Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas

Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas From prehistoric creatures to fabulous showgirls, explore the story of Nevada and Las Vegas. The museum is open Thursday to Monday, 9am - 4pm.

Tickets are required for non members for entry - book here: https://bit.ly/3cS7Eba. Members can show their membership cards on entry. The Nevada State Museum 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 exhibit gallery visitors will find how geology shaped the Great Basin and Nevad

a, learn of the early flora and fauna that roamed this once great sea. Hear the story of Native Americans, pioneers, early settlers, miners, railroaders, ranchers and entrepreneurs. Learn about the Hoover Dam, the atomic era and the rise of Las Vegas as the resort capital of the world. The museum also features a research library, educational labs and a store.

Black and white photograph of magician David Copperfield from the Stars of Magic Concert for Hunger in Africa at the Tro...
05/30/2026

Black and white photograph of magician David Copperfield from the Stars of Magic Concert for Hunger in Africa at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino on May 30, 1985 🪄

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Liberace on opening night at Caesars Palace, May 27, 1971 🌟📸: 0135:0130
05/27/2026

Liberace on opening night at Caesars Palace, May 27, 1971 🌟

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Happy National Showgirl Day! 🌟This past week, we partnered with Anita Mann and the team of FANTASY in commemoration of N...
05/24/2026

Happy National Showgirl Day! 🌟

This past week, we partnered with Anita Mann and the team of FANTASY in commemoration of National Showgirl Day, which recognizes the legacies of past and present showgirls who give Las Vegas its iconic image. With past and current performers present, attendees celebrated the history of the showgirl in Las Vegas as well as the artistic discipline required in creating its unrecognizable image throughout the entire world.

The team also donated to our collections a showgirl costume from the 1999 opening of Midnight Fantasy! Here are some photos from the day!

The Moulin Rouge photographed the day before its opening. Photos taken by Jay Florian Mitchell on May 23, 1955📸: 0107:03...
05/23/2026

The Moulin Rouge photographed the day before its opening. Photos taken by Jay Florian Mitchell on May 23, 1955

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Musician and band leader, Spike Jones (left), with Sue Barian (center) and Joe Sullivan (right), at a party at The Dunes...
05/21/2026

Musician and band leader, Spike Jones (left), with Sue Barian (center) and Joe Sullivan (right), at a party at The Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 21, 1955⁠. Photo taken by Jay Florian Mitchell

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The Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas presents our first Common Threads event: "Hunting for a Serial Killer in Virginia Cit...
05/19/2026

The Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas presents our first Common Threads event: "Hunting for a Serial Killer in Virginia City in the late 1800’s"

Robin Flinchchum is an award-winning journalist and historian whose work explores crime, myth, and memory in the early American West. She will be discussing her fascinating new book, "The Redemption of Julia Bulette: Murder, Myth & the Hunt for a Serial Killer in Early Virginia City."

On a cold January night in 1867, Virginia City pr******te Julia Bulette was strangled in her bed. Her accused killer, John Millain, was swiftly caught and publicly hanged, and the case was considered closed.

More than 150 years later, Flinchum asks what was overlooked. Was Millain responsible for other murders, reduced to passing mentions in old newspapers and forgotten by history? Tracing a possible trail of violence from San Francisco’s Tenderloin to Nevada’s richest mining town, Flinchum uncovers how myth, memory, and justice collide in the early American West.

Join us for an afternoon of history, mystery, and conversation.

New activities for explorers of all ages every week!Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural an...
05/16/2026

New activities for explorers of all ages every week!

Experience a fun, interactive way to learn about Nevada’s natural and human history. Bring the whole family and ignite your curiosity with a hands-on education collection of artifacts and fossils, workshops, crafts, puzzles and games. With new activities every week, there’s always something new to discover.

Check out at 11am-3pm in our Education Room! May 16th, 25th, and 30th! Afterwards, Discovery Saturday's programs will resume August 1st.

Please follow us on our social media platforms for updates and cancellations relating to this program.

Joe Calvin Hays, Aviation Radioman 2nd Class, on the deck of the USS Nevada in the South Pacific after the Battle of Oki...
05/15/2026

Joe Calvin Hays, Aviation Radioman 2nd Class, on the deck of the USS Nevada in the South Pacific after the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

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Join us to get up close and personal with Nevada’s state fossil, Shonisaurus popularis, commonly known as Ichthyosaur! L...
05/11/2026

Join us to get up close and personal with Nevada’s state fossil, Shonisaurus popularis, commonly known as Ichthyosaur! Learn about this giant marine reptile from the Triassic period and of those who have ventured out into the mountains and desert of Nevada in search of their fossils.

$5 suggested donation. Your donation directly supports our educational programs at the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas.

Man on a cableway above the tunnels as part of the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam on May 9, 1933. Handwritten on ...
05/09/2026

Man on a cableway above the tunnels as part of the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam on May 9, 1933.

Handwritten on the envelope is "667 Man on cableway above No. 3 & 4 Tunnel May 9th 1933." The inventory companion book states "Neg. no. 667 May 9, 1933 Man on cableway above no 3&4 tunnel. Mining laws didn't permit this type of risk".

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Las Vegas, NV

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

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+17024865205

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