Frank Oppenheimer

1985 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
Thornton Page
Keyword(s):  
Frank Oppenheimer

The Exploratorium and the Persistence of Innocent Science

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Onion
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Peter Pan ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Scientific Thought ◽  
Utopian Vision ◽  
Frank Oppenheimer

San Francisco’s Exploratorium, founded in 1968, embodied a utopian vision of scientific thought. Its founder, Frank Oppenheimer, was a Peter Pan figure who helped publicize the museum’s image as a place where children and adults could escape the worries of modern life and return to the joys of pure perception. This chapter argues that the Exploratorium self-consciously stood as an alternative to a career-minded, nationalistic model of science education.

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