Gateway Science Museum, Chico

About Gateway Science Museum

Gateway Science Museum in Chico offers self-guided and drop-in exploration of interactive exhibits and natural environments. Visitors explore dinosaur bones and fossils in the current exhibition, navigate Gateway Gardens with native and edible plants and wildlife habitat, and participate in Saturday activities including nebula spin, planet activities, chemistry demonstrations, stomp rockets, and battery-building. The museum accommodates school groups with self-guided class visits available Thursdays and Fridays, requiring a minimum two-week advance appointment, with a one-to-ten chaperone-to-student ratio and scavenger hunts available upon request. Located in Chico, California, Gateway Science Museum offers reduced admission for visitors receiving SNAP food assistance benefits, who pay three dollars per person with an EBT card and valid photo ID, covering up to four visitors per card. Chico State and Butte College students receive free admission. According to csuchico.edu, regular adult admission is ten dollars.