Exploratorium
Sunday, February 26th, 2006San Francisco’s Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception has a remarkable web presence. The site has more than 15,000 web pages with audio and video files, ‘exploring hundreds of different topics’. Included in these many pages is a section that has instructions for more than 500 simple experiments, a mixture of online exhibits using interactive technologies like Flash, and live webcasts from the Museum floor.
Their mission is best stated on their about page:
Our focus is on investigating the science behind the ordinary subjects and experiences of people’s lives. The topics themselves provide “hooks” that get people excited about science. Then, when we investigate these topics, we can also look at the historical and social issues surrounding them, thus providing a context for scientific exploration.