| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Military History Lecture & Book Signing: Dogfaced SoldierPresented by California State Military Museum at California State Military Museum September 18, 2010 Lucian K. Truscott Jr. (1895–1965) was one of America's finest WWII combat commanders, building a reputation second only to George Patton as an inspiring and gifted leader. Today he is remembered only by specialists. Hefner, a retired army colonel and physician turned historian (Patton's Bulldog: The Life and Service of General Walton H. Walter), corrects that by combining extensive archival and printed sources with perceptive analysis.
Truscott served in secondary theaters: the... | California State Military Museum | 09/18/10 | Sacramento |
Toyota: Oh What a History!Presented by California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) at California Automobile Museum (formerly Towe) July 17-September 19, 2010 Toyota has endured the ups and downs of the automotive industry and has proved itself to be an auto manufacturer that is here to stay. This exhibit, sponsored by Elk Grove Toyota, explores the many different genres of automotive design and technology that are the foundation of Toyota's history. Some of the vehicles on exhibit will include a 1959 Toyopet Crown, a Prius Plug-In Hybrid, a 1967 2000 GT, a desert off-road race truck, and an IRL Indy race car. Come see the story of one of the... | California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) | 07/17/10-
09/19/10 | Sacramento |
Silent Film with Wurlitzer Organ PerformancePresented by California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) at California Automobile Museum (formerly Towe) September 19, 2010 The Sierra Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society will be showing the silent movie, The Iron Mask (1929), with accompaniment by Bob Salisbury on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ at the California Automobile Museum. The Iron Mask was probably the last large-scale silent feature made in Hollywood, and it has been described as Douglas Fairbanks' farewell to the silents. | California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) | 09/19/10 | Sacramento |
Native American DayPresented by California State Indian Museum at California State Capitol- West Steps September 23, 2010 This annual event, sponsored by the State Native American Liaisons of California, is held on the grounds of the State Capitol. Speakers include California Indian leaders; music and dancers are on hand to honor the spirit and contributions of the State’s indigenous people. | California State Indian Museum | 09/23/10 | Sacramento |
Native American Day 2010Presented by California State Parks Dept. of Parks & Recreation at California State Capitol- South Steps September 23, 2010 Celebrate the 43rd Annual Native American Day! Complete with traditional games, dancing, artisans showcasing their wares, informative booths and more, this is your chance to share appreciation for Native art and culture.
Sponsored by the State Tribal Liaisons of California and led by the Department of Justice, the theme this year is "Tribal Justice: Protecting and Preserving Native Families and Communities."
Then, following the fun and lively event, it's a perfect day... | California State Parks Dept. of Parks & Recreation | 09/23/10 | Sacramento |
| New Crocker Fundraising Gala | Crocker Art Museum | 09/25/10 | Sacramento |
Excursion Train Rides
Avg. Event Rating(5.0 Stars): Presented by California State Railroad Museum at California State Railroad Museum April 3-September 25, 2010 Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars): The first weekend in April marks the opening weekend for the 27th operating season of the Railroad Museum’s excursion train service on the Sacramento Southern Railroad! Beginning this weekend, and continuing every weekend through September, experience the sights, smells, and sounds of a real, working steam locomotive as your train rolls along the levees of the Sacramento River.
Excursion trains depart on-the-hour from the Central Pacific Freight Depot in Old Sacramento... | California State Railroad Museum | 04/03/10-
09/25/10 | Old Sacramento |
“A Taste of History” Slow Food Event Presented by California State Dept. of Parks & Recreation at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park September 25, 2010 John Sutter’s legacy lives on–especially in Sacramento--but did you know he was known as a great host who welcomed guests with amazing feasts and delicacies? Now you have the unique opportunity to spend an evening at Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park enjoying a culinary experience like no other as some of today’s top chefs prepare delicious and innovative new dishes reminiscent of those Sutter shared with guests in the late 1800s. The special menu offers amazing... | California State Dept. of Parks & Recreation | 09/25/10 | Sacramento |
“What's Blooming in the Cemetery” Garden TourPresented by Old City Cemetery Committee at Sacramento Historic City Cemetery September 25, 2010 Join Sharon Patrician, gardener and volunteer at the Historic City Cemetery, for a stroll through the beautiful and peaceful gardens to learn what's blooming. The tour commences at 10am from the Cemetery’s main gate at Broadway and 10th Street. Visitors may park across the street from the 10th Street Gate and meet at the cemetery entrance.
