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Added to NRHP. May 6, 1971. The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. [ 3 ] Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating from the Gold Rush to the present, European paintings and master ...
The California Museum is a member of the American Alliance of Museums, California Association of Museums and Sacramento Association of Museums. [1] It is Sacramento's only museum to win the American Alliance of Museum's Excellence in Exhibition Award (2013). [2]
This list of museums in California is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Here’s a full list of the Sacramento-area museums participating in Free Museum Weekend: Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan Park California Agriculture Museum in Woodland
The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest public art museum in the Western United States and has one of the largest public art collections in the country. Sacramento is home to 32 museums, including several major museums. The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest public art museum west of the Mississippi River. In 2010, the museum completed an expansion ...
December 9, 1971. Designated NHL. May 28, 1987 [4] The Leland Stanford Mansion, often known simply as the Stanford Mansion, is a historic mansion and California State Park in Sacramento, California, which serves as the official reception center for the Californian government and as one of the official workplaces of the Governor of California.
The California Hall of Fame honors individuals and families who embody California's innovative spirit and have made their mark on history. The hall and its exhibits are housed in The California Museum in Sacramento. The hall of fame was conceived by then–California First Lady Maria Shriver, who asked her friend artist Robert Graham to design ...
The California State Capitol Museum consists of a museum in and grounds around the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California, United States. The building has been the home of the California State Legislature since 1869. The State Capitol Museum has been a property in the California State Parks system since 1982.