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

Firehouse No. 1 Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum

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

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

Northstar Mining Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge

Historic Bridgeport Covered Bridge

Visit this great place for kids and families!

The Gold Rush Museum

The Gold Rush Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Placer County Museum

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

Museum of the Forgotten Warriors

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Bernhard Museum

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

Griffith Quarry Park & Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

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

Gold Discovery Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Sutter County Museum

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

Sierra College Natural History Museum - SCNHM

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Historic Summit Tunnel

Historic Summit Tunnel

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Carnegie Museum

Carnegie Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Roseville Telephone Museum

Roseville Telephone Museum

Exhibits on the evolution of telephones. Tracing changes in technology, this museum features many antique telephones & memorabilia.

Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Exhibits, tours & historic petroglyphs. This Maidu museum features interactive exhibits, tours & trails with historic petroglyphs & mortars.

Folsom Prison Museum

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

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

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)

The Square (formerly Pioneer Village)

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Folsom History Museum

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

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

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

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

KidZone Museum

Hands-on exhibits & programs for kids. Playful children's museum offering indoor & outdoor interactive exhibits, plus classes & camps.

Old Truckee Jail Museum

Old Truckee Jail Museum

Historic building with seasonal tours. Open seasonally, this preserved, 19th-century jailhouse offers local, historical artifacts & tours.

Truckee Railroad Museum

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 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

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

Nellie the Elephant & Little Library

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Wacky Tacky Rancho Cordova

Wacky Tacky Rancho Cordova

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Effie Yeaw Nature Center

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

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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