2023 marks the 25th consecutive year that Sacramento Area Museums have collaborated to present a FREE Museum experience! This year, 20+ amazing museums located throughout the greater Sacramento area are excited to present a two-day FREE Museum Weekend on March 4-5! Similar to last year -- and in an effort to prevent large crowds -- advance tickets are required, capacity is limited, and availability may fluctuate by museum. All guests must pre-register for free admission, otherwise, regular admission fees will apply.
All tickets have been reserved
Due to limited capacity plus an immediate and overwhelming response from the community, all FREE Museum Weekend tickets have been secured for March 4-5. If any additional tickets are released, they will first go to those on a wait list for each museum. We thank you for your interest and please stay tuned for more information about future activations by Sac Area Museums including Museum Membership Month happening in March."
Once you start planning out your trip if you find you registered for too many tickets or too many museums, please reply to your ticket email to let us know of any cancellations you may need to make. Once we are able to review cancellations we will rerelease available tickets to the waiting list. You can sign up for th awaiting list below.
Tickets are limited so please dont hold onto tickets you are not going to use so that someone else may use them.
This year Sacramento Regional Transit is offering free rides to those participating in Free Museum Weekend! Download the flyer linked to the button below for more details on how to score your free rides for the weekend!
Download the FlyerThe below museums have had all their available tickets reserved. We will be monitoring cancelations and will send notice to those on the wait lists if any tickets become avaialble.
Though Sacramento has grown into a bustling cosmopolitan city, the region's roots are firmly planted on the farm. Just a short drive from downtown Sacramento, the California Agriculture Museum is the home of the Heidrick Tractor Collection & Event Center and showcases the marvels of agriculture and commercial trucking with 130,000 square feet of interactive one-of-a-kind exhibits and the world's largest collection of antique agricultural equipment.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteExperience automotive evolution at the California Automobile Museum. From the invention of the car and into the future, our exhibits include modern and classic vehicles from all over the world.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteHome of the official California Hall of Fame, the California Museum educates, enlightens and inspires visitors on California’s rich history and legacy of influence on the world through ideas, innovation, the arts and culture. Through interactive and innovative exhibits and programming, the Museum inspires men, women and children to dream the California dream and to make their own mark on history.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteLocated across the street from the historic State Capitol in the heart of downtown Sacramento, the neo-classical Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building at 914 Capitol Mall was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteThe California State Railroad Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, offers a sight of rail history with over 2.5 acres of exhibits on the property. With a roundhouse museum space filled with trains, a picnic area on our 1849 scene, museum store, library, turntable, passenger station, and the areas only historic and authentic excursion train ride that is volunteer ran! Each site will manage capacity to ensure health and safety, so visitors might have to wait even if they have free tickets from the site. Once the tickets are used up, all other admission will be as usual, walk up and normal rates.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteThe Crocker Art Museum, established in 1885, was one of the first art museums in the U.S. and is now one of the leading art institutions in California. The Crocker features one of the country’s finest collections of Californian art, exceptional holdings of master drawings, a comprehensive collection of international ceramics, as well as collections of European, Asian, African, and Oceanic art.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteInspired by California's unique and rich history of pharmacy, the Don & June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum is just what the doctor ordered. Come celebrate the role of the pharmacist in promoting the health and well-being of Californians since the state's inception in 1850.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteLeland Stanford, former California governor, railroad tycoon and founder of Stanford University, purchased what would become this elegant mansion for $ 8,000 in 1861. Each state park site will manage capacity to ensure health and safety, admission to the mansion is free, but visitors might have to wait.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteAwarded as the best Museum of California Delta, Locke Boarding House Museum capsulates the creation of the Delta. Our new collection features the founding of Locke to the Second World War which tells the story of the Chinese from serving as farm laborers to soldiers fighting in the war. The war also served as their liberator because it was the young men and women’s opportunity to join the American mainstream.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteThe Maidu Museum & Historic Site offers a unique cultural haven for families and individuals who want to experience the life ways and culture of the Nisenan Maidu who called this location home foVisit the Maidu Museum & Historic Site to learn about the Nisenan Maidu who called this place home for thousands of years. The exhibits inside the museum feature California Indian traditional practices, such as acorn processing and basket weaving. Walk the trail to see hundreds of bedrock mortars, ancient petroglyphs, and native plants and animals. r thousands of years.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteWe are one of only two Medical Museums in California open on a regular basis. Your visit will give you an appreciation of modern medicine and insight into how rapidly it has progressed. Masks are required while visiting the Medical Museum.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteCheck out our website for lots of downloadable activities!
Check Out Virtual ActivitiesThe Utility Exploration Center is a one-of-a-kind learning center focused on inspiring stewardship of resources in everyday life. The Center offers an inside look at the utility systems that keep our community safe, healthy and strong. Come explore with us.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteVisit Sacramento Children’s Museum (SCM) and learn through play! SCM’s hands-on exhibits are designed to inspire children to be creative and explore the world around them. Visitors can paint in the Art Studio, splash around in WaterWays, learn about air and movement with Airways and exercise their imagination throughout the museum. Sacramento Children’s Museum is designed for children from birth to age 8.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteThere's much more to see at Sacramento's Historic City Cemetery than you might first think. A true outdoor museum, the cemetery is adorned with ornate statues, dramatic markers and lush gardens, providing a great record of California's history from the Gold Rush Era through today. Keep an eye out for the popular "Lantern Tours" held in October.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteHome to the Underground Tours, and located in the historic Old Sacramento Waterfront district, the Sacramento History Museum shares the triumphs as well as the tragedies of the diverse communities and immigrants that make up the tapestry of Sacramento’s past and present.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteThe Sacramento Regional Fire Museum is located in West Sacramento and it's launch in November of 2019 was 30 years in the making. The Fire Museum was founded to preserve and educate on the history of the firefighting service in the Sacramento Region.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteNamed in honor of the celebrated abolitionist and women's rights activist, the Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum is dedicated to bringing African, Asian, Hispanic and Native American art to the general public.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteNo reservations are needed to visit the Capitol Park, but if you would like to take a tour,it is a maximum of 15 guests per tour, and are first-come, first-served with no reservations. The tours are approximately 1½ hours long and will meet at one of the following Capitol Park locations, depending on the day of the week: Sundays at 11:00 AM inside Capitol Park at 13th Street and Capitol Avenue (marked as the Hiram Johnson Memorial Parkway within the park), or Wednesdays at 10:00 AM at the corner of 10th and N streets on the Capitol grounds.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteLocated in a midtown park adjacent to John Sutter’s Fort, the State Indian Museum tells the story of California’s first inhabitants– beginning here before the Spanish, explorers, and settlers arrived, and eons before the advent of the Gold Rush. Each site will manage capacity to ensure health and safety, so visitors might have to wait even if they have free tickets from the site. Once the tickets are used up, all other admission will be as usual, walk up and normal rates.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteSutter’s Fort State Historic Park is operated by California State Parks with financial assistance from the nonprofit Friends of Sutter’s Fort. Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located in midtown Sacramento on L Street between 26th and 28th Streets, the Fort offers monthly “Hands on History” activities and special events throughout the year. Each site will manage capacity to ensure health and safety, so visitors might have to wait even if they have free tickets from the site. Once the tickets are used up, all other admission will be as usual, walk up and normal rates.
Register Your Tickets On Museum SiteFounded in 2008, Verge Center for the Arts is a nonprofit arts organization focused on the promotion and support of contemporary art in the Sacramento region. In addition to onsite artist studios, Verge Center for the Arts offers expansive gallery space, community education and a one-of-a-kind printmaking lab.
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