Held under the auspices of the City of Sacramento Division of History & Science, the Old City Cemetery Committee, Inc. presents this tour... | Old City Cemetery Committee | 09/25/10 | Sacramento |
Early Educators History TourPresented by Old City Cemetery Committee at Sacramento Historic City Cemetery September 25, 2010 Early educators will inform and entertain you on this Saturday morning tour at the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery! This tour, presented by docents from the Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum, will feature the lives and experiences of early educators in Sacramento. The tour commences at 10 am from the Cemetery’s main gate at Broadway and 10th Street. Visitors may park across the street from the 10th Street Gate and meet at the cemetery entrance.
Held under the auspices of the... | Old City Cemetery Committee | 09/25/10 | Sacramento |
The Purse and the Person: A Century of Women's PursesPresented by The California Museum at California Museum July 3-September 26, 2010 What can a woman's purse tell us about history? Quite a bit, actually. This exhibit uses purses and their contents as a window on the changing roles of women over the past hundred years - from Edwardian matron to 1980s Superwoman. Major themes of the 20th century - prosperity, hardship, war, peace, women's rights - are clearly visible among these purses and their contents. Visitors will connect to their own mothers and grandmothers as they consider the differences and similarities of women's... | The California Museum | 07/03/10-
09/26/10 | Sacramento |
The Medical Bag History TourPresented by Old City Cemetery Committee at Sacramento Historic City Cemetery October 2, 2010 Join us as we explore some of the diseases of the Gold Rush and visit the final resting place of the multi-talented physicians who cared for their patients on this Saturday morning tour of the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. Led by Dr. Bob LaPerriere, this tour will offer an interesting perspective on Gold Rush history.
The tour commences at 10am from the Cemetery’s main gate at Broadway and 10th Street. Visitors may park across the street from the 10th Street Gate and meet... | Old City Cemetery Committee | 10/02/10 | Sacramento |
| Founders Day, 1982-2010 | California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) | 10/03/10 | Sacramento |
| New Crocker Grand Opening | Crocker Art Museum | 10/10/10 | Sacramento |
Military History Lecture & Book Signing: Last Missile SitePresented by California State Military Museum at California State Military Museum October 10, 2010 The Last Missile Site is the only book to bring readers inside the only mechanically operational Nike site in the United States. Historians Stephen Haller and John Martini provide a fascinating detailed description of the physical layout of Nike Site SF-88 as well as insight about life at the battery during the Cold War from officers and enlisted who served at the site. Nike Sites with nuclear warheads surrounded almost every major American city during the Cold War. This is the book... | California State Military Museum | 10/10/10 | Sacramento |
Acorn DayPresented by California State Indian Museum at California State Indian Museum October 16, 2010 Join us for an educational and fun-filled day for the entire family! Observe the time-honored tradition of preparing acorn for food and learn Native arts & crafts-making. Sample Native foods, and spend the afternoon helping us celebrate the acorn harvest season! | California State Indian Museum | 10/16/10 | Sacramento |
Demonstration Day: Farewell, Captain! Sutter Leaves for Hock Farm (1848)Presented by Sutter's Fort State Historic Park at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park October 16, 2010 Dejected and overrun by settlers, Captain Sutter abandons his beloved Fort, transferring title to his land to, John Sutter Jr and selling his Fort to Alden Bayly for $7,000. In this demonstration day, re-enactors help Capt. Sutter pack up and discuss what pending changes are in store for the Fort and surrounding, and wonder how life will proceed with this Gold Rush changing everything that they’ve ever known. Townspeople are eager to have new uses for the now obsolete Fort, and are... | Sutter's Fort State Historic Park | 10/16/10 | Sacramento |
"Artomotive" Photography ClassPresented by California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) at California Automobile Museum (formerly Towe) October 16, 2010 Enjoy a morning of cool cars and photography, with local photography enthusiast, Richard Ellman. Richard will guide you in the basic steps and skills needed to capture that perfect picture. Whether you are a classic car owner and want to photograph your cool ride or just interested in the art of photography - this class is for you!
Students are asked to bring their own camera/supplies (including a flash and/or a polarizing lens if you own one). Students must be at least 12 years old... | California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) | 10/16/10 | Sacramento |
Neo-Crocker 2010: A Modern Culture PartyPresented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum October 16-October 17, 2010 Celebrate the arrival of the new Crocker Art Museum with an evening unlike any other, featuring Rjd2, art experiences, fire dancing, fashion and more. This party is a fundraiser to support Modern Culture at the Crocker. | Crocker Art Museum | 10/16/10-
10/17/10 | Sacramento |
Bodies RevealedApril 24-October 24, 2010 This world-famous exhibition features real, whole, and partial body specimens that have been meticulously dissected and preserved through an innovated process, giving visitors the opportunity to view the complexity of their own organs and systems.
