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exploratorium en · NOUN

Etymology

From the Exploratorium in San Francisco, which holds a trademark on the term.

Meanings

1. A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
   • Other ways to use the visual arts include architecture, visual thinking, graphic organizers, mindmaps, exploratoriums, and galleries. 2001, Eric Jensen, Arts with the brain in mind:
   • Especially appealing to older children and adolescents are science museums or exploratoriums. 1999, Howard Gardner, Intelligence reframed: multiple intelligences for the 21st century:

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