Exploratorium

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Exploratorium

Summary

Exploratorium is a museum[1]. Exploratorium ranks in the top 2% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Exploratorium received the Thea Classic Award[3].
  • Exploratorium was a member of Association of Science and Technology Centers[4].
  • Exploratorium is located in San Francisco[5].
  • Exploratorium is in the country of United States[6].
  • Exploratorium's image is recorded as Exploratorium-sign.jpg[7].
  • Exploratorium's instance of is recorded as museum[8].
  • Exploratorium's instance of is recorded as science museum[9].
  • Exploratorium's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[10].
  • Exploratorium's founder is recorded as Frank Oppenheimer[11].
  • Exploratorium's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[12].
  • Exploratorium's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404447846[13].
  • Exploratorium's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 265524422[14].
  • Exploratorium's GND ID is recorded as 2129377-6[15].
  • Exploratorium's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82031734[16].
  • Exploratorium's Commons category is recorded as Exploratorium[17].
  • +1969-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Exploratorium[18].
  • Exploratorium's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.8014, 'lon': -122.3976}[19].
  • Exploratorium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/034gjn[20].
  • Exploratorium's Open Library ID is recorded as OL465726A[21].
  • Exploratorium's located on street is recorded as Embarcadero[22].
  • Exploratorium's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as olak2017952704[23].
  • Exploratorium's official website is recorded as http://www.exploratorium.edu/[24].
  • Exploratorium's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+570000'}[25].
  • Exploratorium's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 94-1696494[26].
  • Exploratorium's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 818417[27].

Body

Founding

Exploratorium's founder is recorded as Frank Oppenheimer[11]. +1969-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Exploratorium[18].

Operations

Exploratorium's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[12].

Recognition

Exploratorium received the Thea Classic Award[3].

Why It Matters

Exploratorium ranks in the top 2% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2] Exploratorium has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Exploratorium is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Exploratorium receive?

Honors received include Thea Classic Award[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] . astc.org. Retrieved . astc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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