Art Galleries & Museums
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SECOND SATURDAY: Sacramento art galleries set aside the second Saturday of each
month for simultaneous opening receptions. For more information call 264-5558.
- Artists' Collaborative Gallery
1007 Second Street, Old Sacramento, 95814; 444-3764. Quality arts and crafts cooperative
representing 43 area artisans. Pottery, weaving, jewelry, paintings, woodwork,
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- California Military Museum
1119 Second Street, Old Sacramento, 95814; 442-2883. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Admission $2.25, seniors $1.50, children ages 5 to 17 $1. See Things to See
& Do for further information.
- California State Railroad Museum
125 I Street (Second & I streets), Old Sacramento, 95814; , 445-7387 (office),
552-5252 ext.7245. A must see attraction! Largest and finest interpretive railroad museum
in North America and the most visited in the world. Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Adults $5;
children 6 to 12 $2, under 6 free. - WA
- Crocker Art Museum
Third and 0 streets, 95814; 264-5423. Open Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Thursday until 9 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday and major holidays. Adults $4.50, ages 7 to
17 $2.00, ages 6 and under free. Tours available. On view: Old masters, northern
California paintings, colorful contemporary art. Hands-on art every Saturday 12:30 to 3
p.m.
- Discovery Museum
101 I Street, Old Sacramento, 95814; 264-7057. Open Winter - Tuesday through Friday, 12
noon to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Summer (Memorial Day-Labor Day) Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays.
Adult $3.50; ages 6-17 $2.00; 5 and under free. - WA
- Folsom History Museum
823 Sutter Street, Folsom, 95630; 985-2707. Museum features history of the gold country,
the first railroad west of the Mississippi and the Pony Express. Open Wednesday through
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guided bus tours available by appointment. Free.
- Folsom Prison Museum
Folsom Prison Museum, P.O. Box 214222, Sacramento, 95821-0222; 985-2561 ext. 4589, (800)
821-6443. Located between Folsom and Folsom Dam at Folsom Prison. The museum contains
artifacts and records dating back to the 1800s. Open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Age 13 and
over, $1. - WA
- Roseville Telephone Museum
106 Vernon Street, Roseville, 95678; 786-1621, 773-5576 (fax). One of the finest museums
of its kind in the United States. Four galleries showcase telephone technology from the
1890's onward. Exhibits stir memories for guests, while youngsters marvel at how "it
used to be". See Things to See & Do - WA
- State Indian Museum
26th and K streets, 95816; 324-0971. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year's Day). Adults $2, Children 6 to 17 $1, under 6 free. See Things to
See & Do for further information. - WA
- Towe Ford Museum of Automotive History
2200 Front Street, 95818; 442-6802. Open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Adults $5, seniors $4.50,
ages 14 to 18 $2.50, ages 5 through 13 years old $1. Special car club exhibits each month.
Events area available. Free parking. (See Things to See & Do for further information)
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- Wells Fargo History Museum
Wells Fargo Center, 400 Capitol Mall, 95814; 440-4161. A restored Concord stagecoach and
exhibits that include gold, a gold scale, a functioning telegraph, Sacramento postal
history, and original artifacts document Wells Fargo's commercial history in Sacramento
since 1852. Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free, tours available. - WA
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