Old School House - Old Sacramento

The Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum is a 

learning center that allows students of all ages to 

explore California's early days of education. Located 

in the Capital City's historic Old Sacramento area, the 



Old Sacramento

 Schoolhouse

 Museum is a living


replica of 

traditional one-

room schoolhouses

 found 

throughout

America in the late 1800s. 

The Old 



Sacramento

 Schoolhouse

 Museum is open

 most 

weekdays and

 weekends to the

 general public,

 and 



weekdays by appointment for school field trips. 

Costumed schoolmarms and school masters are 

available to tell about school life in 19th century

California, and

 sometimes even

 lead visitors in a 

lesson. The one-

room replica

 schoolhouse, 

established in 1977

 by community

 volunteers, 

features a pot-

bellied stove,

 vintage student

 desks 

and other

 furnishings typical

 of the period.