As the visitor moves from gallery to gallery, the exhibition uses 14 full body human specimens and over 200 organs to tell the story of the miraculous systems at work within each of us every second of our existence.
Countless visitors... | | 04/24/10-
10/24/10 | |
Underground Tours of Old Sacramento
Avg. Event Rating(2.8 Stars): Presented by Sacramento History Museum at Sacramento History Museum July 10-October 31, 2010 Avg. Event Rating (2.8 Stars): Beginning on Saturday, July 10, the entertaining and history-rich "Old Sacramento Underground" tours will provide visitors with a unique glimpse into the massive and dramatic raising of the streets of Sacramento in the 1860s through the 1870s to protect the city from devastating flooding. In fact, Old Sacramento has the distinction of being the only city in California to raise its streets and is also one of the very first in the nation to do so.
Underground tour visitors... | Sacramento History Museum | 07/10/10-
10/31/10 | Sacramento |
1st Annual Vettes for VetsPresented by California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) at California Automobile Museum (formerly Towe) November 7, 2010 Celebrate Veterans Day with an all-Corvette car show hosted by the California Automobile Museum and Just for Corvettes and sponsored by Woodland Motors and KHits 92.1 FM. This event will include an awards ceremony, raffle, a Huey helicopter and traveling helicopter museum on display, booths from Veterans organizations, Corvette Care and other vendors, and more!
Veterans and active military will also receive free admission to the Museum this day. | California Auto Museum (Formerly: Towe Auto Museum) | 11/07/10 | Sacramento |
Living History: Is the End In Sight? Will Our Men Ever Return Home?Presented by Sutter's Fort State Historic Park at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park November 20, 2010 News travels sporadically, and certainly not fast enough for those left behind at the Fort. Winter chill is in the air and women and children are watching for the return of the men of the California Battalion. Optimism could leave your family unprepared which could lead to illness or death, but the work of survival alone is overwhelmingly daunting. But, pioneers are resilient and practical. The men and women of the Fort band together to ensure the safety of their families with frugal... | Sutter's Fort State Historic Park | 11/20/10 | Sacramento |
Indian Museum Arts & Crafts Holiday FairPresented by California State Indian Museum at California State Indian Museum November 26-November 27, 2010 Native artisans from all over California offer their wares for sale each year on the two days following Thanksgiving. Enjoy browsing through jewelry, basketry, pottery, hand-painted gourds, ornaments and much more, as you select those just-right gifts for the holidays. Regular museum admission fees apply. | California State Indian Museum | 11/26/10-
11/27/10 | Sacramento |
Wayne Thiebaud: HomecomingPresented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum October 10-November 28, 2010 This exhibition celebrates Sacramento’s most famous artist, Wayne Thiebaud, as he begins his 90th year. It is, for both the artist and the Crocker Art Museum, a homecoming. Nearly 60 years ago, in 1951, Thiebaud held his first one-artist exhibition, Influences on a Young Painter, at the Crocker.
This new exhibition, featuring approximately 75 paintings and drawings, spans the entirety of his career, from the artist’s early works to paintings fresh from his easel. Iconic... | Crocker Art Museum | 10/10/10-
11/28/10 | Sacramento |
The Vase and Beyond: The Sidney Swidler Collection of CeramicsPresented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum October 10-November 28, 2010 Given to the Crocker in its entirety, the Sidney Swidler Collection of 20th-century studio ceramics features some 800 vessels by 300 international artists. Ranging from minute to monumental, the collection showcases the wide-ranging, innovative practice of contemporary ceramic artists with a gorgeous array of forms, techniques and glazes. The Swidler Collection proves that even a functional form like the vessel can defy expectations. | Crocker Art Museum | 10/10/10-
11/28/10 | Sacramento |
The California Hall of Fame ExhibitPresented by California Museum for History, Women and the Arts at California Museum December 9, 2009-December 1, 2010 The California Museum has opened up their yearlong exhibition, which includes individual exhibits dedicated to each of the 13 inductees to the California Hall of Fame. With over 100 items ranging from historical artifacts to entertainment memorabilia, visitors will get a very rare chance to see personal effects of these cultural landmarks together in one setting.
