Understanding Museum Reopening's in Sacramento's Stage 2 Reopening

As the capital of California, Sacramento has many museums and historical sites dedicated to the history of California and Sacramento. Although back in March at the start of the coronavirus pandemic many of these historical sites and museums had to close down, and wait for the governor to move the County of Sacramento from a stage one reopening to a stage two reopening. Back in May the Governor of California approved of Sacramento County to move into a stage two reopening and since May the county and city of Sacramento has been stuck in a stage two reopening since then.

Being stuck in a stage two reopening though is better news for historical sites and museums that attract visitors to Sacramento. California’s Blue Print for a Safer Economy, lets museums and historical sites reopen under a stage two reopen with a 25% capacity of visitors and guest indoors.With Sacramento being in a stage two reopening the museum and historical sites should be open indoors with a 25% capacity limit, although that is not the case in Sacramento and at many of the sites that attract visitors.

In Sacramento today most of the indoor museums still remain closed. Major museums, historical sites, and tourist attractions like the California State Capitol have been closed since March and still remain closed even though they are allowed to reopen. It is understandable why the state capitol building would remain close, because the government is run from it, the governor works from the building, and legislators legislate from the building and it is important to keep them safe from the virus coming in from large amounts of tourist. Although, important buildings are not the only historical sites and museums to remain closed. Many of the independent museums not connected to important government buildings still remain close. These museums include the California Museum, the State Indian Museum, and Sutter’s Fort. The reason that these museums and many of the other major museums remain closed in Sacramento is because they are operated by the California State Park system and get their approval to reopen directly from the state government and governor.

One museum that has reopened in Sacramento is the Aerospace Museum of California. The reason the the Aerospace Museum is allowed to reopen and has reopened is because it is privately owned and not owned or operated by the state government. Since the museum is private they just had to wait until the county of Sacramento moved into a stage two reopening to reopen to 25% capacity.

Now Sacramento slowly reopens its museums that drive so many tourist and visitors to the city. Although due to different owners and operators of museums and historical sites in Sacramento the reopening will be slow, but one day all the museums will be reopen back to normal and the visitors will start coming back.