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- Nevada State Museum
- (775) 687-4810
- 600 N. Carson St. at Robinson St., Carson City, NV
- Minerals, mining, Native Americans, natural history, geology and wild life are the focus
of this museum's exhibits. The largest known assembled imperial mammoth skeleton in North
America is one of the newest exhibits. The skeleton was unearthed in Nevada's Black Rock
Desert. You can also visit a replica of a silver mine and a ghost town, see cowboy gear,
firearms, gaming memorabilia and a history gallery of famous Nevadans.
- Open daily 8:30am to 4:30pm (winter) & 9:00am to 5:30pm (summer)
- Adults $3, Seniors $2.50 & Under age 18 FREE
- Nevada State Railroad Museum
- (775) 687-6953
- 2180 S. Carson St at Fairview Dr., Carson, NV
- Photographic displays, memorabilia and original equipment from the Virginia and Truckee
Railroads await you at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Five steam locomotives, several
passenger cars and freight cars, a flatcar and a caboose from railroads that operated
during the late 1860's to 1950 are part of a 25 piece display. Some weekends feature
actual rides aboard a train on and around the 13 acre property.
- Open daily 8:30am to 4:30pm
- Adults $2 & Under age 18 FREE
- Stewart Indian Children's Museum
- (775) 882-6929
- 5366 Snyder Ave., east of Hwy 395, Carson City, NV
- Artifacts, basketry, an arrowhead collection, photographs, and contemporary arts and
crafts await you at the previous site of the Stewart Indian School. The Stewart Indian
School, a vocational boarding school, has its history recounted in a special exhibit. A
wide variety of arts and crafts and educational materials are available in the gift shop.
- Open daily 10:00am to 5:00pm
- Donation Only
- William F. Harrah Foundation National Automobile Museum
- (775) 333-9300
- 10 Lake St. South at Mill St., Reno NV
- More than 200 rare and classic cars are housed in the hallways and galleries of this
museum. Vintage steam-powered cars to sleek Indy 500 race cars can all be found here.
DeSotos and Packards, a 1962 Studebaker, a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado, a 1910 White and a 1914
Lippard-Stewart are displayed here in authentic settings. Also included is one of Elvis
Presley's Cadillacs, the 1949 Mercury from Rebel Without a Cause, and a 1953
Corvette once owned by John Wayne. The museum also features a multimedia presentation of
the history of the automobile and hand-held audio devices that offer further descriptions
and educational information. A Cafe and gift shop also may be found here.
- Open daily, 9:30am to 5:30pm, Sundays 10am to 4pm (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas)
- Adults $7.50, Seniors $6.50, Children 6-18 years $2.50
- Look for discount coupons around town - $1.00 off for AAA members
- Western SkiSport Museum
- (530) 426-3313
- Boreal Ski Area, Soda Springs, CA
- Hwy. 80 at Castle Peak exit
- Showcasing the history of skiing, this museum's exhibits include snowshoes from the
1850's and ski equipment from throughout the 20th century. See a pair of 8 foot long
cross-country skis used by "Snowshoe
Thompson", a mail carrier from 1856 till 1876. You will also find exciting ski
films.
- Open Summer: Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4pm, Open Winter: Wednesday
through Sunday 10am to 4pm
- Admission: FREE
South Lake Tahoe
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum
- (530) 541-5458
- 3058 Hwy.50 near Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA
- Relics and memorabilia tracing Lake Tahoe area history can be found here. Dioramas
showcase Washoe Indian baskets, arrowheads, spear tips and tomahawk heads. Apache, Hopi,
Navajo, Seminole and Zuni handiworks are all represented in a doll collection. See a 140
year old pipe organ and a model of the S.S. Tahoe, the largest ship ever to sail the lake.
Photographs from the 1880's are on display along with early maps, a collection of ranch
tools and several pair of old skis. A medley of films, Lake Tahoe: 1915-1930 can be
viewed. Behind the museum you will find a toll-house from 1859 and a log cabin built in
1933.
- Open: Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00am to 4:00pm (Memorial Day through Labor
Day) & Saturdays - weather permitting - the rest of the year
- Please call for exact hours as they fluctuate through the year
- Adults & Seniors $1, Children (2-12) $.50
- Tallac Historic Site
- (530) 541-5227
- for information on renting out the Valhalla Estate call (530) 542-4166
- Hwy 89, just South of Emerald Bay next to Camp Richardson, South Lake Tahoe, CA
- Three large estate homes - Pope, Valhalla and Baldwin. The Baldwin Estate is open
with museum daily June - Aug. 10am to 4pm & Sept. 11am to 3pm. The Cultural Arts
Store at the Valhalla Estate is open daily 11am to 3pm. Tours of the Pope Estate are $3,
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 1pm and 2:30pm.
