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The California Museum


Location within Sacramento, California
Established	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Location	1020 O Street Sacramento, California, US
Coordinates	38°34′28.128″N 121°29′44.789″W / 38.57448000°N 121.49577472°W / 38.57448000; -121.49577472
Type	History museum
Visitors	100,000 (annual average)
Executive director	Amanda Meeker
Owner	Office of the Secretary of State of California
Website	californiamuseum.org

The California Museum is the state history museum of the US state of California, located in its capital city of Sacramento and housed within the Secretary of State building complex. It is home to the California Hall of Fame.

Associations

The California Museum is a member of the American Alliance of Museums, California Association of Museums and Sacramento Association of Museums. It is Sacramento's only museum to win the American Alliance of Museum's Excellence in Exhibition Award (2013).

References

"Mission Statement". California Museum. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
"Past Recipients Excellence in Exhibition Awards". American Alliance of Museums. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2023-02-10.

External links

Official website

U.S. state history museums

Northeast

New England	Museum of Connecticut History (Hartford) Maine State Museum (Augusta) Maine Historical Society Museum (Portland) Commonwealth Museum (Boston) Vermont History Museum (Montpelier)
Mid-Atlantic	Delaware History Museum (Wilmington) City Museum of Washington, D.C. (Washington, D.C.) New Jersey State Museum (Trenton) New York State Museum (Albany) State Museum of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg)

Midwest

East North Central	Illinois State Museum (Springfield) Indiana State Museum (Indianapolis) Michigan History Museum (Lansing) Ohio History Center (Columbus) Wisconsin Historical Museum (Madison)
West North Central	State Historical Museum of Iowa (Des Moines) Kansas Museum of History (Topeka) Minnesota History Center (Saint Paul) Missouri State Museum (Jefferson City) Missouri History Museum (St. Louis) Museum of Nebraska History (Lincoln) North Dakota Heritage Center (Bismarck)

South

South Atlantic	Museum of Florida History (Tallahassee) Virginia Historical Society (Richmond, Virginia) North Carolina Museum of History (Raleigh) South Carolina State Museum (Columbia)
East South Central	Alabama Department of Archives and History (Montgomery) Kentucky Museum (Bowling Green) Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History (Frankfort) Museum of Mississippi History (Jackson) Tennessee State Museum (Nashville)
West South Central	Historic Arkansas Museum (Little Rock) Louisiana State Museum (New Orleans) Louisiana History Museum (Alexandria) Oklahoma History Center (Oklahoma City) Bullock Texas State History Museum (Austin)

West

Mountain	Arizona State Museum (Tucson) History Colorado Center (Denver) Idaho History Center (Boise) Montana Historical Society Museum (Helena) Nevada State Museum (Las Vegas) Nevada State Museum (Carson City) New Mexico History Museum (Santa Fe) Wyoming State Museum (Cheyenne)
Pacific	Alaska State Museum (Juneau) The California Museum (Sacramento) Oregon Historical Society Museum (Portland) Washington State History Museum (Tacoma)

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