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
Dark gray socks with Pi symbol and 85 digits of Pi in white and green.
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85 Digits of Pi Sock
$ 13.95
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
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
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
Rainbow-colored magnetic balls in a circular tube and cube shape.
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Speks Rainbow Spectrum
$ 35.99
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
$ 96.00
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
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
Front packaging of the box with three cats pictured below the title. The box is 3" x 6".
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Cat Stax Puzzle
$ 17.00
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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
$ 7.50
There are two playing cards, one set up with the puzzle dog pieces. Eight 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 Stax 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
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 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
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
This 18oz drinking glass stands 6" tall, featuring a gray periodic table design wrapping around its surface.
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Periodic Table Drinking Glass
$ 20.00
Hexagonal form with blue light LEDs moving back into infinity.
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Infinity Mirror Optical Illusion of Light Depth
$ 27.99
Red and white box with a window to see lenticular black and white cat image on playing cards. Four playing cards with different lenticular cat images lying in front of the playing cards box.
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3D Cat Playing Cards
$ 9.95
"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
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Kaleidoscope wrapped in dark blue space-themed paper. Three space-themed disks show the kaleidoscope design.
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Space Immersion DIY Kaleidoscope Kit
$ 18.00
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
$ 31.00
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A 5" pendulum set up made from plastic and metal.
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Foucault's Pendulum 15"
$ 36.00