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Frances Humphrey Lecture Series USS Nevada Battleship Panel Discussion
Learn about the famed battleship the USS Nevada (BB-36) with local experts on hand to answer your questions and share their knowledge of the “Cheer Up Ship.” Paneled by Robert A. Nylen, Charles Weller, JD, PhD, and Dave Pierson, this lecture will be presented in person. Admission is $10 for adults, members and children […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “No Exit Necessary” by J Butler Kyle
Cruise down US Highway 395 with local author J. Butler Kyle. Imagine your journey begins with the rugged scenery of Reno on the north end of the eastern Sierra Nevada, over mountain passes such as Deadman Summit, through unique towns along the route like Lone Pine, and down amongst the barren beauty of the […]
Family Fun Saturday: Pollinator Palooza
Join us as we explore the ways that we can support local pollinators! Contribute to the Museum’s bee hotel, create a native Nevada wildflower seed ball to take home, or paint a pollinator pebble for your garden. All ages are welcome. Children 17 and under are always free. Members are also free. $10 non-member […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “The Historic Virginia & Truckee Trail: From Old Railroad to Future Rail Trail” by Donna Inversin
Donna Inversin, President of The Historic Virginia & Truckee Trail, will speak on this nonprofit’s effort to find those remaining sections of old rail bed routes and stitch them together to build a multi-use path of between 60 and 80 miles that will be an echo of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad for the […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Historic Archaeology at Fort Churchill, Nevada” by Gene Hattori
The Nevada State Museum and University of Nevada, Reno conducted archaeological excavations at Fort Churchill State Park in the mid-1970s. Museum staff and research associates are re-examining these collections reflecting U.S. Army and other military units’ occupation of the fort between 1860 and 1869. Dr. Gene Hattori discusses the research. (Map of old Fort […]
Family Fun Saturday: Bee Hotel, Session Two
Join us as we celebrate Earth Day at the Nevada State Museum! Contribute to our bee hotel, a nesting place for our solitary bee friends, and learn about other ways you can help native pollinators. The second session of this event takes place from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Registration required. Children 17 and under […]
Family Fun Saturday: Bee Hotel, Session One
Join us as we celebrate Earth Day at the Nevada State Museum! Contribute to our bee hotel, a nesting place for our solitary bee friends, and learn about other ways you can help native pollinators. The first session of this event takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Registration required. Children 17 and under […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Nevada’s First Ladies Ball Gowns” by Jan Loverin
While the Smithsonian Institution has collected and exhibited the United States First Ladies Inaugural Ball gown collection, Nevada also has a similar collection. Learn about our early day First Ladies, their gowns, their stories and their lives. This lecture starts chronologically with Nevada’s first governor and his wife, continuing through the decades up to […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Going for the Gold: Lake Tahoe-Reno’s Olympic Heritage” by David and Gayle Woodruff
Local authors and historians David and Gayle Woodruff take a reflective look back at Lake Tahoe and Reno’s involvement in the Olympics over the years. Reno boosters first conceptualized the idea of a Winter Olympiad in Western Nevada… but Alex Cushing and the State of California brought the 1960 Winter Olympics to the Lake […]
Family Fun Saturday: Nevada Reptiles
While it’s cold outside, come inside the Museum and learn why reptiles are cold-blooded! Featured will be Nevada’s state reptile, the Desert Tortoise! Cold Blooded Critters 4-H Club will be on site, too, with some live reptiles to pique your curiosity! Also examine snake and lizard skins in the lab and sculpt and paint […]
