Girl Scouts Programs

At the Sacramento History Museum, we are working to develop a Badge in a Day program in partnership with the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California!

We will be hosting a Badge in a Day Program for the Junior Badges- Playing the Past and the Detective.

Junior Badge- Playing the Past (full badge)

June 28, 2025, 10am-3pm, check starting at 9:30am

This event will include:

  • Take a Gold Fever! Tour
  • Historic Crafts
  • Setting up a fly tent
  • Dressing in historical attire

Cost is $15 per Girl Scout, Troop Leader Free, $6 per Adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website. 

 

Junior Badge- Detective (partial badge)- Registration will be available at beginning of July

September 20, 2025, 10am- 2pm, check in starting at 9:30

This event will include:

  • Our History Mystery Trunk Program
  • Fingerprinting
  • Communicating in code
  • Using a telegraph

Cost is $15 per Girl Scout, Troop Leader Free,  $6 per Adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website.  Please check back for more details or reach out to our Education Department additional questions, at SHM-Education@sachistorymuseum.org or at 916-808-6896

 

For more information on the programs, and pricing, please visit the main education page. LINK HERE

 

To book your field trip, please download and complete our FIELD TRIP REQUEST FORM here. You can type directly into the Word Document.

 

Volunteering

We also have internship and volunteer opportunities. If you are interested, please contact the Education Department to discuss the opportunities. Email us at SHM-Education@sachistorymuseum.org  or call at 916.808.6896.

 

Exhibits

We also have rotating exhibits that could be helpful for some badges, here is a list of our current and upcoming temporary exhibits.

 

Upcoming Exhibits

 

Chinese Pioneers: Power and Politics in Exclusion Era Photographs

Opening January 26, 2025

Ending March 23, 2025

Locke portion ending April 20

Echoing issues from today, Chinese Pioneers focuses on the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act – with a close look at the city of Locke, and the historic Chinese Delta Community.

 

Earthquakes to Epidemics: How Disasters Transform California’s People and Places

Opening January 26, 2025

Ending April 20, 2025

Floods and fires and cholera – oh my! The capital and California endured their share of disasters. Earthquakes and Epidemics explores them and how to prepare for the next ones.

 

Canned Sacramento

Opening May 30, 2025

Ending September 1, 2025

Discover how trains, fruited plains, and canneries grew Sacramento’s neighborhoods for 150 years. Canning started as early as the Gold Rush and continued to provide jobs, and build communities.