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Van Go!

The mobile Sacramento Children’s Museum is a school outreach program where Museum educators come to your school and transform your classroom or multipurpose room into a mini museum. Each session begins with a brief introductory lesson followed by exploration and play time at several hands-on activity stations. Please see each program description for the recommended grade level.

NOTE: Van Go is fully booked for the 2024/2025 school year and is taking a break for the summer. Reservations for the 2025/2026 school year will be available in August.

Programs for Grades TK-3

The words "Building & Engineering" on a dark blue background above a light blue gear and surrounded by building tools

Building & Engineering

Design, build, test, and tinker! Students will immerse themselves in the engineering process of prototyping while working with various large- and small-scale building kits.

Recommended for grades TK-3.

Color Lab

Play with color! Students will look, play, and create with color in several hands-on activities, including an art project, color mixing, and our colors in motion wind tunnels. 

Recommended for grades TK-1.

Emotion Explorers

As an emotion explorer, you will go on an epic SEL journey! Students will learn skills to release negative emotions, curate positive feelings, create a special memento, and practice empathy through art. 

Great for all grade levels.

Sound Explorers

Get ready for a boisterous session of hands-on exploration of sound and music! Students will touch, feel, and play a variety of instruments. Each student will make a take home music maker.

Recommended for grades TK-1.

 

 

Mission: Imagination Challenge

Your mission: to challenge your creativity and building skills while learning about the engineering design process. Students work in collaborative groups to solve a problem with a mystery box of supplies. Challenges can be tailored to meet specific content standards.
Recommended for grades 1-3.

Note: There is an additional $25 per class for supplies for Mission Imagination Challenge.

Reservation Information

SCM Van Go programs for the 2025/2026 school year can be booked for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each session runs approximately 1 hour long, and we can accommodate up to 28 students per session. Only our Building & Engineering and Mission: Imagination Challenge programs can accommodate additional students; A fee of $7 per student will apply for any additional students, up to a maximum of 10. Please state how many extra students you have in the notes of your reservation or through email.

We can accommodate up to 4 sessions in one day within these guidelines:

    • We are legally required to take a 30-minute lunch break after the second session (this is only required if you are scheduling 3-4 sessions). No exceptions.
    • It works best to set up in in one classroom, Multi Purpose room, or  Library space for all sessions to decrease set-up and take-down times. If that is not possible, please let us know at the time of booking.
    • If you are scheduling for any time after 10 am, we ask that there is a parking spot reserved for us to streamline set-up.

Reservations are not guaranteed until payment is received in full. 

NOTE: Van Go is fully booked for the 2024/2025 school year and is taking a break for the summer. Reservations for the 2025/2026 school year will be available in August.

If you have any questions, please email us at vango@sackids.org.

Cancelation and Refund Policy

Refund requests made up to 7 days prior to the reservation date will be subject to a $25 processing fee. Refund requests made less than 7 days prior to the reservation will be subject to a $50 processing fee. No refunds will be issued for requests made less than 48 hours prior to the reservation date. You may request that the original reservation be rescheduled to a future available date at no charge. 

Pricing

  • 1 session (60 minutes) – $350. 
    • $250 for any additional sessions (up to 4) 
      • 2 sessions- $600
      • 3 sessions-$850
      • 4 sessions- $1,100
  • We require a travel fee of $1 per mile for any schools, libraries, after-school programs, or day-care centers that are further than 25 miles away from the Museum.
  • We do not offer Title I discounts at this time.
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Regular Operating Hours

We're currently closed. We're open again on Sunday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Member – Only Hours

Tuesday – Sunday, 9:00 am – 10:00 am

General Admission

Tuesday- Friday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Leo’s Learning Lab will be open
Wed. – Fri. – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm &
Sat./Sun. – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm