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week. It currently incorporates nine additional attractions, even elephants can dance including admission to the Exploratorium (see p94), SFMOMA (see pp26 9), the California Academy even elephants can dance of Sciences (see pp22 3), and more, and the number of sponsoring attractions is increasing.