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Women and Spirit, Sacramento Exhibit

DISCOVER A WORLD FEW HAVE SEEN, BUT MILLIONS HAVE SHARED Exhibit from the Smithstonian

“WOMEN & SPIRIT: Catholic Sisters in America” is a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in association with Cincinnati Museum Center. It reveals the mystery behind a small group of innovative American women who helped shape the nation’s social and cultural landscape.

Meet women who corresponded with President Thomas Jefferson, talked down bandits and roughnecks, lugged pianos into the wilderness, and provided the nation’s first health insurance to Midwestern loggers. Discover sisters’ courage during the Civil War, the Gold Rush, the San Francisco Earthquake, the Influenza Epidemic, the Civil Rights Movement, and Hurricane

January 24, 2012 – June 3, 2012 IN CALIFORNIA

*Museum Location*
Located next to the Secretary of State building, one block from the State Capitol. (916) 653-7524
CaliforniaMuseum.org
museuminfo@californiamuseum.org

*Admission*
$8.50 for adults; $7 for students w/ID and seniors;
$6 ages 6-13. For group rates, call (916) 654-1729

*Museum Hours*
Monday through Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
Sunday: noon to 5:00 p.m.

*Transportation & Parking*
The Museum is a stop on the Light Rail (Archives Plaza). Free weekend parking is available in a surface lot directly across the street from the Museum. On-street parking is free on Sundays. Additional parking is available Monday-Friday at select garages: 10th Street between P and O Streets, 11th Street between O and P Streets, 14th and P Streets, 10th Street between L and K Streets.

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