State Indian Museum State Historic Park

Gold Country & Central Valley

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At a glance

Established
1914

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Hook
A 1940 museum of California Native cultures beside Sutter's Fort, slated to move to the Heritage Center
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Open since 1940 on Sutter's Fort grounds, its collections include Ishi's story and superb basketry — presented with the acknowledgment that the museum model itself is being rethought with tribes for the Heritage Center. Small, dense, and worth an hour.

Getting there

Coordinates
38.573, -121.47

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