Scouting

The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center provides camps, exhibits, and programs that fully support Scouting activities, help Scouts earn awards, and help troops meet the requirements for merit badges!




News blast:


2010 sign ups for brownie and junior Scout summer camps have arrived!


Claim your spot here!



Cub Scouts, Webelos, Boy Scouts

We offer a variety of educational and fun badge workshop adventures. The Museum's own experienced and knowledgeable education staff members conduct all programs, which take place on Museum grounds.

Download the Boy Scout program brochure here!

Planetarium shows

Bring your Scouts to Sacramento's only public planetarium to learn about the universe.

  • Book a private show or join a regularly-scheduled weekend presentation
  • Kids 4 years old and older

Challenger Learning Center simulated space missions


Apply science, math, technology, and language arts to inspire your Scouts to reach for the stars!

  • Join a regularly-scheduled community mission
  • Book a private mission for kids 10 years old and older, minimum of 16 crew members of both adults and scouts

Digging up the past: hands-on archaeology

By integrating multidisciplinary skills in real-life simulation, Scouts learn how archaeologists uncover clues used to decipher the stories of the past.

  • Book a private excavation for your troop for kids 9 years old and older, minimum of 16 team members of adults and scouts

Science encounter!

Explore the Discovery Museum's current exhibition Gee Whiz Geology! that highlights rocks, crystals, and fossils of all kinds.