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Feb 24, 2026: kidSTREAM Children’s Museum began with a simple but powerful idea, first shared among a few close friends around a kitchen table, that every child deserves a place to explore, play, and discover.

That idea grew out of a clear need in Ventura County. There was no dedicated children’s museum serving the region for early childhood development, and many families were driving long distances to give their kids access to hands-on learning experiences.

Feb 20, 2025: Children donned hard hats and wielded blue shovels at a Jan. 31 groundbreaking ceremony for kidSTREAM Children’s Museum in Camarillo. The event also marked the completion of a $6 million fundraising drive for the museum, which will offer immersive, play-based learning experiences.

Feb 15, 2025: ON THE HORIZON—Kids, guests and supporters watch as confetti is shot in the air during kidSTREAM Children’s Museum groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 31 in Camarillo.

Jan 31, 2025: A Camarillo children's museum met its $6 million fundraising goal and plans to move forward with renovating its site at the former Camarillo Public Library.

Jan 31, 2025: KidSTREAM in Camarillo is breaking ground on Friday.

It’s been years in the making – a place for children to explore and learn in Ventura County, without a long drive to a neighboring county.

Jan 27, 2025: "These kids are self-contained boxes full of activities science, technology, reading, engineering, the arts and math," said Michael Shanklin, executive director of kidSTREAM Children’s Museum.

June 3, 2024: Bryan Yee shows how donors' names appear as gears that turn other gears at the kidSTREAM Children's Museum in Camarillo.

June 4, 2024: The kidSTREAM Children’s Museum in Camarillo plans to change every child’s life in Ventura County.

A $2 million donation by the biotechnology company Amgen and the Amgen Foundation brought kidSTREAM closer to that goal last month.

March 4, 2021: “This will be a one-of-a-kind educational experience in Ventura County, serving the Camarillo community through hands-on exhibits,” shared Camarillo Mayor Charlotte Craven. “It will fulfill a long-standing community desire for the children in our City, while serving children and families County-wide.”

July 17, 2017: An up-and-coming children’s museum in Ventura County got closer to becoming a reality when it reached a deal with Camarillo to occupy the space of the former city library after months of negotiations.

July 6, 2018: kidSTREAM, an emerging children’s museum, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Ventura County Community Foundation to renovate the community room at the former Camarillo Library site.

Plans are to remodel the space into an interactive exhibit where children and families can participate in hands-on activities to develop a vision of what they’d like to have as part of the future children’s museum.