The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.[from wikipedia]

In 2005, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution exempting the museum's lease of the piers from San Francisco's competitive bidding process due to its unique nature as a cultural and educational institution.[from wikipedia]