Sacramento Archives Crawl

Explore local archives and see historical treasures during the 14th annual Sacramento Archives Crawl at the California State Archives, California State Library, Sacramento Central Library, and Center for Sacramento History.

During the Crawl, archives and special collections libraries from all over the Sacramento region post up at the four host archives in Downtown Sacramento to display items from their collections.

As a Crawler, you’ll tour among the four host sites and visit with archivists, see local history exhibits, learn about historic preservation and research, and go on behind-the-scenes tours the public doesn’t normally get to go on. Get your Crawl passports stamped and compete for fabulous prizes, too. This year’s theme is "Pastimes Preserved: Sports and Leisure in the Archives.”

• 1 pm talk by historian Tom Crisp on the Capital Region’s baseball Trolley League and the World War II-era McClellan Field Commanders, plus Sacramento's first basketball team, the Senators
• Archival film footage of a 1985 Kings game screened by California Revealed
• Raffles for prizes from local sports stores and organizations, breweries, wineries, and more
  

• Behind-the-scenes tours of the collections vault every half hour all day long
• An exhibit and archival film footage featuring Sacramento sports
• Special guest appearance by Sac State’s Herky the Hornet
  

• Behind-the-scenes tours at 11 am and 2 pm
  

• Behind-the-scenes tours and an exhibit

The Crawl takes place at the following archives in Downtown Sacramento:

• California State Archives (1020 O Street)
• California State Library (914 Capitol Mall)
• Center for Sacramento History (551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd)
• Sacramento Room at the Central Library (828 I Street)

You can start and end your Crawl at any site and go in any order you’d like. Free bus transportation between sites is provided. At any site, you can pick up a Crawl passport (get it stamped at three of the four locations for a fun set of commemorative coasters) and a scavenger hunt packet.

The Center for Sacramento History is the only host site with free parking in a dedicated lot and on the street. Other sites have paid street parking or paid lots. A free Crawl shuttle, operated by Amador Stage Lines, arrives at each host site approximately every 30 minutes and follows a clockwise route from the State Archives to the State Library, Central Library, and Center for Sacramento History.

California Automobile Museum

California Revealed

California State Parks Archives and Photo Archives

California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives

Cox Black and White Lab

Crocker Art Museum

Folsom History

Lavender Library, Archives and Cultural Exchange

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Northeast Document Conservation Center

Placer County Museums, Archive and Research Center

Rocklin Historical Society

Root Cellar - Sacramento Genealogical Society

Sacramento River Delta Historical Society

Sacramento State University Archives and Special Collections

San Joaquin County Historical Society & Museum

UC Davis Archives and Special Collections

Western Railway Museum Archives

Yolo County Archives

Host or Publisher Sacramento Archives Crawl