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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A boxed toy set features a smiling turquoise bus with an orange button and a yellow character behind it; colorful packaging feels playful and cheerful.

My Lil Ride - Charlie Train

$ 21.00
$ 21.00
Hexagonal wooden recycling unit, safey glasses, mold and crayons

Solar Crayon Recycler

$ 30.99
$ 30.99
STEM Baby Engineering: A toddler sits at a table with tools in their hands, tinkering. Cartoon gears emphasize the engineer.

STEM Baby: Engineering by Dana Goldberg

$ 9.99
$ 9.99
Cover image of three young children holding different objects to do with engineering. Titles Engineering in purple against a green background.

Dr. Ochoa's Stellar World: Engineering (Bilingual: English/Spanish)

$ 12.99
$ 12.99
Front cover of the children's book 'Technology' from Lil' Steam Minds by Ellen Ochoa, published by Lil' Libros. The cover features a dark blue space-themed background with three cartoon children holding a telescope, a cat in a space suit, and a red patterned spine on the left.

Dr. Ochoa's Stellar World: Technology (Bilingual: English/Spanish)

$ 12.99
$ 12.99
This hardcover book has a blue cover with a large O for Octopuses; a red octopus is lying on the bottom of the O.

Octopuses Have Zero Bones by Anne Richardson

$ 19.99
$ 19.99
Bright yellow children’s book cover for The Secret Life of Bees, surrounded by a golden honeycomb, smiling bees, flowers, and a butterfly; cheerful, playful tone.

The Secret Life of Bees by Moira Butterfield

$ 19.95
$ 19.95
Children’s book cover for Tails: a playful orange-and-black striped tiger reaches toward a curved tail beneath colorful letters and animal-themed shapes.

Tails Lift-the-Flap and More!

$ 18.99
$ 18.99
Origami Kaleidoscope Patterns - 96 Sheets

Origami Kaleidoscope Patterns - 96 Sheets

$ 2.99
$ 2.99
A colorful Spin Animator Studio toy box shows a hand drawing cartoon frames, a small animation viewer, and playful filmstrip graphics. The packaging invites kids to create and animate.

Spinanimator Studio

$ 35.99
$ 35.99
Wooden Shut the Box dice game with numbered hinged tiles surrounding a black center; colorful dice sit in the compartments, suggesting a playful tabletop challenge.

Shut the Box Game

$ 39.95
$ 39.95
Laser-cut wooden toy race car, styled like a rugged vintage rally racer with chunky wheels and number 63, displayed against a bright white background.

DIY Pocket Car - Buggy

$ 19.99
$ 19.99
3D paper model of a dodo bird with a white background

DIY Cardboard Dodo Kit

$ 10.99
$ 10.99
This hardcover book is black with vibrant green lines moving back to front from left to right.

The Great Animal Orchestra By Bernie Krause and United Visual Artists.

$ 19.95
$ 19.95
The Exploratorium Pi Shrine Moscow Mule Mug is a copper mug with a brass handle. The Exploratorium's own Pi Shrine is etched on the front. The digits of Pi moves in a circular design, gradually getting smaller trailing off to a Pi symbol in the middle.

Exploratorium Pi Shrine Copper Mug

$ 24.00
$ 24.00
A boxed science toy labeled “Scientific Hand Boiler” shows a purple glass hand-boiler device against blue and red science-themed graphics, with an educational, playful tone.

Hand Boiler

$ 6.99
$ 6.99
A Djeco “Do It Yourself” kaleidoscope kit box shows a starry blue telescope, colorful discs and craft pieces; playful, creative packaging for ages 7+.

Space Immersion Kaleidoscope

$ 22.00
$ 22.00
The game is set up for play along with the red, yellow, and black game box. There are three sets of four cards with solid or outlined squiggles, diamonds, and ovals. A "set" of three is made on the left side.

Set: The Game of Visual Perception

$ 18.00
$ 18.00
There is a red box that is 4.42" x 6.38". It is dark red with an illustration of a black cat holding a grenade with a petrified look on its face. The font of Exploding in Exploding Kittens is on fire.

Exploding Kittens

$ 21.99
$ 21.99
A blue box with a lightning strike on it sits next to three rows of six playing cards with paradoxes, artifacts, and mission cards that allow you to travel through time and change history. For example, John Lennon nearly killed or 1945 world peace.

Chrononauts

$ 20.00
$ 20.00
Close-up of a shiny metal wind-up toy with a butterfly key, gears, wheels, and a curved resonator on white.

Critters Sparklz Wind Up

$ 20.00
$ 20.00
Critters Awika Wind Up

Critters Awika Wind Up

$ 30.00
$ 30.00
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
Iridescent strips of plastic in the shape of a sphere on a stick against a white background

Rainbow Twirler

$ 5.95
$ 5.95