The highest calling of the California State Railroad Museum is to serve as a laboratory of learning. The museum has a long and proud tradition of hosting field trips, but over the last five years, the museum has begun to reshape itself into a place where students of all levels can learn by doing.
Every day, student interns and early-career fellows are engaged in project-based learning in the care of collections, the administration of archives, visitor services, and career technical education through the maintenance of locomotives and equipment.
These positions are seasonal State Parks positions, posted and applied for through CalCareers.
The museum has also become the classroom through innovative partnerships.
If you are interested in learning more about partnering with the Museum, please contact Carly Starr at [email protected].
View examples of work done by past interns and fellows.
Students from CSU Sacramento have created permanent exhibits within the California State Railroad Museum, such as Farm to Fork: A Public History. Wanting to tell the stories of people often left out of history books, this class project explored contributions of the reclamation workers, farmers, and field laborers, whose efforts made Sacramento “America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital.”
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Individual students have turned their master’s thesis into exhibits and exhibit plans related to women in the American railroads and the role of post office railroad cars in connecting the nation. Students interested in digital humanities have created digital exhibits that connect the California State Railroad Museum to people and places throughout the globe.
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