23 The Best Things To Do In Sacramento With Children

Sacramento offers an abundance of fun activities for the whole family with many child-friendly attractions and activities. In the sunny city there is a fairytale land, a railway museum, a science center and a planetarium, a children’s museum and an art studio as well as enough candy shops to make the little ones happy.

1. Sacramento State Railroad Museum

The California State Railroad Museum is a must for hungry toddlers and their families. The museum is located in Old Sacramento and shows beautifully restored 21 locomotives that range from steam engines and sleeping trains to the 220 MPH high-speed train. Other exhibits include artifacts, mayflies and photographs from the museum’s collection, the lives of railroaders and the diversity of people working on railways, as well as a large-scale model of a construction scene in the Sierra Nevada that served as "Sierra Scene" is known. Visitors can explore a sleeper car by walking through the dining car and find out what first-class travel was like, by watching the first-class compartment and watching a movie that records the train ride. The museum also offers an extensive educational program for students to learn more about railway history. This includes re-enactments, costumed documents and train journeys.