Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Nevada City
Firehouse No. 1 Museum
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Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
Museum of local transportation history. Museum with a collection of railroad & aviation artifacts, photographs & documents.
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Hiking, biking & equestrian trails. The site of this state's oldest gold mine has miles of trails to hike, bike or explore on horseback.
Northstar Mining Museum
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Historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge
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The Gold Rush Museum
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Placer County Museum
Local artifacts in a historic courthouse. Museum in a courthouse exploring county history, with Native American artifacts & a gold collection.
Museum of the Forgotten Warriors
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Bernhard Museum
Local museum in a hotel built in 1851. Museum of life in the mid-19th-century in an old hotel, with artifacts & furnishings from that era.
Griffith Quarry Park & Museum
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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Gold Rush birthplace with gold panning. Replica of the sawmill that spawned the Gold Rush, 20+ historic mining buildings & gold panning.
Gold Discovery Museum
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Sutter County Museum
Local history exhibits & a gift shop. Rotating displays documenting the region's past, plus a cool store for books & handmade goods.
Sierra College Natural History Museum - SCNHM
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Historic Summit Tunnel
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Carnegie Museum
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Roseville Telephone Museum
Exhibits on the evolution of telephones. Tracing changes in technology, this museum features many antique telephones & memorabilia.
Maidu Museum & Historic Site
Exhibits, tours & historic petroglyphs. This Maidu museum features interactive exhibits, tours & trails with historic petroglyphs & mortars.
Folsom Prison Museum
Prison artifacts in a quaint house. Prison artifacts & Johnny Cash memorabilia fill this small museum & gift shop in an old home.
Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary
Compact zoo with an educational focus. Quaint zoo with an educational bent providing sanctuary to varied animals, from monkeys to tigers.
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
Tours of a historic electrical station. Historic landmark with tours of the first distribution point for a major city's electricity (1895).
The Square (formerly Pioneer Village)
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Folsom History Museum
Museum of native & prospecting history. The history of the area's native peoples & the gold boom that made it famous is told at this museum.
Donner Memorial State Park
Scenic area with trails, a lake & museum. This park offers hiking, camping, fishing, boating, the Emigrant Trail Museum & a historic monument.
Donner Memorial State Museum
Displays on a historic traveling group. Simple facility with interpretive exhibits & artifacts related to the 19th-century Donner Party.
NorCal Aquarium and Wildlife
Hands-on animal park with rays & sloths. Up-close encounters & feeding sessions in a zoo home to stingrays, capybaras & two-toed sloths.
KidZone Museum
Hands-on exhibits & programs for kids. Playful children's museum offering indoor & outdoor interactive exhibits, plus classes & camps.
Old Truckee Jail Museum
Historic building with seasonal tours. Open seasonally, this preserved, 19th-century jailhouse offers local, historical artifacts & tours.
Truckee Railroad Museum
Museum of local railroad history. This museum looks at how the railroad brought change to Truckee & its surrounding region.
Historic Downtown Truckee & Visitor Center
Historic setting for shopping & dining. Shopping, dining & cultural-arts district offering a historical walking tour & scenic views.
Aerospace Museum of California
Planes, spacecraft & hands-on simulators. Exhibits of planes from various periods plus spacecraft, cockpit visits & high-tech simulators.
Nellie the Elephant & Little Library
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Wacky Tacky Rancho Cordova
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Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Exhibits & live animals plus trails. This attraction offers educational exhibits & over a dozen indigenous animals, plus 3 nature trails.
Sacramento Children's Museum
Interactive kids' museum for under-8s. Open since 2011, a museum for kids aged 8 and under which runs interactive events & activities.
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