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Don’t miss tomorrow’s Hello Hollywood, Hello Unique Stories, January 13, 2024, from 1 to 3pm. Karen Burns will begin the program talk talking about the history of early entertainment, HHH, and costumes. We will have ten former cast and crew members share some of their stories. There will be a Q&A session and people […]
Our first lecture How to preserve the costumes and entertainment: When Hollywood Came to Reno! has been rescheduled to next Friday, December 8, 2023, from 5:30 to 7pm. Our guest speaker, Karen Burns is sick. We apologize for any inconvenience but look forward to seeing you next […]
September 29, 2023As the staff work on the final touches for our latest exhibition, HHH, Curator of History, Sheryln Hayes-Zorn and Karen Burns, owner of the HHH costumes sat down with Denise Wong at KOLO 8 News to discuss some of the history and glamour costumes of the show. Here is the Exhibition Interview […]
NHS Closures – Holidays 2020
The Nevada Historical Society will be closing for the following UNR Home Football Games, and State Holidays.
Saturday, October 14, 2023—UNLV Rebels vs Wolfpack FootballFriday, October 27, 2023—Nevada DaySaturday, November 4, 2023—Hawaii Rainbow vs Wolfpack FootballFriday, November 10, 2023—Veterans DayThursday, November 23, 2023—Thanksgiving DayFriday, November 24, 2023—Family DaySaturday, November 25, 2023—Wyoming […]
In celebration of Older American Month, the Nevada Historic Society will offer free admission to seniors every Wednesday during the month of […]
Happy Winter everyone. We hope you enjoy our new newsletter format to learn about the latest the happenings at NHS!
NHS E-newsletter Winter […]
We are excited to share our Writers’ Wednesday 2023 that has programming scheduled January – December 2023.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet these wonderful authors and learn more about their books. We will have their books available for purchase in our museum […]
Nevada History Lecture update, 1/21/2023
The Nevada history lecture scheduled for Saturday, February 11, 2023 has been cancelled. We will be working with our speaker to reschedule the lecture later in the year!
Frontier Baseball in Nevada
Bob Nylen, retired Curator of History, NSM-CC
You will learn about the early history of Frontier Baseball in Nevada. Bob Nylen […]
Due to the continued winter weather storms, our Writers’ Wednesday program scheduled for tomorrow, January 11, 2023 has been cancelled.
I want to thank our speakers, John Glionna and Randi Lynn Beach for wanting to reschedule their program for later in the year. We will send our updated Writers’ Wednesday program […]
NHS Docent Council Meeting and Lecture update, 1/3/2023
The monthly lecture scheduled for Thursday January 5 is cancelled due to weather and road conditions.
With sadness, we have decided to cancel the docent council meeting scheduled for this Thursday (January 5 at 10:30 a.m.). Some of our members still are without power from the New Year’s […]
