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  January 30, 2012
  Museums open doors for free or a bargain on Saturday
  By Sam McManis
  smcmanis@sacbee.com

  
  Museum goers will be in for a treat this Saturday when the Sacramento Association of Museums, in association with Umpqua Bank, presents the 14th annual Museum Day.

  
  From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., some 28 museums will be participating, offering free or reduced-cost admission. For more information, go to http://www.sacmuseums.org/museumday.html. The annual event has added two new museums to its lineup -- the Center for Contemporary Art at 1519 19th Street in Sacramento and the Sacramento Children's Museum at 2701Prospect Drive in Rancho Cordova.

  
  The following is a list of the participating museums:
  Aerospace Museum of California
  California Automobile Museum
  California Foundry History Museum
  The California Museum
  California State Capitol Museum
  California State Indian Museum
  California State Military Museum
  California State Railroad Museum
  Center for Contemporary Art
  Crocker Art Museum
  Discovery Museum Science and Space Center
  The Don and June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum
  Fairytale Town•
  Folsom History Museum
  Governor's Mansion State Historic Park
  Heidrick Ag History Center (Woodland)
  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 (Old Sacramento and Downtown locations)

  
  • All listed Museums will offer free admission on Museum Day except for the Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town which will offer half-priced admission.

   

  Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/ticket/archives/2012/01/museums-open-do.html#storylink=cpy

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