The 2009 California Hall of Fame inductees are: entertainer Carol Burnett, former Intel CEO Andrew Grove, governor and U.S.... | California Museum for History, Women and the Arts | 12/09/09-
12/01/10 | Sacramento |
Demonstration Day: A Simple Emigrant ChristmasPresented by Sutter's Fort State Historic Park at Sutter's Fort State Historic Park December 11, 2010 Imagine a world where Christmas meant only family, friends and prayerful reflection. Decorations were homemade and traditions were brought from your home country. The magic of Christmas at the Fort is found in the international crafts: tin and paper ornaments, hand dipped candles, and in the music: hymns and carols that have been sung for generations. A simpler time that can be enjoyed by all and perhaps bringing new traditions to your family’s holiday season. | Sutter's Fort State Historic Park | 12/11/10 | Sacramento |
Minerva AwardsPresented by California Museum for History, Women and the Arts at California Museum January 1-December 31, 2010 The Minerva Award is California's preeminent honor for women. Since 2004 the Museum has presented an exhibit honoring the recipients, who are announced each year by First Lady Maria Shriver at the Women's Conference. This year, an expanded exhibit includes interactive videos, artifacts, and a chance to get involved.
The 2008 Minerva Awards winners are: Louise Hay, a self-help pioneer who revolutionized the idea that positive thought can improve physical well-being: Betty Chinn, a... | California Museum for History, Women and the Arts | 01/01/10-
12/31/10 | Sacramento |
California’s Remarkable WomenPresented by California Museum for History, Women and the Arts at California Museum January 1-December 31, 2010 California has always been replete with remarkable women. As community leaders and activists, inventors and entertainers, as mothers, daughters, sisters and partners, California’s remarkable women serve 24/7 on the front lines of humanity.
Extraordinary women from every walk of life strengthen, shape and serve our great state. California’s Remarkable Women honors their significant roles and achievements, drawing its inspiration from past and present achievements of... | California Museum for History, Women and the Arts | 01/01/10-
12/31/10 | Sacramento |
Uprooted! The Japanese Americans During WWIIPresented by California Museum for History, Women and the Arts at California Museum January 1-December 31, 2010 This exhibit features the Japanese American community from immigration and internment during World War II, to their struggle and success in seeking redress for the loss of their constitutional rights. This display, featuring photographs, art, furniture, and crafts made in the internment camps, is drawn from the rich Japanese American Archival Collection developed by the local Japanese American community and housed at California State University Sacramento. Uprooted offers a unique... | California Museum for History, Women and the Arts | 01/01/10-
12/31/10 | Sacramento |
Folsom History Museum at Folsom History Museum January 1-December 31, 2010 The Folsom History Museum houses artifacts chronicling the settlement and development of the Folsom area. Learn about the native peoples, early settlers and pioneers. Discover our beginnings as a gold rush town. Group tours available. Temporary exhibits throughout the year and novel gift shop items.
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12/31/10 | Folsom |
Star Trek - The ExhibitionPresented by Aerospace Museum of California at Aerospace Museum of California May 28, 2010-January 5, 2011 Star Trek - The Exhibition opened Memorial Day Weekend for an interactive, hands on limited engagement at The Aerospace Museum of California at the former McClellan Air Force Base.
Presented by Wells Fargo and SAFE Credit Union, the 10,000 square foot touring exhibition contains the world’s most comprehensive collection of authentic Star Trek ships, set recreations, costumes and props from five television series and 11 films spanning more than 40 years. This exhibit will also... | Aerospace Museum of California | 05/28/10-
01/05/11 | McClellan |
Tomorrow’s Legacies: Gifts Celebrating the Next 125 YearsPresented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum October 10, 2010-January 11, 2011 Celebrating the Crocker Art Museum’s 125th anniversary as well as the Museum’s new 125,000-square-foot expansion, this opening exhibition features 125 promised works of art that will one day become part of the Crocker’s permanent holdings. Drawn from collections throughout California and across the United States, the gifts range from historic to contemporary and traditional to cutting edge, providing a glimpse into the Crocker Art Museum’s future.
