Welcome to MOSAIC Children’s Museum, where curiosity leads to discovery! We are proud to share our journey with you and invite you to join us in building a vibrant learning environment for the children of Yolo County and beyond. MOSAIC stands for Museum of Science, Art, Imagination, and Creativity.
Though MOSAIC opened its first physical location in December 2023, it was founded in 2017 by three dedicated grandparents who wanted to create a place for young families to connect, play, and learn together. After seven years of mobile pop-ups, MOSAIC finally found a permanent home in downtown Woodland at 120 Main Street, Suite D. We’re proud to be Yolo County’s first children’s museum, accessible to families right in the heart of the community. In just one year, we’ve welcomed over 6,000 visitors and are now in the running for best museum in Yolo County! As a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit, we are dedicated to providing a dynamic, hands-on environment where children aged 1 to 8 can learn through creative activities focusing on science, art, imagination, and exploration.
The museum continues to be a place to explore and learn while preparing young minds for the world they will soon inherit. Our exhibits are thematic representations of real world spaces within Woodland and Yolo County. Our goal is to create a place without barriers that represents our City and County’s diverse community, history and culture.
The Farm, Farmer's Market and Food Truck provide a creative environment where children and their adults learn how our food gets onto our plates (farm to fork) from our life-sized barn (chickens and cow included), interactive garden plot and market, down to our “Munchies” food truck experience. The Opera Stage allows children to explore all different personas while building their self confidence while entertaining their caregivers on an actual stage! .
At MOSAIC, technology is presented in tangible ways where children can explore and interact through play. We do live in a world full of technology which can be a wonderful thing, but we know that many devices can cause distractions and can interfere in the natural process of real life person-to-person interactions which is critical for a child's developing brain. Because of this, we feel it’s important to incorporate technology in a way that will encourage little ones and their caregivers to explore and learn together through real life experiences. The virtual reality sandbox draws a lot of attention from both children and adults. A topographical map is projected onto sand and adjusts as the sand is pushed and moved through hand (or dinosaur) manipulation. Rivers can be created as one digs deeper in the sand or volcanos appear as sand is piled high and built up. Another exhibit where technology is integrated is at the Mission Control Center. This interactive and volunteer made exhibit is modeled after NASA's very own Mission Control. Children can type, make phone calls, turn dials, push buttons and manipulate levers all in support of helping those astronauts blast off into Outer Space!!