Admission Day Weekend Buildings and Museums

California's State Capitol


CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL
Free Tours of the California State Capitol Museum
• Home of the California Legislature since 1869, California’s elegant Capitol building beginning in the 1970s underwent a major renovation that restored much of its original look.
• Tour the restored historic offices of Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer and Governor of the State of California.
• See trees from around the world throughout the surrounding 40-acre Capitol Park
• Friday Only, September 9th, Enjoy Free Cake and Ice Cream in celebration of California’s birthday

When:       September 9, 10 and 11, 2005  
                 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  
Where:     10th and ‘L” Streets, in Downtown Sacramento
Cost:         Free


CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM 
Grand Opening of Redesigned Galleries, Free Admission and Activities at the Museum
• Be among the first to experience new exhibits and redesigned galleries highlighting the human face of railroading
• Bring your family’s railroad heritage treasures and meet with the Museum’s curators to share their history
• Experience demonstrations of railroad equipment at work
When:     September 9, 10 and 11, 2005  10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:   111 “I” Street in Old Sacramento
Cost:       Free



LogoCALIFORNIA STATE INDIAN MUSEUM
• View artifacts highlighting many of the more than 150 distinct tribal groups which once inhabited California, including basketry, beadwork, clothing and exhibits about the ongoing traditions of various California Native American groups.
• See a display about Ishi, last of the Yahi Indians, who managed to remain hidden from Western civilization until 1911, when he was discovered in Northern California

When:      September 9, 10 and 11, 2005 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:    26th and “K” Streets (adjacent to Sutter’s Fort)
                 in Midtown Sacramento
Cost:        Free


California Museum for History, Women & the ArtsCALIFORNIA MUSEUM FOR HISTORY, WOMEN & THE ARTS
• Original copy of U.S. Declaration of Independence 
and California Constitution on display
• California’s remarkable women
• Cartoon illustrators and California

When:        September 9, 10 and 11, 2005 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:      1020 “O” Street in Downtown Sacramento
Cost:          Free




LogoGOVERNOR'S MANSION STATE HISTORIC PARK
• Tour this 1877 Second Empire-Italianate mansion, which from 1903 to 1967 was home to thirteen of California’s governors and their families

When:      September 9, 10 and 11, 2005  10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:    1526 “H” Street  Sacramento
Cost:        Free




EurekaSUTTER'S FORT STATE HISTORIC PARK
• Special living history opportunity

When:     September 9, 10 and 11, 2005  10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:   2701 “L” Street in Sacramento
Cost:       Free




Eureka

CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY

CALIFORNIA STATE ARCHIVES

OLD SACRAMENTO CITY CEMETERY

CROCKER ART MUSEUM

DISCOVERY MUSEUM