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This three-month Calendar is updated every month. Click on the link above. Programs and exhibits are subject to changes or cancelation. If you have questions about any program or event, contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 775/687-4810, ext. 237. To view our fabulous, full-color newsletter, click here. FAMILY FUN SATURDAYS--DISCOVERY, PLAY, SHARETickets available at Admissions Desk on the day of the event. Children must be accompanied by one responsible adult. Free with regular paid admission: $8 for adults; free for children 17 and under and museum members. Time: 1:00 - 3:30 pm. Choose your time slot by getting a ticket at admissions beginning at noon the day of the event; each activity lasts 30 minutes; choose art or science or both.
June 8: Wild and Wonderful Wetlands. Learn how American Indians used plants from the wetlands for food, medicine, and clothing. Discover what kinds of birds and animals use wetlands for their homes. Make a mini cattail duck to take home. Left: photo of Carson Valley by photographer and museum volunteer Joyce Gebo.
This is one of the museum's most popular nature programs!
Volunteer Sharon Urban teaches kids about animal feet and tracks.
FRANCES HUMPHREY LECTURE SERIESOur Frances Humphrey Lecture Series at the Nevada State Museum is the fourth Thursday of the month from 6:30 - 7:30 pm (ending at 8 pm for book signings or programs with artifact viewing); doors open at 6 pm for exhibit viewing in the main building. MUSEUM MEMBERS AND CHILDREN 17 AND UNDER ARE FREE; Non-Member Admission: $8 per adult. Location: 600 N. Carson Street, Carson City. Contact Deborah Stevenson: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 775-687-4810, ext. 237.
May is Archaeological Awareness and Historic Preservation Month. Learn about newly identified rock art sites, patterns in prehistoric and historic site location, and an expansive, repeatedly used prehistoric site that contains artifacts dating back to Early Holocene times. Left: Bighorn sheep petroglyph from Mt. Irish. Photo: ASM Affiliates
Left: Carved Abstract Rock Art. Photo: Emily Middleton
CARSON CITY MINT COIN SHOW AND FAIR, AUGUST 23-24The Carson City Mint Coin Show & Fair is scheduled for August 23-24, 2013. The show and fair are one event and will take place concurrently. The show will locate across the street in the Carson Nugget Ballroom, 507 N. Carson Street, and the coin education fair will occur at the museum. The location change is due to the need for gallery space to construct and house a major exhibit, Finding Fremont: Pathfinder of the West. The event will host up to 26 dealers with one table each at the Nugget. Deborah Stevenson will serve as overall coin show/fair coordinator and our event partner, Downtown Coin Club, will supervise and assist dealers during the show. Dealers and coin clubs are invited to share their numismatic expertise by presenting a lecture or workshop at the museum fair in addition to participation at the show. Coin clubs may also host a meeting at the fair. For more information contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 775/687-4810, ext. 237.
TOUR GUIDE TRAININGReady, Set, Go Volunteer at the Nevada State Museum!
Next training: September 17-18 & 24-25, 2013, includes special presentations, potlucks, and guest speakers. Topics: Nevada history, Native American culture, and natural history. Please contact dstevenson@nevadaculture or call 775-687-4810, ext. 237 before September 13 to let us know you are coming. Above: Volunteers at a previous training learn from ichthyosaur specialists Brad Kosch and Dr. Jennifer Hogler.
COIN PRESS NO. 1 DEMONSTRATION
Nylen and Hopple run the press on the last Friday from 10:30 am - noon and again from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Advanced reservations are not needed to see the press and learn about its history. The Carson City Mint operated from 1870-1893. Coin Press No. 1 was the first press to arrive; later it operated with three presses. Medallions can be purchased at the press or in the Museum Store. For more information, contact Bob Nylen: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 775-687-4810, ext. 245.
BEHIND THE SCENESNSM offers Behind the Scenes Tours in Natural History with Curator, Dr. George Baumgardner, at 10 am and 1:30 pm the last Friday of every month, featuring Plants and Animals of Nevada. Limited to 6 persons per tour. Advanced registration required. Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to sign up.
Something new! You know you can request a Behind-the Scenes Tour of the Merci Train Project and the exhibit, Gifts of Healing by contacting Sue Ann Monteleone, Museum Registrar at 775/687-4810, ext. 240 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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July 13: Beasty Encounters: Animals of Nevada. Discover Black Bear, Mountain Lion, Coyote, Mule Deer, Jackrabbit, and other important animals that live in Nevada. Learn what they eat, where they live, and even how they walk. Look at skulls, feet, tracks, and scat (poop). Make a card with animal tracks to take home.
May 23, 6:30 - 7:30 pm: Recent Rock Art and Archaeological Discoveries in Lincoln County, Nevada by Mark Giambastiani or ASM Affiliates, Inc. 
June 27, 6:30 - 7:30 pm: Early Carved Abstract Rock Art in the Northern Great Basin by Emily Middleton. Learn how archaeologists date rock art sites and how rock art styles vary throughout the Great Basin. One style, the Great Basin Carved Abstract may be more than 7,000 years old.
July 25, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: 
Volunteer Woody Davis says, "Are you retired? Are you bored? Do you need to get out of the house? Then give something back to the community. The rewards are great!" Making new friends and stimulating your brain cells are just a few of the perks; guides feel a part of something special--the Nevada State Museum team. 
See Coin Press No. 1, the original press from the Carson City Mint, in action the last Friday of every month. Volunteer and "Chief Coiner" Ken Hopple runs the press with Curator of History Bob Nylen. The press mints commemorative medallions in .999 fine silver with the famous "CC" Mint Mark on the reverse.