NHS Educational History Videos
Educational History Videos (for all ages)
Looking for ways to augment your NHS gallery experience? Not able to visit the Museum in person? Look no further, we’ve got you covered. Originally created during the COVID-19 pandemic to connect with 4th grade students who were not able to visit the NHS in person, these videos offer a glimpse into our most popular gallery sections. Our educational docents and staff researched, selected images and artifacts, and wrote the scripts to create these virtual tours. Their hope is to share the history of our state and provide better access to students and people interested in Nevada’s varied history.
Check out the links below to begin your NHS adventure.
Behind the Scenes Photos
Here are some behind-the-scenes images of our docents and two AACT High School Seniors working on these 4th Grade Nevada History Videos.
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Pam Walker and Linda Burke are waiting to record their next audio scripts about the early Mountain Men.
Lorraine Petersen and Ian Thunder, AACT Senior are recording her audio segment about eating insects.
Larry Walker, Mountain Man Re-enactor and Educator taking a break between filming.
Educational History Videos List
Mountain Men Explorers
In this video, you will be introduced to some of the early explorers of the Great Basin, the fur trappers or mountain men who became legends in their own time and remain as pathfinders today.
Mountain Men and Fur Trappers
In this video, you will be introduced to the mountain man or fur trapper: their way of life in the past and present featuring Larry Walker of the American Mountain Men Association.
Living on the Land Gallery
In this video, you will be led through the Living on the Land Gallery and learn about the Native American Indians who lived in the Great Basin.
Mining: Then & Now
Historian and storyteller Sam Macaluso tells the story of mining in Nevada through the ages, from the deposits of obsidian, opalite, chalcedony, agate, jasper, and quartz that were utilized by the early inhabitants of Nevada to fashion arrowheads, spear points, and various tools, to gold mining in the 1850s, to the open-pit mining of today. * This is a Zoom lecture so the video is longer.
Traveling the California Trail through Nevada, 1841- 1869
In this video, you will join the thousands of people who journeyed by wagon train from the eastern United States to California along the California Trail in the 1840s and 1850s.
Prehistory of Nevada
In this video, you will learn about Nevada’s watery distant past, what sea creatures used to live here, what fossils can be found today in Nevada, and about how earthquakes and tectonics transformed the Nevada landscape.
Miss Wakayama, Nevada’s Japanese Friendship Doll
NHS Museum Gallery App
Here’s your opportunity to explore our Nevada Museum gallery while on the go, during your visit at the museum, or in the comfort of your home at 2:00 in the morning using our STQRY app. Staff will continue to add new content, photographs and stories, so make sure to check back often. There’s so much history to explore at Nevada’s oldest museum!
Additional Behind the Scenes Photos
Here are some behind-the-scenes images of our docents and two AACT High School Seniors working on these 4th Grade Nevada History Videos.
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Lorraine Petersen is filming her introduction while Izaac Zorn holds the sound mic and Ian Thunder is filming.
Ian Thunder and Izaac Zorn, AACT Seniors are reviewing their footage while using the gimble tripod.
Izaac Zorn and Ian Thunder are discussing the script with Lorraine before filming begins.
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Jana Dunn is discussing what she will be covering in her Prehistory video.
Marc Ullom is checking the shot before filming Betsy.