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Visitor tip
Kids love the interactive stations including the typewriter, Morse code exhibit, train simulator video game, dress-up area, and faux lava cave crawl—plan to spend concentrated time at these hands-on displays
Visitor tip
Visit the fish hatchery next door to feed the trout—this is a popular highlight mentioned frequently in reviews and provides an engaging outdoor complement to the indoor museum exhibits
About Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum
Family-friendly local history exhibits. Local history museum featuring exhibits for adults & kids along with a fish hatchery outside.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Focus
- Mount Shasta natural history and wonder
- Hours
- Thu-Mon, 10AM-4PM
- Current Features
- Lenticular Cloud Gallery, Quilt Raffle
What visitors say
The trip to this museum was wonderful. The 12 year old daughter of friends had the best time. They returned the next day to type on a type writer and engage with Morse code exhibit. Meanwhile, I brought my dogs and walked around the…
We stopped at the Mount Shasta Sisson Museum while driving from Portland to Los Angeles, and it was such a great surprise. The museum is very interactive and engaging for both kids and adults, making it a perfect road-trip stop. There’s…
What a pleasant surprise! My son ended up playing here for over two hours — it’s basically a free children’s museum. The staff were super friendly and even played along with the kids. There’s no admission fee, so I made a small donation…
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Did You Know?
- The museum offers completely free admission, relying on donations and gift shop sales to support operations, making it an unusually accessible educational resource
- Features an adjacent working fish hatchery where visitors can feed trout, combining museum exhibits with a hands-on aquaculture experience
- Hosts a specialized Lenticular Cloud Gallery dedicated to the unique atmospheric phenomenon visible at Mt. Shasta, a rare focus for a local history museum
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