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Our Exhibits
The Museum’s exhibits are carefully designed to nurture children’s imaginations, build their confidence and competence, and encourage them to test, tinker, laugh, create, and wonder!
All of our exhibits and programs are aligned to meet the California state curriculum standards, and are accessible for individuals with developmental, hearing, physical, social/emotional and visual challenges.
All of our exhibits and programs are aligned to meet the California state curriculum standards, and are accessible for individuals with developmental, hearing, physical, social/emotional and visual challenges.
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WaterwaysWater is all around us! We bathe in it, squirt it at friends, fill balloons with it, swim through it, and even grow sea monkeys in it.
In this exhibit, children can experiment with the flow of water, build their own boat, create whirlpools, and more. You will get wet! New to Waterways!
The SS Leo will be docking soon at the SCM harbor!
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Leo's Market and Farmer's MarketSort fruits and vegetables, stock shelves, help others checkout at the cash register while playing in this child sized market.
This exhibit offers children a fun, role-playing experience, as well as, helps them develop knowledge about nutrition, sorting, measuring, counting, and cooperation. Items in the super market will include foods grown locally, as well as, foods from around the world. |
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Airways and RacewaysHave a ball playing with velocity, gravity, motion, friction, and acceleration. In Raceways visitors will understand such mysteries as why people don’t fall out of a rollercoaster when riding upside down.
This exhibit demonstrates basic principles of objects in motion that were formulated by Sir Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei. |
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My NeighborhoodMy Neighborhood will create a different experience for every visitor. Breaking down cultural walls, this exhibit uses role playing and storytelling as the basis for building cultural awareness and celebrating families and traditions as it relates to each individual family and child.
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Baby BloomersThis space is separated from the rest of the exhibits and is specially designed for babies and toddlers to enjoy safe exploration.
Young children can walk up carefully sized steps, play peek-a-boo, dress-up like a farm animal, plant a flower or even explore the realm of physical knowledge by rolling and kicking. |
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Studio of the ArtsPrepare to get messy! The art studio provides opportunities for self-expression and creativity. Join us for three activities each month! Become part of the SCM community by adding color to the glass paint wall, create something from recycled, reusable, donated materials at ReCreation Station or participate in our monthly Art Studio Activity.
Children are allowed and encouraged to express themselves, leaving them with a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment and supports the notion that art can be anything you want it to be. |
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Gear Up! Presented by the Sacramento Junior LeagueExplore the mechanics of math and engineering with this interactive gear table. Children will assemble gears together to form a system of moving parts that illustrate principles such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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