Visit area museums for free, or half-price

Visitors to the Aerospace Museum of California in North Highlands enjoy an up-close look at a U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet. Guests will be admitted free or for half-price to this museum and 27 others on the 14th annual Sacramento Museum Day, Saturday, Feb. 4. Courtesy photo

After a record-breaking attendance of more than 115,000 visitors last year, 28 Sacramento area museums will offer free or half-price admission all day Saturday, Feb. 4, during the 14th annual Sacramento Museum Day.

New this year, 26 of the 28 museums will offer free admission whereas two destinations in residential areas — the Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town — will offer half-price admission to offset parking control and security costs.

Hours at the participating museums are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last guests admitted at 4 p.m.

Sacramento Museum Day, a popular cultural tradition, is designed to encourage all members of the community to experience the capital city’swealth of art, history, science and wildlife at little or no cost.

“After our record-breaking attendance last year, the momentum continues as more and more community members are discovering the amazing array of arts, culture and museum offerings available in the Sacramento region,” said Roxanne Yonn, Sacramento Association of Museums chair.

Event coordinators suggest that guests plan to visit no more than two or three museums that day to allow adequate time to enjoy the experience and to travel between sites.

Participating museums are: Aerospace Museum of California, California Automobile Museum, California Foundry History Museum, California State Military Museum, California State Capitol Museum, The California Museum, California State Indian Museum, California State Railroad Museum, Center for Contemporary Art, Crocker Art Museum, Discovery Museum Science and Space Center, Don & June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum, Fairytale Town, Folsom History Museum, Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park and Heidrick Ag History Center (Woodland).

Others are Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park, Museum of Medical History, Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum, Old Sacramento State Historic Park, Sacramento Children’s Museum, Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento History Museum, Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum, Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, Wells Fargo History Museum (Capitol Mall) and Wells Fargo History Museum (Old Sacramento).

More detailed information about participating museums, suggested parking and public transit options is available at www.sacmuseums.org (click on “Events”), or by calling the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau at (916) 808-7777.

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Posted by Special to The Enterprise on Jan 24 2012.
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