How to reserve your spot for the Sacramento area’s Free Museum Weekend
WELL, AN ANNUAL TRADITION IS READY TO COME BACK TO THE SACRAMENTO AREA. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FREE MUSEUM WEEKEND. IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE ART, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND HISTORY. AND THIS YEAR, YOU NEED TO RESERVE A SPOT IF YOU’D LIKE TO GET INTO ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS FOR FREE. REGISTRATION IS COMING UP MONDAY, AND THESE TICKETS WILL GO FAST. AND JOINING US THIS MORNING. RIGHT NOW WE GOT DELTA AND KATIE MARTIN WITH SACRAMENTO MUSEUMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT LADIES. THANKS FOR HAVING US. DELTA, LET’S START WITH YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROGRAM FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. HOW HAVE YOU NOTICED IT JUST EVOLVE OVER THE YEARS? WELL, THE WHOLE THING STARTED SO THAT WE COULD PROMOTE ALL OF THE MUSEUMS THAT WERE IN SACRAMENTO AT THE TIME. 28 YEARS AGO, WE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO TO SEE SOME REALLY GREAT AND DIVERSE MUSEUMS RIGHT HERE IN SACRAMENTO. SO WE STARTED FREE MUSEUM DAY, AND THAT WAS WHERE WE ALL JUST OPENED OUR DOORS AND LET EVERYBODY IN. AND IT WAS OVERWHELMING. AND IT GREW AND IT GREW EACH YEAR. BUT THEN COVID KIND OF CHANGED HOW WE HAD TO OPERATE. YEAH. AND KATIE, BECAUSE WITH THIS PROGRAM AGAIN, YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST HOW IT’S EVOLVED JUST BECAUSE OF COVID. ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE MORE PEOPLE COMING IN, ESPECIALLY INTO THE AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM? OH, YEAH. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR MUSEUM ACCESS, AND WE USUALLY SEE WE SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE DOORS ON THIS ON BOTH DAYS IN THIS WEEKEND. IT’S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO COME IN AND REALLY EXPERIENCE SOMETHING IF THEY HAVEN’T. RIGHT. YEAH, WE HOPE THAT THEY’LL COME AND GET A TASTE OF THE MUSEUM AND COME BACK. SOMETIMES WE SEE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN TO OUR PARTICULAR MUSEUMS OR HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A MUSEUM BEFORE AT ALL, AND THAT IS REALLY HEARTWARMING. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE MUSEUMS, FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND THIS IS AN ACCESSIBILITY. WEEKEND THAT WE OFFER. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT JUST THIS? THIS PARTICULAR WEEKEND? I LIKE THAT IT’S A WEEKEND THAT EVERY YEAR THE FOCUS IS ON MUSEUMS. THE MUSEUMS BRING SO MUCH TO SACRAMENTO AND SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY THINK IT’S WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE ONE WEEKEND WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT’S THE MUSEUM WEEKEND. EVERYBODY’S GOING TO MUSEUMS. IT’S A BIG CELEBRATION THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. OKAY, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF MUSEUMS TAKING PART. SO WHO ARE SOME OF THE OTHER MUSEUMS? WE HAVE? WELL, THE HISTORY MUSEUM, THE AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM, THE RAILROAD MUSEUM. THE CROCKER. YEAH, THE CROCKER VERGE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, AIR, AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, THE MEDICAL MUSEUM. OUR AREA REALLY HAS IT’S CHOCK FULL OF A LOT OF MUSEUMS. PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT. CORRECT. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND THAT’S WHY WE STARTED THIS. THERE’S A LITTLE MUSEUM, THE MEDICAL MUSEUM, THAT PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE IS EXTRAORDINARY IN ITS COLLECTION. IT’S A VERY SMALL MUSEUM. WE HAVE A PHARMACY MUSEUM THAT PEOPLE PROBABLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT, AND WE HAVE THE OLD CITY CEMETERY, WHO IS MY FAVORITE MUSEUM? OH, REALLY? YES, BECAUSE IT’S A MUSEUM THAT’S OUTSIDE AND IT’S FULL OF HISTORY AND INTERESTING ICONOGRAPHY. ICONOGRAPHICAL, YOU KNOW, THE THE, THE GRAVESITES THEMSELVES. ANYWAY, THAT’S THAT’S ALL A PART OF IT. TICKETS GO FAST, AND YOU DO HAVE TO REGISTER. YES. TELL US HOW FOLKS CAN GO ABOUT DOING THAT. SO ON AT 9 A.M. ON MARCH 2ND, TICKETS WILL GO LIVE AND EVERYBODY’S GOING TO BE QUEUING UP ON THAT WEB PAGE. AND IF YOU’RE THERE EXACTLY AT 9 A.M., MAKE SURE YOU HIT REFRESH SO THAT YOU’LL SEE THE MINUTE THE BUTTONS APPEAR. RIGHT. BUT YES, THEY WILL GO SUPER FAST. 9 A.M. ON MARCH 2ND. AND THAT’S WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO BE THERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS. YEAH. AND YOU SELECT THE MUSEUMS THAT YOU WANT TO TO GET TICKETS FOR. VERY NICE. AND AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME STRONG WI-FI OR YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION IS GOOD BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO HIT THE REFRESH
How to reserve your spot for the Sacramento area’s Free Museum Weekend
Updated: 3:27 PM PST Feb 27, 2026
An annual tradition returns to the Sacramento area March 7 and 8.Twenty local museums will take part in “Free Museum Weekend.”The tickets are free and give people a chance to experience art, culture, science and history that they may otherwise miss out on.This year you need to reserve a spot if you’d like to get into one of the participating museums for free. Registration is coming up Monday, March 2 at 9 a.m.A heads up, tickets go fast. For more information, head to visit sacmuseums.org.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
An annual tradition returns to the Sacramento area March 7 and 8.
Twenty local museums will take part in “Free Museum Weekend.”
The tickets are free and give people a chance to experience art, culture, science and history that they may otherwise miss out on.
This year you need to reserve a spot if you’d like to get into one of the participating museums for free.
Registration is coming up Monday, March 2 at 9 a.m.
A heads up, tickets go fast. For more information, head to visit sacmuseums.org.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel