Nevada State Museum, Carson City

Nevada State Museum, Carson City

The Nevada State Museum in Carson City
Established	1941
Location	Carson City, Nevada, United States
Type	History and natural history museum
Owner	Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs
Website	Official website

The Nevada State Museum in Carson City ^[1] is one of seven Nevada State Museums operated by the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The primary building of the museum is the former Carson City Mint. The exhibits include:

• The world's largest exhibited Columbian Mammoth, ^[2] found in the Black Rock Desert
• The silver service from the USS Nevada ^[3]

The Nevada State Museum, Carson attracts spectators in observing and appreciating the natural and cultural heritage of Nevada. It demonstrates the state's history from the prehistoric period to the present, including geology, prehistoric animalian neighbors, silver mining, and American Indian culture. ^[4]

History

Nevada State Museum, Carson City came into force by conserving the Carson City mint. The mint was in operation from 1870 to 1893, and housed Coin Press No. 1, the sole coin press at the mint, which continues to strike medallions with the famed CC mint mark to this day. The museum was opened in 1941, and houses rare collections related to the history of the American West: Basketry of the Great Basin Native American people, Fey Slot Machine Collection, guns of the Old West, Chinatown cultural materials, and the silver service set made for the USS Nevada battleship. ^[5]

Ghost town exhibit, Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada.

Exhibits at the Nevada State Museum

• Historic Carson City Mint: Coin Press No. 1 of the Mint and CC (Carson City) marked Comstock silver dollars ^[6]
• Nevada's Changing Earth
• Nevada: A People and Place through Time: it offers a march through the history of Nevada. The USS Nevada Battleship is the focus of this exhibit, including silver service fashioned from 5,000 ounces of silver and lined with gold from Goldfield. ^[7]
• Under One Sky: it demonstrates the history of the earliest inhabitants of Nevada through 10,000 year-old artifacts. Situated in the latest section of the museum, this exhibit shows American Indian culture from a Native American viewpoint. ^[8]

See also

• Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas

References

1. "Nevada State Museum". Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs . Retrieved April 18, 2010.
2. "The Pleistocene Nevada Exhibit". Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs . Retrieved April 18, 2010.
3. "Exhibits". Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs . Retrieved April 18, 2010.
4. "Nevada State Museum, Carson City". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
5. "Nevada State Museum—Carson City". Travel Nevada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
6. "Nevada State Museum Carson City, NV". Sierra Nevada Geotourism. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
7. "About the Nevada State Museum". NewToReno. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
8. "Nevada State Museum Mission". Nevada Tourism & Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

External links

Media related to Carson City Mint at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

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