Experience Sutter’s Fort

About Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park

Located in Midtown Sacramento, Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is the oldest restored fort in the West and features historic rooms and exhibits that interpret early California and the experiences of the many peoples who shaped it, including European and American colonizers, Hawaiian builders and Native Nisenan and Miwok people. The Fort is open daily to the public with online reservations for school and group tours available. Learn more on the State Parks website here.

Sutter’s Fort Interpretation Plan

Over the past five years, California State Parks has been working to update public education at Sutter’s Fort to be more accurate, inclusive, and complex. The park’s Interpretation Master Plan was recently revised through robust engagement with Tribal partners, stakeholders, and the public. That planning document provides a new direction for how history is told at the park, including a long overdue focus on the experiences of Indigenous peoples.

Now, we are launching a major redesign of exhibits and programs that will transform the visitor experience at the Fort. The first step is developing a Concept Plan that defines a vision for where and how the stories and ideas from the Interpretation Master Plan are realized at the Fort.

You can read or download the Interpretation Plan below.

Download the Interpretation Plan Here

Location

Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is located at:

Visitors should enter the park through the large gates facing 28th Street.

Hours

Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is open daily (closed New Years Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas)

Please contact California State Parks staff at Sutter’s Fort for more information (916) 445-4422