# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbl_8EIhuxV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68807152-sachistorymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-03T21:54:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

On August 3, 1985, a new museum opened at the corner of Front and I Streets in Old Sacramento. This museum, housed in a reconstruction of Sacramento’s City Hall & Waterworks building originally constructed at the site in 1854, showcases the history of Sacramento, California.

The Sacramento History Museum has gone by a few names over the last 40 years. When it opened in 1985, the Museum began as the Sacramento History Center before it partnered in 1993 with the Sacramento Science Center. Together, the two institutions became the Sacramento Museum of History, Science, and Technology or as it was also called, the Discovery Museum. Soon it became formally known as the Discovery Museum Gold Rush History Center. 

It was not until 2008, when the science and history museums split, that the Museum became known as the Sacramento History Museum! For 41 years, we’ve showcased a wide variety of exhibits and, over the last 6 years, became the most followed/subscribed museum in the world on TikTok and YouTube. What has been your favorite exhibit you’ve seen at our Museum?

Photograph of Jim Henley, one of the museum’s founders, speaking at the opening ceremonies of our Museum on August 3, 1985. Sitting to his right are Board President Tom Hammer, Sacramento County Supervisor Illa Collin, and Sacramento City Councilmember Joe Serna. Photo courtesy of the Center for Sacramento History (1985/089/001)

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