Sutter's Fort State Historic Park — Attraction in Sacramento

Today was free to museums day and we chose to visit Sutters Fort. Clean and well organized. The kitchen was busy preparing a very satisfying lunch for the docents in the original kitchen using original cookingware like cauldrons, ladles, and a wood fire. The aroma was satisfying also. The outdoor bread oven was not in use, disapointment because it's the best display in my opinion and you get to taste it but that didn't take away from the rest of the visit. Our kids know little to nothing about how we struggled to get the conveniences we have unless their part of a historic education like displayed here. I wanted to buy a wool blanket but they dont sell them because for demonstration reasons it takes a long time to make today what took 3 days to make just one back then, still a long time, a lot of work you will see. It was well staffed, they knew a lot and I was disappointed seeing bars in doorways. I was a student we visited with our class (a long time ago lol) and we were able to touch and see original artifacts up close. I asked a docent where Mr. Sutters office was as this is a prime memory of mine, she explained the location of which I visited, is blocked now to preserve artifacts from making away from the display as many others are too. I was taught to look and not touch. A great educational and historical visit you must add to your next museum visit checklist ask questions and learn a bit more. Donate and ring the bell!! Visit the gift shop and grab some fun trinkets or gifts for those that appreciate. Thank you to all that volunteer your time to preserve our history. We have come a long way and its important to know we have a great future to include...

The entrance was a little hard to find as Google maps said it was on the south side, but it's actually on the east side. The price for one adult is $7, very cheap!

Let me start off by saying that we were lucky visit on a demonstration day. This day is special because the docents (volunteers) dressed up as people from the time the fort was active and were doing the activities that they would've done back then. DEFINITELY try to visit the fort during one of these demonstration days. Check their website for more information and dates.

The docents were making bread, they had a blacksmith ( and apprentice), they had cooks making food, they had traders, and they even fired off a shot in a cannon! Honestly a fantastic group of people! They were all very knowledgeable about the fort and the history around it. They were all extremely nice and open to answering any and all questions. The shooting of the cannon was definitely a highlight. Another top highlight was the fact that when we were talking to the cooks, one of the lady's actually wrote the book "A Taste of the Fort". When we found this out, I went back to the gift shop and bought it and she was very nice and signed the book for me! The gift shop is a cute little with very fair priced items. They even had some activities for kids to do while there was a group of three docents playing music on old instruments!

This was a fantastic place to stop by and honestly I wish I could have spent several hours learning everything about it. Definitely work your time! Plan at least two hours for fun learning in my opinion....

Ok my class just took a field trip but it was over night so we took a charter bus there but in old town we took a wagon all the way there!! We had room get up @ 5:00 a.m in order to make it on time and we got to dress up as pioneers and we had to make speeches as we were a pioneer I played Rufina Lucero and we did full blown out, we cooked on a fire, no phones were aloud we even had the parents come out and help, they were dressed up too.And at all the stations they have at Sutter Fort we got to work,for example our class was split into groups, and when my group went with Biscuits the black smith we were the only ones aloud to touch his tools because we were dressed up and he knew we were there for our field trip while other schools and even a fourth grade class from our school was there but they didn't get to go inside because they were not in are cqlss, so everyone else stood outside while we got to go inside, so everyone was watching us!! After that day we went to old town went to museums and took some tours it was so amazing!! I wish I could...