magnetic Iron Filings

$ 8.95
$ 8.95
A narrowly oblong-shaped silver-colored magnet sits on top of a white background.

Cow Magnet

$ 15.00
$ 15.00
Blue and yellow cover with cross axels, technic bricks, plates, pegs, gear, and wheels showcasing objects one can build with this kit.

Klutz LEGO Gadgets

$ 24.99
$ 24.99
Klutz LEGO Cars

Klutz LEGO Cars

$ 29.99
$ 29.99
A white microscope facing forward showing a pink image of a cell on its digital screen.

Digital Microscope with HD Imaging and LCD Display

$ 61.00
$ 61.00
The pocket microscope is 3" x 5" and fits easily in your hand. The image is a side view of the microscope. It is silver and black with a clear plastic bottom where the slide fits into.

Exploratorium Pocket Microscope

$ 17.99
$ 17.99
Thames and Kosmos 5 in 1 Weather Station educational kit in its retail packaging, featuring a blue and green box with illustrations of the assembled wind-driven weather station.

Weather & Climate Lab

$ 22.95
$ 22.95
Box cover with cartoon dogs and dice on a blue background

Spots

$ 25.99
$ 25.99
Wordspiel

Wordspiel

$ 16.00
$ 16.00
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Science Comics: The Senses: Signals and Stimuli

Science Comics: The Senses: Signals and Stimuli

$ 13.99
$ 13.99
A purple cover depicting three people swept in a tornado and various objects flying around.

Science Comics: Wild Weather: Storms, Meteorology, and Climate

$ 12.99
$ 12.99
Front cover of the children's book 'Science Comics Cats: Nature and Nurture' by Andy Hirsch, featuring colorful cartoon illustrations of various cats and big cats in an illustrated jungle scene.

Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture

$ 13.99
$ 13.99
Front cover of the book 'Science Comics Dogs: From Predator to Protector' by Andy Hirsch, featuring a colorful cartoon illustration of a white and brown dog in a blue cape catching a yellow ball, surrounded by other dog characters on a warm yellow-orange background.

Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator to Protector

$ 0.00
$ 0.00
A blue and black robot with three legs in the front and two arms. It's face has five columns of red lines on the screen.

KAI: The Artificial Intelligence Robot

$ 100.00
$ 100.00
A lava lamp with a silver chrome colored base, red liquid, and black goo.

Red/Black Lava Lamp

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
Erupting Volcano Lava Lamp 14.5oz

Erupting Volcano Lava Lamp 14.5oz

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
A lava lamp with rainbow colors painted on the outside goes from purple at the bottom to red at the top. The white lava changes colors as it moves through the green, yellow, and red on the glass surface.

Rainbow Lava Lamp 11.5oz

$ 29.95
$ 29.95