Exhibits

IlluminOdyssey 2018 Exhibit Guide

By Adele Rios | Fri November 2, 2018

IlluminOdyssey 2018 digital exhibit guide below. IlluminOdyssey, A Winter Lights Exhibits For Kids, November 2, 2018 – January 6, 2019. Plan your visit! First Floor: Pneumatic Ball Launcher Experience this CuriOdyssey classic in a new light (ultraviolet!). Scientific phenomena: pressure, kinetic energy, fluorescence. Designed by CuriOdyssey. Additive Color Patterns Dance on a floor alive with overlapping colored light projections.…

Behind IlluminOdyssey 2018

By Adele Rios | Wed October 17, 2018

Wow! Our exhibits team was hard at play tweaking current exhibits and creating new ones for our 2018 winter light experience for kids, IlluminOdyssey (open Nov. 2 – Jan. 6). Scenes from the CuriOdyssey workshop*: *May or may not be featured in the final IlluminOdyssey 2018 exhibit series. So much is in store for you and…

More Scenes from IlluminOdyssey

By CuriOdyssey | Fri December 22, 2017

CuriOdyssey’s IlluminOdyssey exhibition is open through January 7, 2018. Visit us over winter school break (check website for special hours). Here are a few more scenes from this amazing winter light experience for kids!

Scenes from IlluminOdyssey – A Winter LIght Experience for Kids

By CuriOdyssey | Fri December 1, 2017

CuriOdyssey’s spectacular winter light exhibition, IlluminOdyssey, will electrify your child’s imagination! Inspired by the science of light, this winter exhibition of interactive, kid-friendly glowing art is wildly popular. CuriOdyssey’s four-floor Redwood Hall is transformed into a radiant, sculpted forest, alive with roving beams of brilliant light. Quiet knolls of touchable, lighted creations transfix kids and…

New! Fall Family Events

By Adele Rios | Thu September 28, 2017

Please join us in welcoming the latest CuriOdyssey additions: First Friday Family Nights: Extended Hours and More Free with admission. When: First Friday of the month, open late until 8 p.m.! Dates include Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 1, Jan. 5, Feb 2, Mar. 2, May 4, Jun. 1, Jul. 6. What: Swing into the weekend with music,…

Scenes from a Party for The Nature of Patterns

By Patricia Jenkins | Mon April 3, 2017

One of the best things about joining your local non-profit, CuriOdyssey, as a member is the exclusive access to exciting members-only events like our preview party for The Nature of Patterns exhibition. Member kids and parents were the first to play with all our new hands-on science exhibits. They swayed to ukulele Aloha from Hiram Bell, created unique S.T.E.A.M. crafts like Now You…

Nature’s Patterns Around Us

By Michelle Sweany | Thu March 23, 2017

From organic to physical to auditory, there are patterns everywhere. Our exhibit explores many of these patterns. A great article in the Smithsonian explores a well respected book called Patterns in Nature and an interview with its author, Philip Ball. Our newest exhibition is based on the same concepts in this book. Artist Theo Jansen applies physics to his “Strandbeest”…

California Love: Images of our Great State

By Hillary Hempstead | Thu January 22, 2015

This spring, we’re featuring photographs by Kevin Shoban on our North Gallery walls. Kevin is not only a gifted photographer, but he’s also no stranger to CuriOdyssey where he serves as an Animal Keeper Intern, tending to our many non-releasable animals. Kevin’s exhibition is California-focused and features stunning landscapes of places like Cascade Falls and…

Down By The Bay

By CuriOdyssey | Mon November 19, 2012

This winter, CuriOdyssey is featuring a new artist on its gallery walls. Down By The Bay is a series of photographs taken at or within a few hundred yards of the San Francisco Bay. This small band of space at the water’s edge is removed from the hustle and bustle of the city, yet it…

Make way! We’re rolling into Maker Faire.

By Hillary Hempstead | Wed May 16, 2012

Given our love of science and innovation, it should be no surprise that we’re thrilled to be exhibiting at the world’s biggest DIY festival – Maker Faire! The two-day fest is just around the corner, and CuriOdyssey will be participating for the second consecutive year. We’ve been preparing for months, and we’re putting the final touches…