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State Museums Are Planning Unique Nevadan Experiences to Celebrate Nevada Day

(Nevada, USA) With most Nevada residents having Nevada Day, October 25, off as a state holiday, it’s a good time to visit and connect with our Silver State heritage at most of the state museums. Here is a list of all the activities planned […]

Here’s your chance to catch 20% off on most items in our museum store for the month of October!

Make sure to check our tour great selection of books Wicked, Haunted, Alien, and Cemetery books to get you into the […]

Don’t want to miss this Nevada History talk on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 1 to 2:30pm

Joe Curtis, historian will talk about Cultural Impacts to the Comstock in the 1870s.

Joseph Fredricks, Paints, Oils, Hardware and Wallpaper. Immigrated from Germany to Virginia City. 1870s. Joe Curtis photo.

Virginia City was a true melting pot for cultures […]

Nevada Basque Portraits & Illustrations Exhibition reception & talk is scheduled for Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 5 to 7pm.

Check out this wonderful exhibition and meet local artist, Dr. Zoe Bray. Enjoy light refreshments before Dr. Bray’s talk. This exhibit focuses on a selection of portraits of individuals with a Nevadan Basque connection, painted […]

Here’s your chance to enjoy our Nevada History performance on Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 1-2pm.

David and Gayle Woodruff

Local authors and historians David & Gayle Woodruff present a living history program, “The Reno Cure.” Fictive Washoe Valley divorce ranch couple, Clive and Vivian Sterling, talk about the huge importance and influence the unique “divorce […]

Here’s your chance to hear more about The Historic Sutro Tunnel’s Past, Present & Future on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at Noon.

Our speakers will talk about the historic Sutro Tunnel and townsite of Sutro, NV, located in present-day Dayton, NV. The talk will share the history of Adolph Sutro, the visionary of the Sutro […]

You don’t want to miss all of the great programming scheduled for September through December 2024 at the Nevada Historical Society. Make sure to download the NHS Calendar of Events […]

We are actively seeking new content for our academic publication, the NHS Q.

The Nevada Historical Society Quarterly is a peer reviewed journal since 1957 that publishes articles about Nevada, the Great Basin and the West. The content can be from a range of subjects including but not limited to: Agriculture, Anthropology, Art, Ethnic Studies, […]

A special Reno Lecture is scheduled today, Saturday, August 17, 2024, 1 to 2:30pm.

Debbie Hinman will be giving a fascinating lecture about the history of the HRPS Harvest of Homes Tour and will showcase select homes from every tour starting back in 2010. This program will be a great way to learn about homes in Old […]

Light refreshments are from 5:00 – 5:30 pm and the lecture begins at 5:30pm.Meet this month’s author, Withanee Andersen. She will talk about her book Walk of Ages: A Generational Journey from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley.

Following in her father’s footsteps, Withanee Andersen begins the expedition of a lifetime when she and her comrades […]