Open Daily

  • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  • Closed Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas

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The Idea Lab

Participants at the ideal Lab

There's always something at the IDEA LAB
that will challenge your mind and make you think.

Exhibits

Check out hands-on exhibits such as the Flow Tank, the Rope Puzzles, and the mysterious Floating Magnets.

Activity Station


Open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. At our activity station, facilitators are on hand to guide you through an array of ever-changing activities that challenge the mind and baffle the senses. They'll show you the activity and then present further challenges for you.

Every day at least three different hands-on activities are highlighted with at least a half dozen more available on request.

Here are some of the many activities at the station:

Explore the world of the very small with our NANO ACTIVITIES — How Small Is That? and Size Wheel (you make it and take it home).

Create your own Hoop glider, or take the dare and make yours work better than ours.

Tangram Puzzles

Thaumatropes
The simplest movie you'll ever make.

Paper Chromatography
Analyze color inks to see what makes the colors, or make your own creation.

Paper Copters
Make 'em fly!

Dominoes
More than just dominoes ...

Build with LEGOS®

Exhibits

  • Kids Lab

    KidsLab

    Visitors in kindergarten and younger have this multi sensory play area all to themselves.
  • Sunstones

    Sunstones

    This 18-foot granite sculpture on the Hall’s back lawn can function as an astronomical tool.

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Open Daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  //  Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA, 94720-5200  //  510-642-5132  //  Email Us  //  UC Berkeley