Looking for something fun to do with the family this weekend?  This Saturday, February 4th is the 19th Annual Sacramento Museum Day!  Families can enjoy Museum Day at over 25 museums and local destinations.

Participating museums will offer free or half-priced admission from 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, February 4, 2017.  Most of the destinations are free, the Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town will be charging to offset parking and traffic controls.

Sacramento Zoo admission will be $7.50 for adults and $5 for children ages 2-11; and Fairytale Town admission will be $2.88 per person and free for children ages 1 and under.

In addition to offering free or reduced cost admission, some of the destinations will have special activities, I included some information with the list below.

If you would like to read more about the Sacramento Zoo, I blogged about a trip we took here:
Blog About It All-Sacramento Zoo

We hope you are able to get out and explore with your family this Saturday and enjoy some of the great destinations here in Sacramento!

Participating Museums for Sacramento Museum Day 2017*:
California Agriculture Museum
California Automobile Museum
California Museum
California State Capitol Museum
California State Library
California State Railroad Museum
Don & June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum
Fairytale Town
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
Locke Boarding House Museum
Maidu Museum & Historic Site (Roseville) -- will offer trail tours, children’s activities, tables for grinding acorns and beaded bracelets or necklaces.
Museum of Medical History
Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum -- will serve punch and cake as well as provide short lessons by interesting teachers all to celebrate the anniversary of Sacramento’s first public school in February 1854.
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Powerhouse Science Center Discovery Campus
Roseville Utility Exploration Center -- The Roseville Utility Exploration Center will present a hands-on “Bird and Bug Bonanza” with interactive activities such as a creek crawl, build your own bluebird home, story time with the Bug Squad and more.
Sacramento Children’s Museum
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
Sacramento History Museum -- will offer their always-popular gold panning activities for kids outside in front of the Museum.
Sacramento Zoo
Sojourner Truth African American Museum
State Indian Museum
Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park
Verge Center for the Arts
Wells Fargo History Museum (Capitol Mall)
Wells Fargo History Museum (Old Sacramento)
*Museums not able to participate in the 2017 Sacramento Museum Day include: Aerospace Museum of California (closed in preparation to open a major exhibit on 2/6/17);   California Statewide Museum Collections Center; Crocker Art Museum (charging $5 admission that day) and the Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park (closed to the public).  

More detailed information about participating museums, addresses, limitations, suggested parking and public transit options is available at sacmuseums.org (click on “News & Events”), or by calling Visit California at (916) 808-7777.

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