Exhibits

Featured Exhibits

Greetings from Las Vegas: Growth of a City Through Postcards

June 7, 2024 – September 22, 2024

“Greetings from Las Vegas: Growth of a City Through Postcards” offers an intriguing way to explore our city’s rich history. The extensive postcard collection offers a window into the past, showing the transformation of the city from a railroad stop into the major tourist destination that it is … Read More

Featured Exhibit

Hallway Galleries

Give and Take: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions

Museum collections are always growing! This new exhibit highlights some of the newest artifacts that the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas has acquired. These … Read More

Hallway Galleries
Mapping Nevada: Tracing Nevada’s Statehood Through Maps

The history of Nevada’s current boundaries spans hundreds of years and is a story of war, expansion, and the quest for wealth. Follow this history through maps and … Read More

Hallway Galleries

Permanent Exhibits

Permanent Gallery

The Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas offers an interactive visitor experience that interprets the history of Nevada dating back millions of years to the present. Across a 13,000 square-foot permanent gallery visitors hear how geology shaped the Great Basin, learn about the plant and animals that inhabit our great state, and see Nevada’s state … Read More

Permanent Gallery