Attractions
Attractions
This ain’t no theme park. This here is the real deal. Registered as a national historic landmark, The Waterfront overflows with invigorating things to see and do. Wild museums, riverboat rides, historic railroads excursions, horse carriage, and cobblestone…it’s one non-stop adventure after another just waiting to unfold.
Loving Earth Project Opening Reception
Atrium 916
The internationally acclaimed Loving Earth Project visits
historic Old
Sacramento just in time for Earth Day! Add your own personal
touch to this
interactive exhibit, sip complimentary wine and create
eco-friendly art.
The Loving Earth Project is a collection of beautifully crafted
fabric panels from
environmental artists around the world. Sacramento’s chapter of
the Quaker Arts Networks is
spearheading this April exhibition to bring education and
awareness about the pressing need
Waterfront Yoga
Yoga Moves Us
Join Yoga Moves Us on the Old Sacramento Waterfront embarcadero every Sunday from 9 AM – 10 AM for a FREE yoga class!
Easter River Cruise
City Cruises
Create incredible Easter memories! Come out on the Sacramento River this weekend for an exciting Sacramento cruise. Enjoy beautiful spring weather, amazing photo backdrops, and an exciting visit from the Easter Bunny aboard the Capitol Hornblower. It’s the perfect opportunity to make this time with friends and family extra special, sailing Sacramento’s incredible views from the Delta King to the Tower Bridge. Make Easter unforgettable this year with dancing and Sacramento’s best views from our open interiors and exterior decks.
Sacramento History Museum Invites Community to Celebrate at the Old Sacramento Spring Festival
Sacramento History Museum
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 30, 2023) – Head down to Old Sacramento for a free, family-friendly celebration of the season that’s almost as old as Sacramento itself, with the Old Sacramento Spring Festival Sunday, April 30.
Candlelight: Featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & More
California State Railroad Museum
Venue: California State Railroad Museum
Dates and times: various dates available at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00
p.m. (select during purchase)
Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 60 mins prior to the start time
and late entry is not permitted)
Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16
must be accompanied by an adult
Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each
zone
Old Sacramento Underground Tours
Sacramento History Museum
Old Sacramento Underground Tours – Tour tickets may be purchased at the Sacramento History Museum, Visitor’s Center (1000 2nd St), or online at sachistorymuseum.org
Tickets are on sale for our popular Old Sacramento Underground Tours which run seven days-a-week. Ticket prices for adults are $22.00, and ages 6 – 12 are $15.00. Children 5 and younger are free. Tours are limited to 20 per group, face masks are required while inside the museum and in the underground areas. Underground Tours run approximately 1 hour.
Old Sacramento Waterfront Iconic Sign
Old Sacramento Waterfront
FIRST OF ITS KIND, NEON ALTERNATIVE ICONIC SIGN LIGHTS UP OLD SACRAMENTO WATERFRONT FOR
FIRST TIME, RISING 20’ ABOVE RAILROAD MUSEUM
Second Sunday Brunch Market
River City Marketplace
Join us for a fun and family friendly Sunday Brunch Market in the heart of Old Sacramento Waterfront this year on the Embarcadero!
Kicking off on March 12th, the Second Sunday Brunch Market will be every second Sunday through December from 10 am – 2 pm, featuring local artist booths, brunch at neighboring restaurants, live music and more! We are partnering with River City Marketplace to bring the best local makers and artists into our very own historical district each month.
Grab brunch at our neighboring restaurants:
Finnegan’s Irish Pub (Irish Coffee)
Our Place Kitchen & Event Space
Rio City Cafe (Reservations Recommended)
Are you an early bird? Make sure you join us at 9 AM for our FREE yoga series that happens in the district every Sunday as well! Grab your yoga mat, get your sunshine, and then come join us for brunch and shopping afterwards.
Gold Fever! Game
Sacramento History Museum
Boom or Bust, launching from the newly relocated Sacramento Visitors Center, guests to the Old Sacramento Waterfront can experience what it was like to catch gold fever in the River City while getting actively involved in the intriguing Gold Fever! Game and tour. Participants take on personas of characters in history – or “real-life rascals” – who scratched and clawed their way to make this area the center of the Gold Rush. Never the same experience twice, Gold Fever! Game relives Sacramento’s early days when gold fever ruled amid horrible disasters that threatened fates and fortunes.
Project Church
We are Project Church, a place for people in progress. We are all broken people trying to become more like Jesus. And that’s the whole point of why Project Church exists… “It’s all about Jesus.”
In the Bible, Jesus commands us to make disciples (Matthew 28:19) and love people (Matthew 22:37, 38). In a nutshell, our vision & mission are to do what Jesus commands us to do: make disciples, love people and plant churches. We believe that through starting more churches, we can effectively make disciples and love communities of people well!
Sacramento, CA 95814
Underground Mini Golf
Welcome to Underground Mini Golf, the most Instagrammable mini golf course in Sacramento!
Get ready for 18 holes of immersive, Gold Rush-themed mini golf that can only be experienced at the Old Sacramento Waterfront.
