Host Locations

California State Archives
1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

California State Library
Stanley Mosk Library & Courts Building
914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814

Center for Sacramento History
551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95811

Sacramento Room
Sacramento Central Library
828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Special Events at the 2026 Crawl

California State Archives

TOURS and EXHIBIT — See a new exhibit on the development of San Francisco’s waterfront, Shaping a Shoreline: Stories from the Waterfront. The exhibit features one-of-a-kind original records on display for one day only, including maps, photographs, correspondence, and employee records.

Enjoy behind the scenes tours offered on the hour between 11 am and 3 pm. Archives Crawl attendees can also attend the California Museum for free the day of Crawl!

California State Library

TOURS — Check out the California State Library’s special 30-minute guided “Tiny Tours.” Guests can explore highlights such as Frank Van Sloan’s 1929 mural “The War Through the Ages,” a display of photographs from Johnny Cash’s San Quentin and Folsom Prison concerts, Maynard Dixon’s mural “Pageant of Traditions,” sculptures by Edward Field Sanford Jr., the library lobby, Gillis Hall, and circulation room.

Center for Sacramento History

TOURS and EXHIBIT — Collections storage vault tours will be held every half hour from 10 am to 3:30 pm. This is the only day of the year we open our storage vault to the public. Don’t miss it!

There will also be a new exhibit, Employees Only: On the Job in Sacramento, featuring photos that show folks hard at work, from barbers and bartenders to rice farmers and sausage makers. Plus, displays of antique office machines (including old typewriters you can type on), and objects from Tower Records founder Russ Solomon’s office.

Sacramento Public Library

TALK — From 1-2 pm in the Sacramento Room. Abbygale Principe, PhD Candidate in History at UC Riverside, will discuss the history of the first wave of Filipino immigration to the Central Valley and Sacramento area. A moderated presentation will follow with Christella Maldonado, UC Riverside PhD Candidate in History.

FILM SCREENING — All day, California Revealed will show archival film footage featuring 8mm home movies made by Harold Ouye that show life in Sacramento in the late 1940s through the 1950s.

Free Shuttle Transportation

A free Amador Stage Lines shuttle is provided between locations.

The California State Library and California State Archives share a shuttle stop. The stop is in front of the State Archives. The State Library is one and a half blocks north of the stop.

The Central branch of the Sacramento Public Library and the Center for Sacramento History have individual stops.

Bus stops are marked with a sandwich board with balloons.