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FEATURED EXHIBITS
Nevada State Museum, Carson City
will be on display in the S. Changing Gallery; images by photojournalist Jeff Scheid; text
by Jennifer Robison, Las Vegas Review Journal. No industry is more linked to Nevada’s
past than ranching. Ranching was an economic mainstay in the region before statehood,
and before flashier industries such as mining and gaming began to define Nevada’s
business climate. It was also ranching that gave Nevada its reputation as a land of resilient
people who embraced the ups and downs that came with rugged individualism.
Few families embody that ability to adapt more than Nye County’s Fallini clan. The
Fallinis have ranched central Nevada’s arid desert for 150 years -- for as long as there’s
been a Nevada. Ensuring survival of the family’s Twin Springs Ranch has required careful
stewardship of the countryside, healthy respect for a fickle Mother Nature and,
increasingly, political and policy skill to maneuver ever-changing federal regulations on
land use in rural Nevada.
Our Nevada Stories: Objects Found in Time is on display in the North Changing
Gallery; learn about state symbols and Nevada minerals, see a model of the State Capitol,
discover a beautiful historic quilt, historic clothing and textiles, the first known specimen
of the North American Ice Age cheetah, original American Indian art, and artifacts of
historic value to people and communities.
PROGRAMS & SPECIAL EVENTS
June 2015
Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs
Calendar of Events
Coming this summer! Ranching in the High Desert: Five Generations, One Family
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10:00 am – 3:00 pm: Family Fun Saturday: Basketmaking Workshop and
Under One Sky Tours. Limited to 15 participants, ages 10 and up. Make a
basket using either the coiling or twining method. Advanced registration by June
5 required; $10 material fee per participant, plus regular admission fee; children
must be accompanied by a responsible adult; bring water and a sack lunch.
Contact Deborah Stevenson: [email protected] or ext. 237.
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6:30 – 8:00 pm: Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: Follow the Money :
How Nevada’s Comstock Lode Built San Francisco, and So Much More
by Gray Brechin, PhD. The dynastic fortunes that rose from the deep mines of
the Comstock sent shock waves around the world, propelling San Francisco’s
growth well beyond the California Gold Rush, building mansions and office
buildings in New York, Newport, London, and Paris, purchasing titled husbands
for silver heiresses, and spurring technological innovations that would change the
skylines of cities around the world. Brechin, an historical geographer, is currently
a visiting scholar in the University of California Berkeley’s Department of
Geography and founder and project scholar of the Living New Deal Project.
Doors open at 6 pm. Contact Deborah Stevenson at ext. 237.
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10:00 am and 1:30 pm: Behind-the-Scenes Tours in Natural History by
George Baumgardner, PhD, featuring Plants and Animals of Nevada; reservations
required; contact Deborah Stevenson at ext. 237.
Organization
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10:30 am – noon & 1:00 – 3:00 pm: Demonstration of Coin Press No. 1, by
volunteer Ken Hopple in the Historic Carson City Mint building. For more
information, contact Robert Nylen at ext. 245.
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10:00 am – 3:00 pm: Family Fun Saturday: Project Archaeology, an
interactive, hands-on exploration of how people lived in the past. Learn
the skills of observation, interpretation, and appreciation. Discover how
to classify artifacts, understand context, and collect data like a scientist.
Have fun making rock art stencils or try your hand at making cordage.
This program is best suited for ages 10 and up but all ages are welcome.
Contact Deborah Stevenson at ext. 237.
6:30 – 8:00 pm: Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: Friendly
Fallout 1953 by Ann Ronald, PhD.; listen to archetypal stories of those
who participated in, and were affected by, Nevada’s involvement in the
atomic testing program. You’ll meet Proving Ground physicists,
secretaries, pilots, soldiers, craftsmen and meteorologists. You’ll also
learn about the experiences of the downwinders—Moapa Indians,
Mormon housewives, Utah sheep herders, and innocent children playing
outside in contaminated backyards. During her 30+ year career at
UNR, Ronald taught American and British literature and nature writing.
She served as Chair of the English Department, Acting Dean of the
Graduate School, and Dean of the College of Arts and Science. She is
recognized as a founding contributor to the field of eco-criticism. Doors
open at 6 pm. Contact Deborah Stevenson at ext. 237.
10:30 am – noon & 1:00 – 3:00 pm: Demonstration of Coin Press
No. 1, by volunteer Ken Hopple in the Historic Carson City Mint
building. For more information, contact Robert Nylen at ext. 245.
August 2015
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9:30 am – 4:30 pm: Carson City Mint Coin Show and Fair; education
fair with lectures, displays, and kid’s activities at the museum and coin
show with 25 dealers across the street at the Carson Nugget; special 1/2
price admission of $4 per adult gets you into both locations for the day.
Contact Deborah Stevenson: [email protected]
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9:30 am – 4:00 pm: Carson City Mint Coin Show and Fair; education
fair with lectures, displays, and kid’s activities at the museum and coin
show with 25 dealers across the street at the Carson Nugget; special 1/2
price admission of $4 per adult gets you into both locations for the day.
Contact Deborah Stevenson: [email protected]
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6:30 – 8:00 pm: Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: Protecting Bat
Habitat Across Nevada by Jenni Jeffers, wildlife biologist, Nevada
Department of Wildlife; Jeffers is best known for her live owl
demonstrations, but she also works in bat conservation. Bats help
people by eating huge amounts of insects, but now they are in trouble.
Learn about threats to bat habitat and what is being done to protect
their roosts. Doors open at 6 pm. Contact George Baumgardner
at ext. 236.
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10:00 am and 1:30 pm: Behind-the-Scenes Tours in Natural History
by George Baumgardner, PhD, featuring Plants and Animals of Nevada;
reservations required; contact Deborah Stevenson at ext. 237.
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS:
June – August 2015
Unless otherwise indicated,
Admission Fee: $8 adults,
children 17 and under &
museum members are
admitted free of charge.
The museum is open
Tuesday – Sunday,
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
(closed Mondays).
Programs are subject to
cancellation or changes;
please call 775/687-4810,
ext. 237 or email:
[email protected]
to confirm dates and times.
Museums.nevadaculture.org
Location:
600 N. Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada.
Please enter through the
Dema Guinn Concourse.