Museums/Galleries in Sacramento and the Gold Country

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Museums/Galleries in Sacramento and the Gold Country

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Amador County Museum
The Amador County Museum, built in the late 1850s as a private...
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Museums / Galleries Jackson
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Angels Camp Museum
Angels Camp Museum houses gold-rush relics, including photos...
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Museums / Galleries Angels Camp
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Artery
Northern California craftspeople's work is displayed at the Artery...
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Museums / Galleries Davis
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California Military Museum
A storefront entrance leads to three floors containing more than...
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Museums / Galleries Sacramento
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California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts
California's first lady, Maria Shriver, has taken an active role...
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California State Indian Museum
Among the interesting displays at this well-organized museum...
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California State Mining and Mineral Museum
At the California State Mining and Mineral Museum, a glittering...
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Museums / Galleries Mariposa
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California State Railroad Museum
Near what was once the terminus of the transcontinental and Sacramento...
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Capitol
The lacy plasterwork of the Capitol's 120-foot-high rotunda has...
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Crocker Art Museum
The oldest art museum in the American West has a collection of...
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Discovery Museum History Center
The building that holds this child-oriented museum is a reproduction...
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Empire Mine State Historic Park
The hard-rock gold mine at Empire Mine State Historic Park was...
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Museums / Galleries Grass Valley
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Firehouse No. 1
With its gingerbread-trim bell tower, Firehouse No. 1 is one...
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Museums / Galleries Nevada City
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Gold Country Museum
The Gold Country Museum surveys life in the mines. Exhibits include...
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Museums / Galleries Auburn
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Governor's Mansion
This 15-room house was built in 1877 and used by the state's...
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Museums / Galleries Sacramento
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Heidrick Ag History Center
Old trucks and farm machinery seem to rumble to life within the...
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Museums / Galleries Woodland
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Huntington, Hopkins & Co. Store
This museum is a reproduction of the 1855 hardware store opened...
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Museums / Galleries Sacramento
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J. Monteverde General Store
Seek out the J. Monteverde General Store, a typical turn-of-the-20th-century...
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Museums / Galleries Sutter Creek
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North Star Mining Museum
Housed in the former North Star powerhouse, the North Star Mining...
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Museums / Galleries Grass Valley
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Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
Sacramento's first school welcomed students in August 1849 and...
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Placer County Courthouse
Auburn's standout structure is the Placer County Courthouse...
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Museums / Galleries Auburn
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Towe Auto Museum
With more than 150 vintage automobiles on display, and exhibits...
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Tuolumne County Museum and History Center
The Tuolumne County Museum and History Center occupies a gold...
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Museums / Galleries Sonora
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Yolo County Historical Museum
This 10-room classical-revival home of settler William Byas Gibson...
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Museums / Galleries Woodland
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