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This Third Thursday, January 15 from 4 pm to 8 pm, visit the Sacramento History Museum and experience a variety of gold rush gambling games, with special dealers from Sacramento Living History. You will be able to try your hand in the game of Pharoh or roll the dice with Shut the Box. Use your ‘gold’ carefully, there will be prizes to be won. If you’d like to stay and experience the museum, admission will be set as ‘pay as you wish’ donations.

On Wednesday, February 4th we will present some of our popular school programs for Homeschool Students from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., including the Print Shop, Heading West, Museum Scavenger Hunt, Gold Rush, History Mystery, Nisenan, and Gold Panning. Tickets are $8 each for Sacramento History Museum members or $12 non-members. 5 years and younger are free.

It’s a new year, a time for new adventures…and it’s time to bundle up and do a bit of time traveling… in the Underground. 

Go Underground seven days a week and learn how Sacramento lifted itself up out of the flood waters during the 1860s and 1870s! (Times are listed on the right) Your tour ticket includes museum admission! Tours run rain or shine.

The Sacramento History Museum is excited to announce a partnership with community arts group, La Raza Galeria Posada (LRGP) for a special exhibit titled “RCAF in Mictlán: 50th Anniversary of Dia de los Muertos.” The specially curated and culturally significant exhibition will be on display in the R. Burnett and Mimi Glide Miller Gallery at the Museum through April 5, 2026.

Attention Girl Scouts! Junior Badge- Playing the Past, Saturday, June 27, 2026

This event will include: A Gold Fever! interactive tour, Calligraphy lesson and a letter home activity, Historical dress up and Silhouette craft.

Cost is $15 per Girl Scout, Troop Leader Free, $6 per Adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website closer to the event.

We are proud to be part of Museums For All, an initiative of the Institute of Library and Museum Services to make museums accessible to all.

When you present your SNAP/EBT or WIC card and photo ID at the Museum’s Front Desk, you will receive FREE Museum admission for up to four people. For more information, visit the Museums For All website.