HOURS:
Thursday + Friday 3 pm-9 pm
Saturday+Sunday 9 am-9 pm
Pilothouse Restaurant on the Delta King
Welcome to The Pilothouse Restaurant where diners are transported back in time to the authentic glory of paddlewheel riverboats. Dine in the original grand dining room which offers spectacular city and river views as well as locally sourced seasonal dishes paired with our extensive wine list and craft cocktails.
The Pilothouse Restaurant is open daily for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Visit us at www.deltaking.com for hours and current menu offerings.
Delta Bar & Grill
Join us in The Delta Bar & Grill and take in the stunning panoramic river views, found nowhere else in Sacramento. The Delta Bar & Grill is open daily for lunch and dinner and offers an array of craft cocktails using only the freshest ingredients as well as an extensive wine list.
Visit us at www.deltaking.com for hours, wine, craft cocktail and current menu offerings.
Anytime Tours (Virtual)
Welcome to Sacramento!
The Sacramento History Museum is bringing the Old Sacramento Waterfront to you! Sit back while you explore and experience a new side of what life was like in 19th century Sacramento with gripping true stories that follow in the footsteps of murderers, ne’er-do-wells and common citizens alike.
Sacramento, CA 95814
California Automobile Museum
Sacramento’s riverfront car museum, is an essential stop during your visit to Old Sacramento Waterfront.
California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, offers a sight of rail history with over 2.5 acres of exhibits on the property. With a roundhouse museum space filled with trains, a picnic area on our 1849 scene, museum store, library, turntable, passenger station, and the areas only historic and authentic excursion train ride that is volunteer ran!
Excursion Train Rides
Operated by the California State Railroad Museum. Train rides depart from and return to the Front Street Train Depot in Old Sacramento Waterfront.
Chug along the Sacramento River behind Granite Rock No. 10 steam locomotive or one of the museums vintage diesel locomotives.
City Cruises
by Hornblower
City Cruises offers a few different options to soak in the views of Old Sacramento Waterfront. Make the most of your weekend and step aboard for a Saturday or Sunday afternoon on the river with a cocktail cruise! Grab a drink at the bar and relax as you set sail on this 1.5-hour cruise along the Sacramento River. Gather your co-workers, friends, or family and head down to Old Sacramento Waterfront to board your new favorite happy hour.
To make your reservation, please see links below!
Huntington & Hopkins Hardware
Part of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park, this free museum recreates a small town hardware business and displays 19th century tools and machinery.
River City Queen
Sacramento’s premiere boat venue for birthday parties, company and corporate events, company holiday parties, weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, wine tasting, fantasy casino, dining & dancing – all while on a Sacramento River Cruise. We also offer general admission events year round including luncheon cruises, cocktail cruises, dinner cruises as well seasonal events!
Sac Brew Boat
Operated by the owners of the Sac Brew Bike and operated daily through October.
Sacramento’s 16 passenger Brew Boat provides a one and a half hour, pedal-powered party boat tours along the Sacramento River. Groups can bring their own beer/cider/wine aboard the chartered boat (limit 3 drinks per guest), as we cruise, pedal, and have fun on the river.
Cruises depart from the Public Docks just south of the L Street Landing (entrance between Rio City Cafe and Joe’s Crab Shack).
Sacramento History Museum
The Sacramento History Museum is a reproduction of the 1854 City Hall and Waterworks building, which sat on our current site. The original building was completed in the spring of 1854 and was the city’s first municipal structure. It housed the City Waterworks, City Offices – including the Mayor’s office and Fire Department – the City Jail, and Police Court.
The dramatic and diverse history of Sacramento unfolds in the museum’s galleries.
The Sacramento Southern Railroad
The California State Railroad Museum’s popular excursion railroad — the Sacramento Southern Railroad operates April through September. Train rides include closed coach cars, open-air gondolas and a first-class observation car pulled by either Granite Rock No. 10 steam locomotive or one of our vintage diesel locomotives from the Museum’s collection.
Top Hand Ranch
HISTORY AND PRACTICES
Top Hand Ranch was founded by Rick and Henry Newborn and was established in the early 1970’s–becoming one of the first of its kind to provide quality carriage rides in the Old Sacramento of modern times; since then Rick and Dianne Newborn (Henry has since retired) have been dedicated to giving their customers the best possible experience when touring the Sacramento area. Your satisfaction is important to them and as such you will get your choice of color for both horse and carriage whenever possible. Inquire for possible options!
Underground After Hours Tour
Presented by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation. Tours run from May 1, 2020 through October 31, 2020.
Relive the night life of Gold Rush Sacramento – if you dare!
Your guides for Underground After Hours divulge matters they just can’t discuss on the daytime tours: Murder, mischief, madness, mayhem – and madams!
Sacramento, CA 95814
Underground Tours in Spanish
Presented by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation. Tours run from April 12, 2020 through December 13, 2020.
The Sacramento History Museum is proud to announce that a Spanish-speaking Old Sacramento Underground Tour is available at 3 p.m. on the Second Sunday of each month.
Sacramento, CA 95814