US EditionSacramento Regional Fire Museum Closes Due to Rising Rent
- The Sacramento Regional Fire Museum, a volunteer-run nonprofit in West Sacramento, permanently closed on June 1, 2025, due to rising rent costs.
- Inflation and a lease renewal caused monthly rent to increase from about $12,000 to $18,000, making the costs unaffordable for the museum's board.
- The 14,000-square-foot museum housed over 150 years of firefighting artifacts, including old hook and ladder trucks and a 1930s fire alarm console now being packed and stored.
- Board member Ric Dorris explained that the rent rose from around $12,000 to $18,000 each month, an increase that donations and admission revenues could not cover.
- The museum is seeking a more affordable location and possible corporate sponsorship to secure stable funding and hopes to preserve its historic collection despite these setbacks.
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Sacramento Regional Fire Museum closes due to rising rent | News Channel 3-12
By James Taylor, CBS13 Photojournalist Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Sacramento’s fire museum is raising the alarm over rising rent. It’s the latest nonprofit group being forced to close its doors due to inflation. There’s more than a century and a half worth of history inside the Sacramento Regional Fire Museum. From hook and ladder trucks pulled by hand and horse to a coal-powered engine used to put out fire…
Sacramento Regional Fire Museum closes due to rising rent
By James Taylor, CBS13 Photojournalist Click here for updates on this story WEST SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Sacramento’s fire museum is raising the alarm over rising rent. It’s the latest nonprofit group being forced to close its doors due to inflation. There’s more than a century and a half worth of history inside the Sacramento Regional Fire Museum. From hook and ladder trucks pulled by hand and horse to a coal-powered engine used to put out fire…
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