ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks, ɛksplˈoːɹə ænd ðə nˈuː mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ ɐkˈædəmi ʌv sˈaɪənsᵻz wɜː dʒˈɔɪnd baɪ hˈɛlθ kwˈɛst, ɐn ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən ˈɪntɹɛstᵻd ɪn hˈɛlθ ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən ðæt wˈɔntᵻd ˈeɪ “hˈɛlθ ænd mˈɛdəsən ɛksplˌoːɹɐtˈoːɹiəm.”
In 1986, Explora and the New Mexico Academy of Sciences were joined by HealthQuest, an organization interested in health education that wanted a “health and medicine Exploratorium.”