Education
Family Fun Saturday: Funky Fungi
Discover fascinating facts about fungi and the role they serve as decomposers, while learning about their benefits and potential dangers. Participants can model and paint a mushroom to take home using Crayola model magic. This program is developed for grades 2-5, but all ages are welcome. No additional materials fee. Cost is $10 for […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Wood for the Comstock” by Wendell Huffman
Join retired curator Wendell Huffman for a presentation about the industries that developed in the late 19th century providing the Comstock with mining timbers, lumber and wood fuel. This lecture covers the sawmills, flumes and river drives that served this demand, as well as the Virginia & Truckee and big Lake Tahoe companies that […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “The Flying Wolves Invade Southern California” by Bob Nylen
Prior to Sept. 2, 2023, Nevada Wolf Pack football had last played USC 94 years ago on November 9, 1929 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The University of Nevada had captured national attention before the game by announcing that the football team would fly in airplanes to southern California. The team’s novel method of […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Lake Tahoe’s Eccentric George Whittell and his wife Elia” Chautauqua by David and Gayle Woodruff
Local authors and historians David and Gayle Woodruff re-enact the characters of one of the wealthiest couples on the West Coast during the 1920s through 1950s. They kept an African Lion for a pet, owned over 25 miles of Lake Tahoe waterfront, built one of the most beautiful estates on Lake Tahoe’s shore, hosted […]
Family Fun Saturday: Nevada Wildflowers
Discover the parts of a flower and the secrets of pollination, dissect a flower in the lab, learn to recognize common Nevada wildflowers, decorate a plant press, and create a framed “flower garden” to take home. Also, younger participants can enjoy coloring images of popular spring wildflowers found throughout Northern Nevada’s diverse and colorful […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Hair, Makeup and Me” by Jan Loverin
Putting on your face, or applying makeup, is an activity most women and some men do daily. Nevada State Museum Clothing and Textiles Curator Jan Loverin explores a brief history of this ritual and its meanings – from protecting our eyes from sun glare, to understanding the significance of “lip candy,” to disparate challenges […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Money, Mints and Assayers – Inside the Carson City Mint” by Paul Franklin
Seven U.S. Mints were established by Congress to receive, analyze and refine the gold and silver from the various mining districts. They were authorized to coin the metals to meet the monetary needs of our growing nation. Often, they were preceded by privately run Territorial mints to meet the early coinage needs. However, the […]
Family Fun Saturday: Nevada Reptiles
Learn why reptiles are cold-blooded, examining snake and lizard skins in the lab, discovering our state reptile, the Desert Tortoise, and sculpting and painting a lizard or snake to take home. All ages welcome. No additional materials fee.
Cost: $10 for adults; free for museum members; ages 17 and under always […]
Frances Humphrey Lecture Series “Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic Animals who Roamed the Silver State” by Joshua Bonde, Ph.D.
Nevada isn’t the first state a person thinks of when daydreaming about dinosaurs. Oftentimes, we think of places like Montana, Wyoming, or Utah, which have had rich dinosaur discoveries for many years. Nevada’s dinosaur story is more recent. Over the past 20 years, a multi-institution team, including the Nevada State Museum, has been diligently […]
