Nevada State Museum & Carson City Mint
600 N. Carson St.
687-4810
Daily all seasons:
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
$5 adults, $3 seniors,
free age 17 and younger
Originally built as a U.S. Mint which operated from 1870 to 1893 turning Comstock silver into coins. The museum is known worldwide for exhibits ranging from Dat So La Lee Washoe Indian baskets to the remains of an extinct mammoth found in the Blackrock Desert, a ghost town and even an underground mine mockup. Coins are still minted on the historic Coin Press No. 1 the last Friday of every month.

The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada
813 N. Carson St.
884-2226
Tuesday-Sunday
10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
$5 adults, $3 14 & younger,
free 1 & younger
Known for hands-on, interactive learning. From the huge walk-on piano keys to the warped mirrors which distort your image The Children's Museum offers hilarious fun for adults and kids alike. This is a place where discovery and fun go together.

Nevada State Library
and Archives
100 N. Stewart St.
684-3360
Monday to Friday.
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
No charge
Featuring rotating exhibits. The building's design incorporates the state's first printing building, which operated in 1885 and 1886.

Nevada State
Railroad Museum
2180 S. Carson St.
687-6953
Daily 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
$4 adults, $3 seniors,
free for those under age 18
Considered one of the finest regional railroad museums in the country, it includes five steam locomotives and several restored coaches and freight cars. Most featured equipment is from the Comstock era's Virginia & Truckee Railroad, America's richest and most famous short line.


The Roberts House Park and Museum
1207 N. Carson St.
887-2174
Call 887-8865
$3 per person
Plans to raze it in the late 1960s drew a public outcry fierce enough to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for refurbishment. Home to afternoon teas, sewing exhibits, a June garden tour, July ice cream social and the December Victorian Christmas homes tour.

Nevada State Capitol
Corner of Musser & Carson
Call Bob Nylen
at 687-4810, ext. 245
Daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Free, guided tours available
Completed in 1871, Nevada's quintessential, most recognizable landmark with its silver-colored cupola. Changing historic exhibits and state governors' portraits.

Washoe Tribe Archive and Cultural Center
861 Crescent Drive
888-0936
Call for appointment.
Archive facility with tribal and archaeological records and documents of historic importance. Small display of baskets & art created by tribal artisans.

Carson Valley:
Genoa Courthouse
2304 Main St., Genoa
782-4325
10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
mid-May to mid-October.
Donations Appreciated
Douglas County Historical Society members are free. The original Douglas County Cout house from 1865 to 1916, which later served as the Genoa Schoolhouse. Today it features pioneer exhibits, Washoe Indian artifacts and basketry.

Dake Hawkins House
2242 Main St.
782-4951
Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
No charge
Built in the early 1870s, this gothic Victorian home is considered one of the oldest in Nevada. Victorian furnishings and country pine on display.

Mormon Station
2295 Main St.
782-2590
Daily May 1 – mid October.
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
$2/person, 12 & under free
A trading post established during the California Gold Rush where travelers rested and purchased supplies before tackling the Sierra Nevada. The first permanent settlement in Nevada was later renamed Genoa. Museum and stockade exhibits. Picnic area.

Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center
1477 Hwy 395, Gardnerville
782-2555
Monday to Saturday
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
$3 adult, $2 for teens and children, free for those under 6 Douglas County Historical Society members are free. Ethnic and American Indian, Carson Valley history and changing exhibits. The Cultural Center also housed a school from 1916 to 1985.


Virginia City:
Nevada State Fire Museum
51 S. C St.
847-0717
Daily mid-May – mid Oct.
10 a.m.–4 p.m. closed Thurs
Free, donations appreciated.
Originally organized in the 1860s, Liberty Engine Company No. 1 is still an operating volunteer fire fighting unit. Vintage photographs, uniforms, tools & memorabilia from the Comstock Era are on display.

Mackay Mansion
129 D St.
847-0173
Built in 1860 as headquarters for John Mackay, "King of the Comstock." Mining artifacts, original furnishings and Tiffany silver are exhibited.

Fourth Ward School Cultural Center
& Museum
537 S. C St.
847-0975
Daily May–Oct.
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Admission: $2 adults,
$1 for children ages 6-16
Completed in 1876, the school houses permanent & changing exhibits of the history & culture of the Comstock.

Way It Was
Museum
118 N. C St.
847-0766
Daily, weather permitting,
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Summer 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
$3 adults,
free 11 & younger.
Exhibiting a collection of Comstock mining artifacts plus rare photos, lithographs, and maps from the "Bonanza" period.

The Castle
70 S. B St.
847-0275
Daily end of May–mid-Oct.
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
$3.50 adults,
ages 6–12, 50 cents,
free 5 & younger
The last remaining original mansion with authentic furnishings imported from Europe in 1868. Original paint, crystal chandeliers, silver doorknobs and accents, Italian hanging stairways, Carrara marble fireplaces, and steel engravings from 1852.

Territorial Enterprise
47-53 S. C St.
847-7950
$1 admission
The museum operates a self-guided tour, & is open all year with special winter hours.
The third office of the Territorial Enterprise newspaper, built in 1876, boasted the first steam-press in Nevada. Famous American writers Mark Twain, Alf Doten and Dan DeQuille got their starts here.
Storey
County Courthouse
26-27 S. B St.
847-0968
Monday–Friday
9a.m.-5p.m.
No charge
The state's oldest continuously operating courthouse.

Mark Twain Museum and Bookstore
47 S. C St., Virginia City
847-0454

Marshal Mint Gift Shop and Museum
98 . C St., Virginia City
847-0777
Winter 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.,
weather permitting,
summer hrs. 10a.m.- 5p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
No charge

Nevada
Gambling Museum
22 S. C St., Virginia City
847-9022
Open daily 10:30a.m.-5p.m.
Museum $1.50 a person
children under 11 free

Additional Virginia City Museums:
Wild West Museum, Piper's Opera House, Virginia City Radio Museum, Julia C. Bulette's Museum.