Free Museum Day

With 24 museums participating by offering complimentary admission, the 21st annual free Museum Day takes place on Saturday, February 2. New this year, the popular day is also the kick-off to Sacramento Museum Week (February 2-8) filled with special events, activities and activations at various museums. Coordinated by Sacramento Area Museums (SAM) with the support of Visit Sacramento, Free Museum Day and Sacramento Museum Week in 2019 are proudly presented by Sutter Health and sponsored by California Family Fitness.

“We are thrilled to present the 21st Annual Free Museum Day plus extend the fun by offering a new Sacramento Museum Week this year,” said Sacramento Area Museums Chair Delta Pick Mello. “We’d especially like to thank our presenting sponsor Sutter Health and our returning sponsor California Family Fitness for providing much-needed resources to help us to present these important events. Our continuing goal as a collaborative organization is to introduce the community to the amazing array of arts, culture and museum offerings available in the greater Sacramento region.”

Free Museum Day is a popular cultural tradition designed to encourage all members of the community to experience the Capital City’s incredible wealth of art, history, science and wildlife, free of charge. Many of the museums are within walking distance of each other and easily accessible via public transportation.

And, to help easily and conveniently transport guests who wish to visit multiple museums in Sacramento’s urban core, Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is offering free rides on all buses and light rail trains on Saturday, February 2 only with a printed SacRT Museum Day flyer (only one flyer needed per family or group). A screen shot of the flyer from a smartphone is also acceptable. To print or display the flyer, click here.

Participating Museums:
-Aerospace Museum of California
-California Automobile Museum
-California Museum
-California State Capitol Museum
-California State Library
-California State Railroad Museum
-Don & June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum
-Folsom History Museum
-Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
-Locke Boarding House Museum
-Maidu Museum and Historic Site
-SSVMS Museum of Medical History
-Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
-Powerhouse Science Center
-Roseville Utility Exploration Center
-Sacramento Children’s Museum
-Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
-Sacramento History Museum
-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)

Note: On Museum Day, event coordinators suggest that guests plan to visit no more than two or three different museums on this day in order to allow adequate time to enjoy the experience and to travel between individual sites. Due to the popularity of Free Museum Day, some locations must limit the number of admissions for safety reasons.