Museum Month

March 1 – 31, 2025

Explore Butte Coun­ty is your host for Butte Coun­ty Muse­um Month! Vis­it muse­ums, gal­leries, and cul­tur­al cen­ters across the coun­ty all-month long. 

Kick off Muse­um Month with the admis­sion-free Muse­um Week­end, March 1 – 2, 2025. Dur­ing Muse­um Week­end, all venues open 10am-4pm, with new exhibits and spe­cial pro­gram­ming at each location.

Get more from your vis­its with our dig­i­tal Muse­um Month Pass­port. By par­tic­i­pat­ing, you can earn a cus­tom stick­er, com­pete with friends on a vir­tu­al leader­board as you vis­it mul­ti­ple loca­tions, and earn entries into the grand prize draw­ing for a mem­ber­ship to a muse­um of your choice from eli­gi­ble locations.

Learn More: Mile­stones & Rewards │ Prizes & Reg­u­la­tions │ Par­tic­i­pat­ing Locations

No Tick­et or Reg­is­tra­tion is Required to Participate!

1. Get your dig­i­tal Muse­um Month Pass­port on your smart­phone at this link: go​.explore​but​te​coun​ty​.com (Noth­ing to down­load, but we rec­om­mend adding it to your cell phone Home screen for quick­er access)
2. Click​“Join the Chal­lenge”. From Mar. 1 – 31, 2025, check-in with a pho­to at par­tic­i­pat­ing muse­ums across Butte County
3. Share your muse­um moments. Once you’ve logged into the web app, vis­it a par­tic­i­pat­ing muse­um and take a pho­to to​“check-in” and upload as proof. Earn a col­lectible Muse­um Month stick­er with 5 check-ins, entries into the grand prize draw­ing with each check-in, and fun dig­i­tal mile­stone badges.

MILE­STONES AND REWARDS

Every check-in at a par­tic­i­pat­ing loca­tion is one entry into our Grand Prize draw­ing, and four (4) Grand Prize win­ners will be ran­dom­ly select­ed to win a mem­ber­ship of their choice from one of the fol­low­ing muse­ums: Cen­ter­ville-Col­man Muse­um, Chico Chil­dren’s Muse­um, Chico His­to­ry Muse­um, Gate­way Sci­ence Muse­um, Gri­d­ley Muse­um, Janet Turn­er Print Muse­um, Muse­um of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia Art (mon­ca), The Stans­bury Home, or the Valene Smith Anthro­pol­o­gy Museum.

Mem­ber­ships have a max val­ue of $100 and will cov­er the win­ner and guest/​family mem­ber for a year.

Keep an eye on our Insta­gram and Face­book pages for updates and announcements.

PRIZE REDEMP­TION

Muse­um Month stick­ers are avail­able for pick­up between March 1 and April 11, 2025, at the fol­low­ing locations:

• Dur­ing Muse­um Week­end (Mar. 1 & Mar. 2) only: Oroville State The­ater at 1489 Myers St, Oroville, and Muse­um of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia Art, 900 Esplanade, Chico
• Oroville Cham­ber of Com­merce: 1789 Mont­gomery St., Mon.-Fri. 9am-3pm
• Chico Vis­i­tors Cen­ter: 180 E 4^th St #120, Mon.-Fri. 10am-3pm (call before pick­up to con­firm staff is avail­able: (530) 891‑5556)
• Down­town Chico Wel­come Cen­ter: 338 Broad­way, Tues.-Fri. 10am-5pm & Sat. 10am-2pm
• Par­adise Cham­ber of Com­merce: 6161 Clark Rd Ste. 1, Tues.-Fri. 10am-4pm
  

Must have proof of com­ple­tion via the app to pick up your prize. If you’re unable to pick up your prize in per­son, please email contact@​explorebuttecounty.​com to make oth­er arrange­ments. Grand prize win­ners will be announced by April 3, 2025, via email.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

• Check-ins require a pho­to from your vis­it to a par­tic­i­pat­ing loca­tion or from a spe­cif­ic list­ed event (for ​“event” check-ins).
• Check before you vis­it. Muse­um Week­end March 1 – 2, 2025, is an admis­sion-free event from 10am-4pm, but the rest of the month, loca­tions and events have vary­ing hours and may have admis­sion fees.
• Please share! Help get the word out about the Explore Butte Coun­ty Muse­um Month by shar­ing this chal­lenge with friends and fam­i­ly. Pro­mote your muse­um moments and cul­tur­al explo­rations on social media by tag­ging us: @explorebuttecountyca #Explore­Musuem­Month #Explore­But­te­Coun­ty

By par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Explore Butte Coun­ty Month Month, you agree that your sub­mit­ted check-ins and pho­tos may be used for Explore Butte Coun­ty mar­ket­ing. You also agree to receive the month­ly Explore Butte Coun­ty newslet­ter (you may opt out at any time).