Exploratorium (film)

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Exploratorium
Produced byJon Boorstin
Cinematography Eric Saarinen
Distributed by Exploratorium
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Exploratorium is a 1974 American short documentary film about the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco, produced by Jon Boorstin. [1] [2] The film explores the museum through imagery and sound, without voice-over. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. [3] [4] The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013. [5]

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