The
Lawrence Hall of Science is a public science center that offers hands-on science exhibits, designs curriculum, aids professional development, and offers after school science resources to students of all ages. The Hall was established in 1968 in honor of physicist
Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901–1958), the University of California's first
Nobel laureate. The Hall is located in the hills above the
University of California, Berkeley campus, less than a mile uphill from the University's
Botanical Garden.