Sacramento and the Gold Country
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1. California State Railroad Museum
Old Sacramento | Museum/GallerySprawling over three floors and taking up the equivalent of 2½ acres of space, this museum celebrates the history of trains from their 19th...Read More
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2. Crocker Art Museum
Downtown | Museum/GalleryEstablished in 1885, Sacramento's premier fine-arts museum specializes in California art, European master drawings, and international ceramics...Read More
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3. Reiff's Gas Station Museum
Museum/GalleryMark Reiff, an inveterate collector of gas-station pumps and signs, converted his home in a residential neighborhood into a joyful homage to...Read More
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4. Tahoe Science Center
Museum/GalleryLearn how Lake Tahoe was formed, why it’s so blue, and how its ecosystem is changing at Tahoe’s only science center, which is affiliated with...Read More
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5. Artery
Museum/GalleryThe work of Northern California craftspeople is displayed at the Artery, an artists' cooperative that includes decorative and functional ceramics...Read More
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6. Bernhard Museum Complex
Museum/GalleryParty like it's 1889 at this space whose main structure opened in 1851 as the Traveler's Rest Hotel and for 100 years was the residence of the...Read More
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7. California Agriculture Museum
Museum/GalleryThis gigantic space in the nearby community of Woodland provides a thorough historical overview of motorized agricultural vehicles through dozens...Read More
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8. California Automobile Museum
Downtown | Museum/GalleryMore than 120 automobiles—from Model Ts, Hudsons, and Studebakers to modern-day electric-powered ones—are on display at this museum that pays...Read More
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9. California Museum
Downtown | Museum/GalleryShowcasing longtime and temporary residents who helped elevate the Golden State, this museum displays artifacts from the State Constitution...Read More
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10. California State Mining and Mineral Museum
Museum/GalleryA California state park, the museum has displays on gold-rush history including a replica hard-rock mine shaft to walk through, a miniature...Read More
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11. Gold Rush Museum
Museum/GalleryYou'll get a feel for life in the mines at this museum whose highlights include a re-created mine tunnel and an indoor gold-panning stream. ...Read More
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12. Huntington, Hopkins & Co. Hardware Store
Old Sacramento | Museum/GalleryPicks, shovels, and other paraphernalia used by gold-rush miners are on display at this re-creation of a 19th-century hardware store that also...Read More
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13. Monteverde Store Museum
Museum/GalleryThis store, opened 1896, is a relic from the past: its final owner walked out more than four decades ago and never returned. These days you...Read More
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14. Murphys Old Timers Museum
Museum/GalleryA quirky blast from the past in a stone building that survived three 19th-century fires that destroyed downtown, the museum documents Murphys...Read More
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15. North Star Mining Museum
Museum/GalleryInside a former powerhouse, the museum displays a 32-foot-high Pelton Water Wheel said to be the largest ever built. The wheel, used to power...Read More
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16. Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
Old Sacramento | Museum/GalleryA kid-friendly attraction that shows what one-room schoolhouses were like in central California and the Sierra foothills in the late 1800s,...Read More
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17. Placer County Museum
Museum/GalleryVisible from the highway, Auburn's standout structure is the Placer County Courthouse. The classic bronze-domed building houses the Placer County...Read More
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18. State Indian Museum
Midtown | Museum/GalleryAdjacent to Sutter's Fort, this small but engaging museum explores the lives and history of California's native peoples. Arts-and-crafts displays...Read More
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19. Tuolumne County Museum and History Centers
Museum/GalleryThe small museum occupies a historic gold-rush-era building that served as a jail until 1960. Vintage firearms and paraphernalia, gold specimens...Read More
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20. Yolo County Historical Museum
Museum/GalleryThis 11-room classical-revival home of settler William Byas Gibson was purchased by volunteers and restored to what you see today. You can see...Read More
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