Sacramento History Museum

It’s the Year of the Fire Horse! Join us as we celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Sacramento History Museum with engaging cultural activities on Sunday, February 15th, from 11am to 2pm!

Bring your family and friends to the Museum and participate in engaging activities with the Sacramento Children’s Museum and Verge Center for the Arts, such as creating paper lanterns, making red envelopes (includes a special “Good Luck” coin!), and gold panning! PLUS, when you visit the Print Shop you can letterpress print a special Year of the Fire Horse print!

It's a celebration filled with fun and interactive activities which are all included with Museum admission.

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Get into the Valentine mood by stepping into a captivating evening of jazz and history! Savor delightful refreshments and appetizers while the renowned Harley White Jr. Orchestra sets the stage with soulful tunes. Be transported through time with an engaging slideshow that chronicles the vibrant history of jazz in Sacramento and the West End! This is more than an event—it’s an experience that will leave you inspired and connected to the heart of jazz culture. This combination of narrative, music, and historic images reveal the hidden histories, tragedies, and triumphs of Sacramentans whose stories might otherwise be forgotten.

The concert will feature youth musicians from the TALA Jazz Ensemble, celebrating the legacy of jazz while uplifting the next generation of talented performers.

General Admission: $50
Sacramento History Museum Members: $40
Youth: $25 (17 and younger)

Concert ticket includes appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages. Wine tickets available for purchase. Event is recommended for ages 8 years and older.

Reserve your ticket(s) at the website below.

shopsachistorymuseum.org/EventPurchase.aspx?datese…

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Chilly February is the perfect time to tour above and below in Old Sacramento, especially with family, friends, and maybe your Valentine!

Our Old Sacramento Underground Tours are a great way to explore the historic district and get the low down on how Sacramento raised the city in the 1860s to avoid future floods. Underground Tours are available 7 days a week this month.

Go to our website below to check out tour times, availability, and to book your tickets! You can also buy tickets in person at the Museum or by phone at 916-808-7059. It’s best to purchase in advance though as tours have limited space.

Tour tickets include free admission to the Sacramento History Museum!

shopsachistorymuseum.org/Events.aspx

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On January 29, 1850, a meeting was held at the office of Priest, Lee, and Company, at the corner of Second and J Streets, to devise a plan to prevent future flooding in Sacramento. The city was still recovering from a major flood that inundated the area just three weeks prior. It was quickly determined a levee system was the solution.

The committee created from this meeting was tasked to hire an engineer to survey and make estimates for costs for a levee. The committee consisted of John S. Fowler, Jacob R. Snyder, Hardin Bigelow, Barton Lee, James L.L.F. Warren, Sam Brannan, and many others. The work of this committee eventually led to an election in April 1850 where the citizens of Sacramento approved building a levee.

That levee would eventually fail in 1852. Over the next decade, Sacramento combatted the Sacramento and American Rivers during the winter. You can learn more about Sacramento’s early floods and how they eventually resolved the issue (hopefully) by raising the city, among other efforts too, on our Old Sacramento Underground Tours available 7 days a week! For more information and how to get tickets, check out the link below!

shopsachistorymuseum.org/Events.aspx

View of Sacramento looking east during the January 1850 flood by George W. Casilear & Henry Bainbridge, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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Join the Old Sac Paranormal Investigations for a special evening of Paranormal and Paramours!

On this special Friday the 13th investigation, on the eve of Valentine's Day, our experienced guides will take you through the Sacramento History Museum after dark, where you will hear the unsettling true history of what happened there, including the sweethearts who called this city their home.

Using our paranormal equipment, you decide whether spirits of the past still linger in the present. Get your tickets early for this spooky event.

shopsachistorymuseum.org/Events.aspx

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The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27th, the day of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945 by Soviet forces during the Second World War, to serve as Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day commemorates the victims of the Nazi regime and promotes Holocaust education.

For much of the population in the United States, the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps was not widely known until April 1945. In an article below the fold on the front page of The Sacramento Bee published on April 11, 1945, Thoburn Wiant wrote a story about Dr. Bela Fabian, a Hungarian Jewish leader and survivor at Auschwitz. Other California newspapers will publish similar stories on this day as well.

Take some time today to learn about the Holocaust and why it is important to remember this day 81 years later so we can never again let such atrocities happen again.

#HolocaustRemembranceDay #Holocaust

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Sacramento History Museum

Get into the Valentine mood by stepping into a captivating evening of jazz and history! Savor delightful refreshments and appetizers while the renowned Harley White Jr. Orchestra sets the stage with soulful tunes. Be transported through time with an engaging slideshow that chronicles the vibrant history of jazz in Sacramento and the West End! This is more than an event—it’s an experience that will leave you inspired and connected to the heart of jazz culture. This combination of narrative, music, and historic images reveal the hidden histories, tragedies, and triumphs of Sacramentans whose stories might otherwise be forgotten.

The concert will feature youth musicians from the TALA Jazz Ensemble, celebrating the legacy of jazz while uplifting the next generation of talented performers.

General Admission: $50
Sacramento History Museum Members: $40
Youth: $25 (17 and younger)

Concert ticket includes appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages. Wine tickets available for purchase. Event is recommended for ages 8 years and older.

Reserve your ticket(s) at our website!

shopsachistorymuseum.org/EventPurchase.aspx?datese…

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Join us for Homeschool Day at the Sacramento History Museum on Wednesday, February 4th, from 10am to 3pm where students will participate in some of our educational school programs!

Scheduled programs include the Print Shop and Heading West, Gold Rush, Gold Panning, History Mystery, and Nisenan programs.

Drop-in programs with Docent assistance include the Museum Scavenger Hunt and Gold Panning.

Cost is $8 each for Sacramento History Museum member families or $12 non-members. Children 5 years and younger are free.

Check out our website for information on adding an Old Sacramento Underground Tour and to reserve your spot for Homeschool Day!

sachistorymuseum.org/field-trips/home-school-progr…

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On January 22, 1862, the newly repaired levee along the American River, which was originally breached on January 9th, gave way again at 28th Street near Rabel’s Tannery. The breach at the levee was initially 30 feet wide in the morning, but the levee washed off so rapidly that the breach had attained a width of about 150 feet by the afternoon, according to the Sacramento Daily Union newspaper.

The California State Legislature voted on this day as well to relocate and finish the legislative session in San Francisco and the Merchants’ Exchange Building served as the temporary Capitol building until the end of the year.

View of K Street east from 4th Street in January 1862, courtesy of the California State Library.

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