California State Indian Museum

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  • Address
    2618 K St, Downtown
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  • Phone
    916 324 0971

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Lonely Planet review

The museum presents a side of the gold rush that's typically overlooked. Viewing exhibits on native lifestyles and handicrafts, you get some sense of the beautiful and complicated culture that was abruptly destroyed by the onslaught of gold miners, railroads and farmers that began in 1849.