The California Museum
A state archives museum focused on the California Hall of Fame, Native American culture, and women's history, showing the state's diverse past.
The museum is in the State Archives building. Permanent exhibits include the California Hall of Fame, with inductees ranging from Steve Jobs to Bruce Lee, an exhibit on California's Native peoples, and a display on the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans. It also covers Chinese immigration and the Gold Rush. Admission costs about $10. It is about a 5-minute walk from the Capitol, and it works well as a half-day city-center itinerary together with the Capitol and the Stanford Mansion.
Opening hours
Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00; Sun 12:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Leland Stanford Mansion
- California State Capitol & Capitol Park
- Golden 1 Center
- Crocker Art Museum
- Old Sacramento
- Midtown Sacramento
- California State Railroad Museum
- Sacramento History Museum