- Gatekeeper's Cabin Museum
- (530) 583-1762
- William B. Layton Park
- 120 W. Lake Blvd. behind Fanny Bridge, Tahoe City, CA
- This hand-carved log cabin exhibits artifacts recounting the history of Lake Tahoe and
was built in 1981 after the original burned down. The original cabin built in 1910 housed
the gatekeepers responsible for regulating Lake Tahoe's water level after the the Truckee
River was dammed. Local rocks and fossils, early skiing gear, logging and railroad
equipment, vintage newspapers and other Lake Tahoe memorabilia are all exhibited here.
Tools, baskets and clothing from the Washoe and Paiute Indian tribes are exhibited. Old
photographs, oral historical recordings and videotapes are available in the research
library. Over 100 Native American dolls and over 800 Native American Baskets are housed in
a new annex.
- 3 acre picnic grounds
- Open: daily June 15 through Labor Day, 11:00am to 5:00pm & May 1st through
June 15 and Labor Day through Oct 1st, Wednesday - Sunday 11:00am to 5:00pm
- Donations: $2.00 Adult, $1.50 Jrs. & Srs, age 12 and under FREE
- Watson Cabin Living Museum
- (530) 583-8717
- 560 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, CA
- A national landmark, this honeymoon cottage was built in 1909 on the shores of Lake
Tahoe. The cabin is decorated with original furnishings and has been preserved to look as
it did at the turn of the century.
- Open: daily, June 15 through Labor Day, Noon till 4:00pm
- Donation Accepted
- Ehrman Mansion
- (530) 525-7982
- Sugar Pine Point State Park
- Hwy. 89, one mile south of Tahoma, CA
- The Ehrman family built this elegant home just after the turn of the century. The Ehrman
family are part owners of the Wells Fargo Bank
and are prominent San Franciscans. The mansion is furnished and maintained with
turn-of-the-century decor.
- Six tours daily, $5.00 per car parking - in addition tours are: Adults $2, Children
(6-12) $1 and 5 & under FREE
- Open: 11:00am to 4:00pm, tours are every hour on the hour, July 1st through Labor
Day
- Vikingsholm
Mansion & Visitor Center
- (530) 525-7232 or (530) 525-7277
- Emerald Bay State Park, 9999 Emerald Bay Road
- One mile hike down from Hwy 89 or visit by boat. Authentic Norse castle built in 1928.
- Open: 8am to 4pm daily
- KidZone Childrens Museum
- (530) 587-5437, e-mail: info@kidzonemuseum.org
- 11711 Donner Pass Road
- A fun, hands-on place to play, discover and learn
- Art activities all day long in the creative center
- An indoor play structure
- Hands-on exhibits with hours of interactive play for children up to age 6
- Open: Wednesday through Saturday 10am to 4pm, daily admission of yearly memberships. Under 1 is free.
- Emigrant Trail
Museum
- (530) 582-7892
- Donner Memorial State Park
- 12593 Donner Pass Rd. off I-80 west of Truckee, CA
- Commemorating the struggles of the survivors and those who perished crossing the
treacherous Donner Pass, this museum exhibits include the musket William Eddy used to
shoot an 800 pound grizzly bear in 1846 and Theodore Judah's original survey map of Lake
Bigler (Lake Bigler is now known as Lake Tahoe). Tape recordings accompany the exhibits. The
Donner Story, a 25 minute video shown hourly, describes the bad luck and foolish
decisions that led to the Donner Party's troubles. The 22 foot base of the Donner Party
statue outside the museum marks the depth of snow that trapped the Donner party in the
winter of 1846.
- Also included in the museum are exhibits of Native American arts and crafts, tools and
clothing. The construction of the Central Pacific Railroad.
- Camping, picnicking, boating, fishing and hiking.
- Museum hours:
- Summer: Memorial Day thru labor Day 10:00 - 5:00 everyday
- Winter: (September - May) 10:00 - 4:00
- Slide show: 10:15, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 Donner Party Story (25 minutes
long)
- Adult $2, Children (6-12) $1, Under 6 FREE
- Truckee-Donner Historical
Society and Old Jail
- (530) 582-0893
- Jiboom Street and Spring Street, P.O. Box 893, Truckee, CA 96160
- The need for a jail in Truckee was proposed in August, 1873. The area was, at that time
sending an average of one prisoner a day to the facilities at Nevada City. Nineteen
citizens donated $25.00 each toward the jail. The contract price was $1,235, exclusive of
iron work. The building began going up August 11, 1875, and was ready for occupancy
September 22 of that year. The original building consisted of just the lower level,
constructed of native stone, the walls being 30 inches thick.
- Open Summer only: 11am to 4pm, Saturday & Sunday
- Donations Accepted
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