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2026 Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal Winner, NHS Docent, Barbara Weinberg!
2026 Nevada Governor’s Points of Light Award program. This signature event honors individuals and organizations that model Nevada’s values of service, cooperation, compassion, and partnership. This year’s Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal Winner is Barbara Weinberg, our educational docent. Congratulations Barbara!
Barbara Weinberg has spent more than fifty years strengthening Northern Nevada through advocacy, education, philanthropy, & […]
Are you looking for that special holiday gift for the history lover in your life?
The Nevada Historical Society has two Reno Arch ornaments that document the changes to this unique landmark!
The original arch was built for the Transcontinental Highways Exposition to celebrate the completion of the Lincoln and Victory Highways on October 23, 1926, […]
Don’t miss these fascinating lectures throughout October and November!
October 3 – (Nevada History) John C. Frémont’s Bumpy Path from Fame to Obscurity
Join Dr. Eugene M. Hattori, retired Curator of Anthropology, Nevada State Museum, Carson City for a special Nevada Day program on John C. Frémont– a mid-nineteenth-century explorer, scientist, soldier, and politician, whose namesakes include the […]
The Research Library will reopen temporarily from September 16, 2026 – March 26, 2027, by appointment only. Hours are Wednesday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with one Saturday a month available starting in October. To request an appointment, please use our online scheduling system: https://go.oncehub.com/NHSResearchLibrary
Wondering if NHS has materials on your research topic? Submit […]
Guest post by Buddy Frank, gambling historian, NHS Friends of NHS board member, and Artown speaker
This post is a follow-up to his Artown – On The GO! lecture on Saturday, July 11, 2026.”From Rick’s Resort to a $120 Billion Entertainment Industry…And How Reno Got Left Behind.”
Learn about the history of gambling in Nevada and […]
If you love Nevada History, make sure to attend any of our FREE On The GO! Programs
Writers’ Wednesday – On The GO!Wednesday, August 12, 2026, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Speaker: Jon Ralston, author, reporterBook Title: The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
Summary of Talk: The […]
Artown 2026 – On The GO! is here!
We hope you enjoyed last weekend’s NHS Artown talks. A huge shout-out to historians Emerson Marcus and Caleb S. Cage for giving engaging Nevada military talks in honor of America 250 Nevada last Saturday, July 4, 2026!
Don’t miss this year’s Artown 2026 – On the GO! talks. […]
The City of Reno Historical Preservation Awards is an annual event that celebrates excellence in local historic preservation, including adaptive reuse projects, legacy businesses, home renovations, and the people who make all this happen.
This year, the Nevada Historical Society was nominated for the Historical Project category. The award recognizes an individual or group […]
We are thinking of creating a special bus tour in early October 2026 based on our June Nevada History – On The GO! program, “Nevada’s Oldest Settlement: Dayton or Genoa.” We also have several people interested in an early spring 2027 tour of the Sutro Tunnel in conjunction with our Exploring Nevada series.
If you […]
We want to congratulate Our Story, Inc. on 30 years of collecting, preserving, and sharing the contributions, heritage, and culture of people whose experiences are not represented well in Northern Nevada history. Come and learn about the community that built the Black Springs Volunteer Fire Department as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of the […]
