July 17th is National Tattoo Day! This day celebrates those with tattoos and the stories their bodily markings tell, in addition to their personal meanings for many individuals. Since February, we have featured the traveling exhibit called Tattooed & Tenacious: Inked Women in California History, which is a touring exhibit from Exhibit Envoy (exhibitenvoy) and the Hayward Area Historical Society (haywardareahistory). Though many may think of tattoos as a recent fad, inked women have a long history in California. From indigenous and cultural coming of age practices to tattooed ladies performing in sideshows to the upper-class Victorian women who helped popularize the tattoo trend, visitors have to our museum have been able to discover the largely unknown history of women and tattoos through photographs, personal histories, and artifacts. This exhibit features a collection of stories, images, works of art and more from today’s Sacramento-area tattooed women – and women artists – who br...