Holiday Tree
One, two, TREE!
The holidays might look different this year, but yule still love what we have in store for you! Viewable from afar from the patios of nearby restaurants at the Old Sacramento Waterfront, the Dignity Health Holiday Tree lights will sparkle every day through New Year’s Day alongside district decor and enhanced lighting powered by SMUD to inspire holiday spirit throughout the merriest season.
Waterfront Wheel
Located at the newly activated Waterfront Park (in front of Rio City Café), a visually-exciting and whimsical 65’ Ferris wheel, operated by Brass Ring Amusements, Inc, will take center stage for the holidays with rides offered on Friday, October 30 and continuing daily through January 31, 2021.
1150 Front Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento, CA 95814
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.
101 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
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.
101 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento, CA 95814
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!
101 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento, CA 95814
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!
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.
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).
(916) 952-0931
Old Sacramento Underground Tours
Operated by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation. The tours will run now through December 31, 2020.
Explore excavated foundations and enclosed pathways hidden since Sacramento raised its streets over a century ago.
Hornblower Cruises & Events-River Cruises
Hornblower 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!
Gold Fever! Tours
Presented by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation. Tours run from January 25, 2020 through December 20, 2020.
The Sacramento History Museums all-new guided Gold Fever! Game is never the same twice. Relive Sacramento’s boomtown days, when gold ruled and you were always an eye blink away from triumph or tragedy.
You’ll become one of the real-life rascals who scratched and clawed to make this the center of the Gold Rush. The Gold Fever! Game throws in elements of chance that may change your fate.
Will floods, fires and disease destroy your fortune, or will you escape to thrive anew in the gold State? Will you grow rich with the new railroad and steamboats in the brand-new Capital City – or blow it all at the gaming tables? You won’t know until you catch Gold Fever!
The tours start and end at the Sacramento Visitors Center, 1002 Second Street, near the corner of Second and J streets.
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.