Photo... | Crocker Art Museum | 10/10/10-
01/11/11 | Sacramento |
A Pioneering Collection: Master Drawings from the Crocker Art MuseumPresented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum October 10, 2010-February 6, 2011 The finest early collection of master drawings in the United States, the Crocker Art Museum collection was purchased for the most part in 1869-71 by the Museum's founders, E. B. and Margaret Crocker. A Pioneering Collection: Master Drawings from the Crocker Art Museum, which opens in conjunction with the Museum's new Anne and Malcolm McHenry Works on Paper Study Center, celebrates the beauty, quality and scholarly importance of the collection in 56 drawings, including works by Albrecht... | Crocker Art Museum | 10/10/10-
02/06/11 | Sacramento |
Paul Jenkins: The Color of Light Presented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum November 11, 2010-February 20, 2011 Paul Jenkins’s post-expressionist paintings emphasizing light and color emerged during the 1950s and took their place alongside the achievements of the Abstract Expressionists and painters of the more recent Color Field movement. By the 1960s, Jenkins had attracted the attention of art critic Clement Greenberg and has created works celebrating opulent color and the pleasure of the optical experience ever since. This exhibition features 50 examples of the artist’s achievements in... | Crocker Art Museum | 11/11/10-
02/20/11 | Sacramento |
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02/28/11 | Sacramento |
Gottfried Helnwein: Inferno of the InnocentsPresented by Crocker Art Museum at Crocker Art Museum January 29-April 24, 2011 Like a modern-day Goya, Gottfried Helnwein’s art addresses themes of inhumanity, violence and the virtue of personal expression. Over more than four decades, the artist has pursued a singular, radical vision realized in monumental paintings and photographs. With stark and probing psychological intensity, he critiques not only the past, but present-day veneers, jolting us from the comfort of complacency. Such confrontations are informed by his upbringing in post-war Vienna,... | Crocker Art Museum | 01/29/11-
04/24/11 | Sacramento |
9th Annual Celebrity Chef ChallengePresented by InAlliance at California Automobile Museum (formerly Towe) April 29, 2011 Sacramento's Premier Culinary Competition! The Celebrity Chef Challenge features six professional chefs in a timed competition with surprise ingredients and a live audience. Competitors have 45 minutes to turn five secret ingredients into three power packed dishes! Guests will enjoy the competition, food demonstrations and ample food, beer and wine samples from 100 regional vendors! The Celebrity Chef Challenge is the annual benefit for InAlliance, a nonprofit organization that provides work... | InAlliance | 04/29/11 | Sacramento |
Rails and Reels: Hollywood, Trains and the Making of Motion PicturesPresented by California State Railroad Museum at California State Railroad Museum July 2, 2010-May 31, 2011 Learn how Hollywood and America’s railroads have had a love affair since the very beginning of motion picture history, and how that attraction has continued through Westerns and into modern times as part of Sci-Fi and dramatic action-packed thrillers. See original scripts, sheet music, movie posters, lobby cards and movie- and television-related artifacts from the collections of the California State Railroad Museum and Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown. And, learn how... | California State Railroad Museum | 07/02/10-
05/31/11 | Old Sacramento |
“This Means War!: California’s Role in the Spanish-American War” Exhibit at California State Capitol Museum June 14, 2010-May 31, 2011 History enthusiasts and the community-at-large are invited to tour the California State Capitol Museum to see the exciting and new “This Means War!: California’s Role in the Spanish-American War” exhibit. Four colorful and history-rich flags from the Spanish-American war will be on display along with an authentic Rough Rider’s uniform, weapons used during the war, a fully-outfitted war horse and elements that showcase Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement in the... | | 06/14/10-
05/31/11 | Sacramento |
"Beyond the Locomotive" Award Winning PhotographsPresented by California State Railroad Museum at California State Railroad Museum July 8, 2010-June 11, 2011 As part of a special display, the California State Railroad Museum is proud to showcase award-winning photographs recently given prestigious honors as part of an annual Creative Photography Awards Program competition organized by the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. With a compelling “Beyond the Locomotive” theme, a record-setting 700 photographs were submitted as entries this year by more than 200 photographers around the world.
A first time entrant, Brandon... | California State Railroad Museum | 07/08/10-
06/11/11 | Old Sacramento |
“The Great Dreamer and The Great Doer: Theodore Roosevelt’s Impassioned Life” Exhibit at Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park June 29, 2010-June 24, 2011 With a passion for nature and conservation, Theodore Roosevelt’s life was filled with big dreams and great accomplishments. To learn more about his life and impact on California, you are invited to visit an inspiring new exhibit titled “The Great Dreamer and The Great Doer: Theodore Roosevelt’s Impassioned Live” opening at the Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park. Artifacts from Roosevelt’s 1903 trip out west, compelling images and campaign memorabilia... | | 06/29/10-
06/24/11 | Sacramento |
Gold, Greed & Speculation: The Beginnings of Sacramento CityPresented by Sacramento History Museum at Sacramento History Museum July 17, 2009 - Ongoing Inflated property values, epidemic diseases and fear of potential floods...Twenty-first century Sacramento? Not necessarily! Come see the new, permanent exhibit, Gold, Greed & Speculation: The Beginnings of Sacramento City at the Sacramento History Museum.
The exhibition studies the first fifty years of Sacramento, exploring evidence that the city was much more than a Gold Rush boomtown. Sacramento’s citizens withstood catastrophic floods, fires, and epidemics in the early... | Sacramento History Museum | 07/17/09-
Ongoing | Sacramento |
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