Exploratorium (film)

{{short description|1974 film}}

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| producer = Jon Boorstin

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| cinematography = Eric Saarinen

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| distributor = Exploratorium

| released = {{film date|1974}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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Exploratorium is a 1974 American short documentary film about the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco, produced by Jon Boorstin.{{cite web|url=https://www.labocine.com/films/exploratorium |title=Exploratorium |work=labocine |access-date=September 9, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/sf-exploratorium-documentary-kids-museum-15891224.php |title=The original SF Exploratorium like you've never seen it before |work=SF Gate |access-date=September 9, 2021}} The film explores the museum through imagery and sound, without voice-over. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300393/Exploratorium/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016075751/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300393/Exploratorium/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=NY Times: Exploratorium |accessdate=November 30, 2008}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975 |title=The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners |access-date=June 10, 2019|work=oscars.org}} The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=exploratorium&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}