Join the California History Section for a new way to engage with our collection in-person: Choose Your Adventure! Sign-up for a day that works best for you during September 9 thru 11! 

Choose Your Adventure, a collaborative storytelling activity using real history and materials from the California History collection of the California State Library. Loosely inspired by tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, Choose Your Adventure is both fun and educational. All you need to participate: a 20-sided die (which we provide), a little bit of history (also provided by us), and your imagination!

The first part of the session will be a tour of the reading room and the second part will be the activity itself. Participants will come out of this having learned about the different types of materials that can be found in the California History Section’s collections; new aspects of California history they might not have known otherwise; and ways to uncover more information on the topics. In honor of 175 years of statehood, your adventure will be our new Queen Calafia Carnival debuted at this past year's Museum Day. 

Sign up for a 1-hr timeslot on your own to meet new people or attend as a group! If signing up as a group, make sure to register for everyone within your group. We can accommodate up to 5 people. If you have any questions or need anything else, please email us at cslcal@library.ca.gov. Registration closes 2 days before each event. If the days and time do not work for you and your group, please feel free to email us and we can work on scheduling during a time that does work. For more information on this programming, please visit our Choose Your Adventure website.