Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Truckee
Historic Downtown Truckee & Visitor Center
Historic setting for shopping & dining. Shopping, dining & cultural-arts district offering a historical walking tour & scenic views.
Truckee Railroad Museum
Museum of local railroad history. This museum looks at how the railroad brought change to Truckee & its surrounding region.
Old Truckee Jail Museum
Historic building with seasonal tours. Open seasonally, this preserved, 19th-century jailhouse offers local, historical artifacts & tours.
KidZone Museum
Hands-on exhibits & programs for kids. Playful children's museum offering indoor & outdoor interactive exhibits, plus classes & camps.
Donner Memorial State Museum
Displays on a historic traveling group. Simple facility with interpretive exhibits & artifacts related to the 19th-century Donner Party.
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.
Historic Summit Tunnel
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UC Davis Tahoe Science Center
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Bowers Mansion
1800s mansion & swimming pool. Silver-mine owners' 1863 mansion, featuring period furnishings & a spring-fed swimming pool.
Bowers Mansion Regional Park
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Jack C Davis Observatory
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Nevada Museum of Art
Exhibits by national & global artists. Accredited art museum showing contemporary art, altered landscape photography, western art & more.
The Discovery
Interactive science museum. Science & technology museum presenting interactive exhibits & temporary exhibitions.
The Kit Carson Trail
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Nevada State Museum
Cultural & natural history of Nevada. Museum featuring exhibits on the history of Nevada, particularly the historic Carson City Mint.
Children's Museum of Northern Nevada
Interactive exhibits for kids & events. Long-standing, festive museum offering a variety of interactive exhibits for kids & special events.
Brewery Arts Center
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Nevada State Railroad Museum
Stop for historical railroad exhibits. This center for the preservation of Nevada's railroad history features many historic trains & cars.
Tallac Historic Site
Historic house museums, open seasonally. Site of 2 historic homes, open seasonally, with exhibits, tours & events & costumed interpreters.
Washoe Club Museum & Saloon
Old-timey saloon with ghost tours. Storied saloon dating back to 1862 with an adjacent history museum featuring exhibits & ghost tours.
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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