Events

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Enjoy our new Focus Friday, explaining how food in the Las Vegas Valley reflects adaptation for both people and animals over time. Today, the valley shows a blend of traditional desert survival and modern change. About Focus Fridays Enjoy themed museum experiences, offering guided gallery tours, collection highlights, and hands-on activities centered on a focused […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Las Vegas is known as the “9th Island,” an endearing nickname referencing the city’s popularity with Hawaiians, whose cultural influence is an important part of the city’s story and identity. Our 9th Island Celebration welcomes visitors of all ages to learn about and celebrate traditions inspired by the Spirit of Aloha. Hands-on crafts Interactive educational […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Join us to get up close and personal with Nevada’s state fossil, Shonisaurus popularis, commonly known as Ichthyosaur! Learn about this giant marine reptile from the Triassic period and of those who have ventured out into the mountains and desert of Nevada in search of their fossils. About Focus Fridays Enjoy themed museum experiences, offering […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Common Threads presents Hunting for a Serial Killer in Virginia City in the late 1800’s Speaker: Robin Flinchchum, Author Robin Flinchchum is an award-winning journalist and historian whose work explores crime, myth, and memory in the early American West. She will be discussing her fascinating new book, The Redemption of Julia Bulette: Murder, Myth & the […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Common Threads presents Langston Hughes in the American West Speaker: Carmen Beals Associate Curator and Outreach Director, Las Vegas Nevada Museum of Art, Reno Carmen Beals, Associate Curator and Outreach Director at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, will present archival documentation and reproduced ephemera related to Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes and his […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Common Threads presents The History of Walking Box Ranch Speaker: Paula Jacoby-Garrett, Administrative Director The Friends of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument Paula Jacoby-Garrett has a long history with the area that encompasses Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. In 2007, she began working with the Walking Box Ranch project. As part of her duties, she […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]

Discovery Saturday New activities for explorers of all ages every week Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new […]