Exhibits

Featured Exhibits

UNDER ONE SKY

Open to the public starting May 16, 2025

Experience the beauty, skill, and cultural legacy of Washoe basketry. This rare exhibition brings together the iconic work of famed weaver Louisa Keyser (known as Datsolalee) and other talented Washoe artists—on display at Nevada State Museum, Carson City for the first time in nearly two decades.

Rooted in … Read More

Featured Exhibit

Changing Gallery

FIND YOUR FOLKLIFE

The Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Friends and Neighbors Initiative is about you—your family, your neighbors, your friends, your community. It’s also about us—who we are as … Read More

Changing Gallery
OUR NEVADA STORIES: OBJECTS FOUND IN TIME

Our Nevada Stories: Objects Found in Time is on display in the North Changing Gallery. Learn about the state symbols and Nevada minerals. See a … Read More

Changing Gallery

Permanent Exhibits

HISTORIC CARSON CITY MINT

Take a walk through time at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City. Your first step brings you into the former Carson City Mint … Read More

Permanent Gallery
NEVADA: A PEOPLE AND PLACE THROUGH TIME

Walk through a timeline of Nevada history.

Be sure to see the USS Nevada Battleship silver service fashioned from 5,000 ounces (417 pounds troy weight) … Read More

Permanent Gallery
NEVADA’S CHANGING EARTH

Nevada’s Changing Earth, displays over 300 examples of rocks and minerals from Nevada and the western United States. One case alone has more than … Read More

Permanent Gallery
UNDER ONE SKY

Open to the public starting May 16, 2025

Experience the beauty, skill, and cultural legacy of Washoe basketry. This rare exhibition brings together the iconic … Read More

Permanent Gallery

Online Exhibit

GIFTS OF HEALING: FRENCH TRAVEL POSTERS 1945 – 1949

THESE 21 TRAVEL POSTERS (1945-1949) WERE GIFTED TO NEVADA ABOARD THE MERCI TRAIN IN FEBRUARY OF 1949. THE SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER … Read More

Online Exhibit
NEVADA DAY PARADES: 1930’S THROUGH THE 1960’S

Carson City’s Nevada Day Parade and festivities date back to 1938. Nevada Day celebrations were moved from Reno to Carson City in 1938, and … Read More

Online Exhibit