CuriOdyssey Recently Featured in Daily Journal
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CuriOdyssey Recently Featured in Daily Journal
CuriOdyssey’s Executive Director, Aragon Burlingham, and Chief Development Officer, Maureen Garrett were recently featured in San Mateo Daily Journal discussing the opening of the Whooosh! physics in action playground, along with the larger CuriOdyssey campus plan. “It really signals to both ourselves and our community our commitment to diversity and our commitment to building a…
Read MoreFlavor Trippin’ at CuriOdyssey
On a rainy Wednesday in Coyote Point Park, CuriOdyssey staff went flavor tripping. Using Miracle Berries, also known as Synsepalum dulcificum. These ‘magical’ berries are native to West Africa and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated them as a food additive. A food additive is any substance that results in indirectly or directly affecting…
Read MoreWhooosh! Ceremony Recap
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the Bay in front of over 125 attendees, including funders (The Taylor & Steyer Family, Lead Funders; Sharon and Joel Friedman, Funders of the Swing Zone; Xu Family Charitable Foundation, Funders of the Slide Zone), our Board, partners, staff, family and friends, CuriOdyssey’s Executive Director Aragon Burlingham and California…
Read MoreIluminOdyssey Preview 2021
Electrify your child’s imagination at CuriOdyssey’s IlluminOdyssey, a dazzling winter light experience designed for children and families. See four levels of walls, floors and ceilings come alive with radiant, moving color. Our thrilling winter light exhibition returns to the peninsula on Friday, November 19, 2020. This extraordinary exhibition ignites kids’ imagination with brilliant laser art,…
Read MoreNew Directors Join CuriOdyssey’s Board
CuriOdyssey, a children’s science and wildlife center, is pleased to announce the appointment of eight new members and one new volunteer representative to our board of directors. Each individual appointment brings a diverse set of skills, experience and background collectively creating a board that truly reflects our community and constituents. The board’s goal is to…
Read MoreCuriOdyssey Makes Way for Charlene the Chuckwalla
CuriOdyssey is proud to welcome our newest resident animal “Charlene” the chuckwalla. Charlene was collected in 2012 by a licensed researcher for a scientific study. After the conclusion of the study, she was kept at the San Francisco State University Herpetology department, only to be recently donated to us in 2021. Please come stop by…
Read MoreA Spooky October Recap
Movie Nights For the last installment of the San Mateo Park’s Summer Movie Series, we decided to throw in a fun Halloween twist for our guests. Before Cruella began, you could find CuriO staff dressed in costumes showing off some fun pumpkin science, including a pumpkin carving station, mini pumpkin patch, barfing pumpkins and our…
Read MoreFirst Fridays Featuring: Beetle Lady
CuriOdyssey was thrilled to have hosted Dr. Stephanie A. Dole, entomologist, educator and Beetlelady, during CuriOdyssey’s “Bugs Day” back in 2017. Stephanie has been educating the public about insects since 1997, with extensive experience as a scientist, educator and researcher. She shared her amazing collection of live bugs and specimens, including stories of their evolution,…
Read MoreCuriOdyssey’s Director of Exhibits Featured on ABC7 News
If you don’t know by now, pumpkin days are in full swing here at CuriOdyssey. Recently, reporter Ama Daetz from ABC7 News took some time to chat with our Director of Exhibits, Eric Maschwitz, to learn more about the science behind pumpkin days and how each of the carefully crafted exhibit areas relate to CuriOdyssey’s…
Read MoreWhooosh! A Physics-in-Action Playground
CuriOdyssey is First Museum to Build Magical Bridge Playground Project Led by Two Mothers Dedicated to Inclusivity for their Children San Mateo, CA (October 13, 2021)—CuriOdyssey is excited to announce the completion of the first phase of its campus project with the opening of Whooosh!, an inclusive, physics-in-action playground made possible thanks to the efforts…
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San Mateo, CA 94401
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CuriOdyssey is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Tax ID 94-1262434
