The New Mexico Kids! magazine wrote that Explora started "around 1983 with two individual groups who – with no knowledge of each other’s existence – had similar ideas: the first group envisioned a 'children’s Exploratorium,' while the second had the idea of a 'science and technology Exploratorium.'
ðə nˈuː mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ kˈɪdz! mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ɹˈoʊt ðæt ɛksplˈoːɹə stˈɑːɹɾᵻd "ɚɹˈaʊnd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː wɪð tˈuː ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl ɡɹˈuːps hˈuː wɪð nˈoʊ nˈɑːlɪdʒ ʌv ˈiːtʃ ˈʌðɚz ɛɡzˈɪstəns hæd sˈɪmɪlɚɹ aɪdˈiəz: ðə fˈɜːst ɡɹˈuːp ɛnvˈɪʒənd ɐ tʃˈɪldɹənz ɛksplˌoːɹɐtˈoːɹiəm,wˌaɪl ðə sˈɛkənd hæd ðɪ aɪdˈiə əvə sˈaɪəns ænd tɛknˈɑːlədʒi ɛksplˌoːɹɐtˈoːɹiəm.