Boulevard Dreams – Sacramento
Take a Little Trip and See Our New Lowrider Exhibit, Boulevard Dreams, now running through January 28, 2024!
Join us, Sunday, January 28, at the Sacramento History Museum as we near the last days of “Boulevard Dreams”, Sacramento’s Lowrider culture exhibition. A day filled with lowriders on display, face painting, balloon twister, food, and DJ Tiny playing your favorite lowrider jamz.
As part of our big closing event for our exhibit, Boulevard Dreams: Sacramento, on Sunday, January 28, Rudy Cuellar will be giving a presentation and demo from 2-3pm on silk screening lowrider posters! PLUS enjoy half price Museum admission to see the Boulevard Dreams: Sacramento exhibit on the first AND third floors.
“Maybe it seems like another world to you. Maybe it is. but then, maybe you should take another look, too, because to a lowrider that low-and-slow cruise down Saturday night Franklin Boulevard is a lot more than a hobby. It’s a ritual, with some substantial roots in this town.” – Ricardo Villanueva, Boulevard Dreams.
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In partnership with the Sacramento Lowrider Commission, and with support from Sol Collective and the many Sacramento lowrider car clubs, the Sacramento History Museum presents the “Boulevard Dreams” exhibit on view from September 23, 2023, through April 14, 2024.
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Born in California, lowrider and cruising culture is quintessentially American – an expression of our diverse community. Sacramento has a rich history of cruising culture with more than 40 lowrider car clubs dating back to the 1970s. Sacramento History Museum’s “Boulevard Dreams” exhibit introduces some of the stories of the clubs, fashion, music, and art, through memorabilia shared by local lowrider club members. The exhibit also explores the discrimination and prejudice that led to the city-wide ban on cruising in the 1980s, the grassroots efforts to rescind that ban in 2022, and the electric future ahead.
Sacramento History Museum is working in collaboration with The California Museum that is debuting a “Boulevard Dreams” exhibit in late October that also focuses on lowrider culture but with a statewide focus.
