Coasters feature "Thirst for History" theme

Crawlers who visit at least three of the four host locations will take home a set of four collectible coasters, and this year's set features images on the theme of "A Thirst for History." 

Tour behind the scenes

Three of the four host locations will be offering behind-the-scenes tours during the Crawl on October 8.  Here are some details to help with your schedule:

Center for Sacramento History
Tours depart every 20 minutes starting at 10:20 a.m.; the last tour departs at 3:20 p.m.
20 people max per tour; first come, first served

California State Archives
Tours depart every 30 minutes
20 people per tour

Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
Tours depart at 10:30 a.m., 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
20 people max per tour; first come, first served

Archives Crawl film festival at the State Archives

The California State Archives will be hosting the first annual Archives Crawl Film Festival with two free screenings of the film The Sacramento Picture.  Matias Bombal will introduce the film for a 10:30 a.m. showing (registration is now CLOSED for the 10:30 a.m. showing) and a second showing at 1:45 p.m. (registration will be at the State Archives during the crawl).

Share the Archives Crawl flyer

Share our new flyer with friends and family interested in this year's crawl:

2016 Archives and Libraries

We are delighted to announce our 2016 Sacramento Archives Crawl participants! 

California State Archives (1020 O Street)

El Dorado County Historical Museum

Folsom Historical Society

Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange

Old City Cemetery Committee

Root Cellar, Sacramento Genealogical Society

Sacramento City College Special Collections

Yuba County Library Local History Archives

California State Library (900 N Street)

California State Parks Archives

California State Parks, Photographic Archives

California State University, Chico

University of California, Davis Special Collections

Center for Sacramento History (551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd)

Congregation B'nai Israel Archives

Placer County Archives & Research Center

Sacramento River Delta Historical Society

Yolo County Archives

Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room (828 I Street)

California State Railroad Museum Library

California State University, Sacramento

Calisphere/Online Archive of California

Rocklin Historical Society

San Joaquin Historical Society & Museum
West Sacramento Historical Society

Cox Black and White Lab, Inc.

2016 bookmarks arriving soon

Sacramento Archives Crawl bookmarks featuring this year's theme, "A Thirst for History," are coming soon to an archives near you.  In addition to a great image of fishing along the Feather River in the 1890s, the bookmarks give Crawl basics, including the event date and time along with host locations. We've sent the 2016 bookmarks out to the printer, and they will be available at local archives in a couple weeks.  Pick up a few and share with your friends!

Fishing Along the Feather River, 1890s. Courtesy of the Center for Sacramento History, Eleanor McClatchy Collection, 1982/005/0255

Congratulations to our scavenger hunt winners!

Isabel Matick of Yellow Cab Sacramento with the two History Scavenger Hunt winners from Saturday's Sacramento Archives Crawl - Jacie, 2nd grader from Theodore Judah Elementary School in Folsom and Simran, 7th grader from Natomas Charter School - Leading Edge Academy. Both received an iPad Mini 3 for successfully completing the scavenger hunt. Congrats!