Well over 800 visitors participated in the Museum Day festivities at the Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum this past Saturday. The day’s events included cultural performances, storytelling, arts and crafts activities for children, food demonstrations and vendors displays of ethnic jewelry, greeting cards and well as original works of art. “We had a beautiful event today,” stated museum director and founder, artist Shonna McDaniels. “All of our activities today were intended to further our primary mission to educate children and adults about the cultural diversity that has strengthened this nation while providing a platform to develop and showcase artists from culturally diverse

Want to check out some of Sacramento’s wonderful museums but have not yet had the time or budget to do so? Mark your calendars for this Saturday and head out to the 14th Annual Sacramento Museum Day. A record 28 museums are participating this year, including newcomers the Center for Contemporary Art and the Sacramento Children’s Museum. 26 participating museums are offering free admission all day (10am-5pm; last admission at 4pm), and the Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town are offering half-price admission in order to offset parking control and security costs. Sacramento has a wide variety of Museums featuring everything from art, science, and history to children’s exhibits, wildlife, and

You know what's better than a museum? A free museum. You know what's better than a free museum? Twenty-six free museums. Saturday, two baker’s dozen of the best museums in Sacramento swung open their doors and let in every Tom, Dick and Harry, free of charge. Gratis. Complimentary. On the house. Floated. Now, my motto has always been "If it's free, I'll take three," so I fought through a wicked head cold and really bad sniffles (I know, I know. Maybe I did take the Waaaaaaaambulance. So what?), and headed down to Old Sac to take my reward. And I took my reward. I may have to change my motto to the far less catchy, but way more accurate, "if it's free, I'll take six." The lucky half do

Sutter's Fort is located at 2701 L St. and was open to the public for museum day.   Photo #1: Welcome sign to Sutter's Fort on L St. Photo #2: Perimeter wall running parallel to L St. Photo #3: Cannons are still in place to defend the fort (looking out at L St.) Photo #4: Free crafts for museum day guests Photo #5: The Weaving Room Photo #6: Courtyard inside the fort Photo #7: Pond located outside the fort in the park   Photos courtesy of Matthew Ceccato

The doors to discovery will be open and waiting Saturday with Sacramento's 12th annual Museum Day. Museum Day will open 26 of Sacramento's museums to the community at no charge from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The last guests will be admitted at 4 p.m. and all will close at 5 p.m. This event is presented by the Sacramento Association of Museums, which promotes a large range of art, history, science and wildlife museums and exhibits. Museum Day coordinator Delta Pick Mello said last year saw a record 80,000 participants at Museum Day. This year, depending on the weather, Mello recommended that guests plan to visit only two or three museums on Saturday so they have time for parking and possible c

Today was the 11th annual Museum Day in the Sacramento area. 26 museums opened their doors to the public free of charge (although several of the attractions are always free entry). I checked the Sacramento Association of Museums' website for participating locations and directions. My date and I decided on 3 museums we wanted to visit, careful to follow the recommendations of the website for overcrowded locations, and left downtown in my roommate's car. Our first stop was the Aerospace Museum of California located at McClellan Park off Watt Ave. North. I was very excited about this stop because they allow museum-goers to tour the aircraft. It was awe-inspiring to be allowed to walk throug

Twenty-six greater Sacramento area museums will be offering free admission, all day long, during the 11th Annual Sacramento Museum Day. This event is presented by the Sacramento Association of Museums, and proudly supported by Umpqua Bank. Sacramento Museum Day takes place Saturday, February 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All participating museums close at 5 p.m., with the last guests admitted at 4 p.m. Museum Day, a Sacramento cultural tradition, invites all members of the community to experience the Capital City’s incredible wealth of art, history, science and wildlife at numerous participating museums at no cost. Twenty-six museums in all will be participating in Museum Day for 2009, the lar