The California Museum, State history museum in Sacramento, United States

The California Museum occupies part of the March Fong Eu Secretary of State Building at 1020 O Street, one block from the State Capitol. Its pale, paneled facade carries deep-set rectangular windows in pairs and a dark glass ground wall with gold lettering reading "THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM" and, below, "for history, women & the arts". Inside are the California Hall of Fame and the Unity Center.

The museum was founded in 1998 and holds collections documenting California's journey from its first inhabitants through statehood to the present day. Its holdings trace how the state evolved through different periods of its past.

The California Hall of Fame, launched in 2006 by the museum with Maria Shriver and then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, is an annual award of the Governor of California. Its gallery shows an annually updated display of artifacts lent from the personal collections of each year's inductees, among them Dolores Huerta, Harvey Milk, John Muir, Billie Jean King and Walt Disney.

The museum occupies the March Fong Eu Secretary of State Building at 1020 O Street, one block from the California State Capitol. It opens daily at 10 a.m., closes at 5 p.m., opens Sunday at noon, and is closed Monday. The entrance sits behind the dark glass wall carrying the gold museum lettering.

Special exhibitions like 'California Indians: The First People' and 'Gold Mountain: Chinese Californian Stories' present perspectives from communities that standard histories often overlook. These presentations let visitors discover lesser-told chapters of California's past.