International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations(en)
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Exploratorium gidan tarihi ne na kimiyya, fasaha, da fasaha aSan Francisco,California . An kafa gidan tarihin ne ta hanyar masanin kimiyyar lissafi kuma malami Frank Oppenheimer a shekarar 1969, kuma asalin gidan tarihin yana cikin Fadar Fasaha ta Fine kuma an mayar da shi zuwa Piers 15 da 17 a bakin tekun San Francisco a shekarar 2013.
Gidan tarihin yana da fiye da nunin faifai 1,000 na mahalarta kuma an raba shi zuwa gidajen tarihi da dama, galibi an raba shi da abubuwan da ke ciki. Tun lokacin da aka kafa shi, Exploratorium ya faɗaɗa zuwa wasu fannoni kuma ya ƙarfafa hanyar sadarwa ta duniya ta gidajen tarihi masu halartar taron.
Frank Oppenheimer, masanin kimiyyar lissafi na gwaji kuma farfesa a jami'a ne ya ƙirƙiro ginin Exploratorium. Oppenheimer, wanda ya yi aiki a Manhattan Project tare da ɗan'uwansa J. Robert Oppenheimer, an karkatar da shi daga aikinsa na ilimi lokacin da aka tilasta masa yin murabus daga matsayinsa a Jami'ar Minnesota a shekarar 1949 sakamakon wani bincike da Kwamitin Ayyukan da Ba na Amurka ba na Majalisar Wakilai ya yi. An saka shi cikin jerin sunayen waɗanda ba sa cikin ma'aikatun ilimi a faɗin ƙasar kuma ya janye tare da iyalinsa don gudanar da gonar shanu ta Colorado na kusan shekaru goma.:104–115
Oppenheimer ya kuma fara taimaka wa ɗaliban makarantar sakandare na gida da ayyukan kimiyya, daga ƙarshe ya zama malamin kimiyya kaɗai a makarantar sakandare da ke Pagosa Springs,Colorado . Tafiye-tafiyen filin wasa da gwaje-gwajen da ya yi da ɗaliban makarantar sakandare za su zama tsarin hanyoyin koyarwa da koyo na hannu da zai kawo daga baya zuwa Exploratorium.:115–121
Lokacin da aka gayyaci Oppenheimer ya shiga sashen kimiyyar lissafi na Jami'ar Colorado a shekarar 1959, ya ga bai sha'awar binciken dakin gwaje-gwaje na gargajiya ba, kuma ya fi sha'awar bincika hanyoyin jawo sha'awa da bincike. Ya sami tallafi daga Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta Kasa, wadda ya yi amfani da ita wajen gina samfuran gwaje-gwajen kimiyya kusan ɗari.:136–137Wannan "Laburaren Gwaje-gwaje" zai zama ginshiƙin tarin baje kolin Exploratorium kuma shine farkonLittafin Girke-girke na Exploratorium, littafin da ke bayanin yadda ake gina waɗannan baje kolin kimiyya na asali.[1]
Da yake ya gamsu da buƙatar gidajen tarihi na gwamnati don ƙara wa manhajojin kimiyya a kowane mataki, ya zagaya Turai kuma ya yi nazarin gidajen tarihi a kan wani shiri na Guggenheim Fellowship a shekarar 1965. Gidajen tarihi guda uku na Turai, waɗanda aka gani a wannan shekarar, sun yi tasiri mai mahimmanci kan kafa Exploratorium: Palais de la Découverte, wanda ya nuna samfuran koyar da ra'ayoyin kimiyya kuma ya ɗauki ɗalibai aiki a matsayin masu zanga-zanga, wani aiki da ya zaburar da Shirin Bayanin Makaranta na Makarantar Sakandare na Exploratorium wanda aka yaba sosai; Gidan Tarihi na Kimiyya da Fasaha na Kudancin Kensington, wanda Oppenheimer da matarsa suke ziyarta akai-akai; da Gidan Tarihi na Deutsches da ke Munich, gidan tarihi na kimiyya mafi girma a duniya, wanda ke da nunin faifai masu hulɗa da yawa waɗanda suka burge Oppenheimers.
