November 8, 2022
From lowering the ramps of the landing ships at Normandy on June 6, 1944, to crawling through the snow on their bellies in extremely harsh weather at the Battle of the Bulge, our veterans showed great intrepidness and bravery as they faced the enemy to ensure the world was a safer place — free from […]
August 24, 2022
Proposed in 1860 by Prussian mining engineer Adolph Sutro as a means to prevent flooding in mines and to mine even deeper within Nevada’s high desert terrain, the Sutro Tunnel is a 3.88 mile drainage tunnel originating in Dayton, Nevada and connecting with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City. After spending almost 20 years in […]
June 24, 2022
Perhaps you think jackalopes are just the stuff of legends—curio items you might spot on the wall of a novelty taxidermist. Well, there’s more to this cottontail than meets the eye, as Michael P. Branch explores in his new book, On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Captured the World’s Imagination and Helped […]
June 17, 2022
The last ten years has brought significant changes in our understanding of how people lived in the Great Basin. People have been here longer and doing different things than previously thought. We now know that people were making complex textiles more than 9,000 years ago. These textiles highlight women’s contributions to economic and social life, […]
June 16, 2022
Come join us for a brief discussion on one of Nevada’s most athletic critters and our state mammal the bighorn sheep! We will discuss the different types of sheep you can find in Nevada, their preferred habitat and biology as well as what the Nevada Department of Wildlife does to help manage our sheep populations […]
June 16, 2022
Curator’s Corner is a monthly series that will feature a museum artifact or group of artifacts. Since 1941, the museum has collected and interpreted objects related to Nevada’s unique heritage, including historical, cultural, anthropological and natural history artifacts. Curator’s Corner will be offered from 1 to 3 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of […]
June 16, 2022
Curator’s Corner is a monthly series that will feature a museum artifact or group of artifacts. Since 1941, the museum has collected and interpreted objects related to Nevada’s unique heritage, including historical, cultural, anthropological and natural history artifacts. Curator’s Corner will be offered from 1 to 3 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of […]
June 7, 2022
Bees, Bats, and Butterflies: What’s the Buzz on Pollinators? Many plants are pollinated when different insects, birds, and even bats fly among flowers feeding on pollen or nectar. As these animals move around they transmit pollen between flowers. Without these helpers, many beautiful and commercially important plants would not be able to reproduce. Flowers and […]
May 25, 2022
Bees, Bats, and Butterflies: What’s the Buzz on Pollinators? Many plants are pollinated when different insects, birds, and even bats fly among flowers feeding on pollen or nectar. As these animals move around they transmit pollen between flowers. Without these helpers, many beautiful and commercially important plants would not be able to reproduce. Flowers and […]
May 20, 2022
You Can’t Do 30-Meter Transects in a Pit Lake: The Archaeological Study of a Mid-Twentieth Century Mine Mid-twentieth-century federal investment in infrastructure projects transformed the American West. Two conspicuous projects impacting the West include the Glen Canyon Dam (1956-1964) and the Interstate Highway System (beginning 1956). Federal investment also found its way into mining in […]
