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The Nevada Historical Society will be closed in 2025 for seismic retrofitting, lighting and electrical upgrades, and replacement of the front entrance stairs and ramps. We will post updates as more information becomes […]
Our exhibition Beautiful Nevada & The Sierra: Watercolors by Vicki Curwen has been extended for one more week. Here’s your chance to view these beautiful watercolors before they start coming down on Saturday, June 8, […]
Due to conflicts with scheduling, our Lake Tahoe Series, Mountain Tops to Great Basin Springs: Status of Nevada’s Native Fishes lecture has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for a future date. Make sure to check […]
Beginning on Tuesday, May 28 through Friday, August 16, 2024, RTC will perform pavement replacement, utility work, sidewalk repair, and add bike lanes. There will be intermittent lane reductions and/or closures on Virginia Street from the north side of the Lawlor Events Center roundabout to McCarran Blvd.This will impact your timing arriving at NHS, […]
State Museums to Offer Free Admission to Military Families
(Carson City, NV) The Nevada Division of Museums and History’s seven state museums will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2024 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18, 2024, and end […]
Saturday, May 4, 2024, from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Who doesn’t love a Birthday party? Come celebrate with NHS with a special celebration on the legacy of the organization. The event will be held in the front lawn and parking lot with living history and educational groups with historical demonstrations and great information about the many […]
Here’s our latest NHS Calendar of Events. Come celebrate our 120th birthday with great programming throughout the […]
Nevada Historical Society- FREE Admission every Wednesday in May
Learn about Nevada’s unique and incredible heritage in a museum rich with local history! This year NHS will be celebrating our 120th Birthday as Nevada’s oldest museum in the state of Nevada! A lot of great programs have been scheduled throughout the year in honor of this […]
State Government Offices in Carson, Douglas, Lyon, Storey, and Washoe Close Early Today, Friday – 3/1/24 at 1:30 p.m.
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) are reporting severe weather and potentially dangerous road conditions throughout northern Nevada this afternoon Friday, March 1, 2024 through the weekend. As such, Governor […]
This month’s Writers’ Wednesday authors are David and Gayle Woodruff. The program will be on their three-volume series, Tales Along El Camino Sierra. Learn about the fascinating history of historic Highway 395. We want to thank the Woodruffs for switching dates.
Authors Sandra McGee and Peggy Wynne Borgman, the Divorcee program called WHAT WAS REALLY […]
