Nevada State Museum

Are you stuck in a rut? Don’t know what to do on the last Thursday of the month? Then come on down to History Hot Takes: An Evening for the Chronically Curious, where we will have the best of the best speakers blowing your mind with their history knowledge!

Admission: $15 per person ages 18 […]

Join us as the Dine’ Tah Navajo Dancers take the stage! There will be dancing, singing, and two lectures. As performing ambassadors to the Great Navajo Nation, the Dineh Tah’ Navajo Dancers, under the direction of Shawn Price, are considered an outstanding group of young, talented, and disciplined individuals who continue to excel their […]

Celebrate Día de los Muertos!
Join us for Día de los Muertos at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City. This vibrant Mexican tradition honors and remembers loved ones through traditional festivities and symbolic offerings to a special altar, called an ofrenda. With traditional music, art, and foods, we’ll commemorate the spirits of those who have […]

Celebrate Día de los Muertos!
Join us for Día de los Muertos at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City. This vibrant Mexican tradition honors and remembers loved ones through traditional festivities and symbolic offerings to a special altar, called an ofrenda. With traditional music, art, and foods, we’ll commemorate the spirits of those who have […]

Celebrate Día de los Muertos!
Join us for Día de los Muertos at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City. This vibrant Mexican tradition honors and remembers loved ones through traditional festivities and symbolic offerings to a special altar, called an ofrenda. With traditional music, art, and foods, we’ll commemorate the spirits of those who have […]

Celebrate Día de los Muertos!
Join us for Día de los Muertos at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City. This vibrant Mexican tradition honors and remembers loved ones through traditional festivities and symbolic offerings to a special altar, called an ofrenda. With traditional music, art, and foods, we’ll commemorate the spirits of those who have […]

Nevada has a deep history of earthquake activity due to our unique tectonic setting at the edge of the extensional province of the Great Basin. The state is blessed with a complex network of faults which produce our beautiful landscapes and plentiful natural resources but also pose a seismic hazard which is challenging to […]

Nevada’s transcontinental railroad heritage begins in 1868 when the Central Pacific Railroad’s track laying crews reached the state, building east from Sacramento, California. As railroad construction progressed, existing and new communities were connected by ribbons of iron and steel. Towns like Reno, Winnemucca, Elko, Battle Mountain, Montello, Wells, Carlin, Palisade, Verdi, Wadsworth, Fernley, Lovelock, […]

Founded in 1935, Reno Little Theater (RLT) is one of the oldest continually operating community theaters in the United States. This lecture explores the theater’s evolution from its grassroots beginnings during the Great Depression to its role as a cornerstone of Reno’s cultural scene. We will examine the key figures who shaped RLT’S growth, […]

The return of the Carson City Mint Coin Show was so successful last year that we’re holding it again this year! Join us Friday, August 15 through Saturday, August 16 at the Nevada State Museum for the 2025 Carson City Mint Coin Show. Held in the Dema Guinn Concourse, this year’s program features dealers […]