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California State Capitol
The California State Capitol is Sacramento's most recognizable structure. Built in the late 19th century, it underwent major reconstruction in the 1970s. Rooms on the ground floor, called the Capitol Museum, contain furniture, portraits, photographs and documents from various periods of California history.
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California State Indian Museum
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.
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California State Railroad Museum
The excellent California State Railroad Museum is the largest of its kind in the US and has an impressive collection of railcars, locomotives, toy models and memorabilia. The fully outfitted Pullman sleeper and vintage diner cars will induce a joyful palsy for railroad enthusiasts.
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Crocker Art Museum
The Crocker Art Museum is one of Sacramento's must-see attractions as much for its outrageous stairways and beautiful tile floors as it is for its impressive art collection. There are some fine early California paintings and some stellar European works. The curators are continually adding to the collection with a surprisingly fun sensibility for modern art.
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Discovery Museum
The Discovery Museum has hands-on exhibits and gold rush displays.
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Huntington & Hopkins Hardware
Drop by the Huntington & Hopkins Hardware, an exhibit of the business run by two of the Big Four railroad barons. The store, a rough reproduction, is stocked with the innocuous merchandise (doorknobs, lanterns, railroad spikes etc) upon which some huge fortunes, and the nation's most important railroad, were built.
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