While at the waterfront in Old Sacramento, Shawn discussed how Sacramento grew as the closest major city to the gold fields during the California Gold Rush and how it was a transportation hub for steamboats and stage lines transporting gold hopefuls and supplies. Shawn also notes the status of the Sacramento River and how it is much lower than it was two weeks ago. #onthisday #todayinhistory #goldrush #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #oldsacramento | Sacramento History Museum

The holidays are over which means our education team at the Sacramento History Museum is working hard to prepare for the upcoming school field trip season! We offer in-person school programs to classes that can visit and also bring the museum to the classroom through virtual field trips and outreach programs. One of the special components of our Gold Rush school program is that students learn about how the news of gold in California was spread across the continent through newspapers. What better

Shawn gives an update on how the Sacramento River looks this week viewing from the West Sacramento side opposite of Old Sacramento. The river is a lot higher than a couple weeks ago due some recent storms. Rain has subsided for now but we are in for some more rain in the near future. Please note, we did have some slight issues with our audio equipment. Offering content on location in a variety of weather conditions sometimes has its setbacks. #SacHistoryMuseum #museum #sacramento #history #oldsa

The NBA basketball season is underway and we here at the Sacramento History Museum are, of course, rooting for the home team! It has been a rough season so far but Alex letterpress printed something for the @sacramentokings who are on a 3 game win streak! We had to get out some large wood type that was made in the late 1880s by the Hamilton Wood Type Company for this occasion. The typeface is French Clarendon. The text reads “GO KINGS LIGHT THE BEAM!” The beam appears over the Golden 1 Center wh

February 1st is National Serpent Day! Serpents, which are also known as snakes, have been prominent on the Lunar Calendar because we are about to end the Year of the Snake. For today, Jared letterpress printed a linoleum cut of a of a serpent that was used for this past Lunar New Year event at the Sacramento History Museum. This linocut was engraved by a colleague (@theresasaurus_press) who works with Jared at his other job. The text below states, “National Serpent Day” and was typeset in 30 poi