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Art,
History, Science, Wildlife:
The Many Museums of Sacramento
Sacramento’s Gold Rush history
is one of adventure, ambition, and
hard work—as the city’s
numerous state-of-the-art museums
and historic sites illustrate. From
the heritage of California’s
earliest inhabitants, to the exciting
times of the Gold Rush and beyond,
Sacramento has played a central role
in Northern California’s growth
and development. Today, as the capital
city of the nation’s most populous
state, Sacramento continues to pioneer
in cutting-edge progress while remembering
its past.
Visit the California Gold Rush’s
commercial center (Old Sacramento
State Historic Park), and step back
in time to learn about the State’s
earliest residents (California State
Indian Museum) and the city’s
original landlord (Sutter’s
Fort State Historic Park). Stroll
about the memorials to those who perished
(Sacramento Historic City Cemetery),
and follow the trail from statehood
(California State Capitol Museum,
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic
Park, Governor’s Mansion State
Historic Park) to development of the
vast Central Valley (The California Museum, Sacramento History Museum, Folsom History Museum, Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Center, Heidrick Ag History Center).
As Northern California’s transportation
and communications crossroads, Sacramento
has a special affinity for the Pony
Express (Wells Fargo History Museum),
trains (California State Railroad
Museum), cars (California Automobile Museum),
and planes (Aerospace Museum of California).
Home to the West’s first art
museum (Crocker Art Museum), Sacramento
also has plenty of industrial and
military heritage (California Foundry
History Museum, California Military
Museum). Healthcare (Don and June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum, Museum
of Medical History), science and family
education opportunities (Discovery
Museum’s Science & Space
Center, Explorit Science Center, Fairytale
Town, Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum,
Sacramento Zoo) are all represented
in our museums, too!
Roxanne Yonn, Chair,
Sacramento Association of Museums
To contact the Sacramento
Association of Museums, please fill
out the email form below and press
submit. For inquiries requesting specific
museums, please visit their websites
and/or contact them directly (see
"Find a Museum" section
for websites/contact information).
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