Resource Guide for Sacramento County

Discovery Museum Gold Rush History Center

Archaeological exhibit on "Sacramento’s Buried Past" features the excavated materials and the stories they tell us about seven households located at the IJ89 Block in downtown Sacramento from the 1850s to the turn of the twentieth century
Ongoing education program "Digging Up the Past, the Archaeological Experience." Students participate in an outdoor simulated archaeological dig and are taught basic excavation techniques, recording procedures, and how archaeologists uncover clues about the past. In the Museum’s classroom, students identify artifacts and develop historical connections. The Archaeological Experience is 2.5 hours in length (9:30 am to 12 noon) and is limited to a maximum of 35 students, grades 4-8. Reservations are necessary. Cost: $250 per class group, 35 student maximum.
Location: 101 I Street in Old Sacramento
Admission: Members free, $4 seniors (60+), $5 adults (18+), $4 youth (13-17), $3 children (4-12), children 3 and younger are free
Contact Emily Anderson at (916) 575-3941
Visit http://www.thediscovery.org/grhc.html

Exhibits and artifacts illustrating the cultures of the state’s first inhabitants
Location: at 26th and K Streets in the downtown area of Sacramento
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Visit http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=486