A few weeks ago, I noticed signs throughout San Francisco for the Inflatable exhibit at the Exploratorium. Since my family loves ridiculous blow ups, I immediately bought tickets for while my mom was in town.
The actual Inflatable part of the museum was fairly underwhelming - there were a total of five installations, including a very large person and a machine that looked like an octopus that was powered by computer monitors. The installations were all interesting and creative, but not worth the hype that had been made for the exhibit.
However the rest of the Exploratorium was great. It is a large museum on science and discovery, that has exhibits suited for all ages. One of our favorites was the ice exhibit, where they had a water table with a freezer underneath, and you could watch ice form through microscopes. There were also exhibits on cell growth, gravity and kinetic energy.
I may not go back for a special exhibit, but I will certainly come back to the Exploratorium. I even recently found out that they have adult night on Thursdays, so you can visit the museum without lots of kids running around.
