Celebrating 30 years of momentous accomplishments, curating new and diverse exhibits, and always keeping the mission of life long learning at the base of everything we do is why our museum has lasted 3 decades, and hopefully beyond that. Our building may have started off as an old Elk's Lodge (#1458 to be exact), but in July of 1991, it transformed into something new and became the basis for our community to explore their interest of the natural world. Boasting different exhibits that range from marine life, to ancient Egypt, to our Prehistoric gallery, to our Africa exhibit and back to our Nevada room (with a few other exhibits as well) we offer our visitors a chance to not only travel back in time, but to also learn about the current world around them.
While we have many wonderful curated areas in our museum, "one of the important parts of the museum is our paleontology lab. We are a state and federal repository for the state of Nevada. And we have been able to bring home Nevada's fossils that had been previously in storage," Kate Porter, our co-executive director has emphasized. Operated by none other than Dr. Steve Rowland, previously a UNLV professor of Geology, and a number of volunteers, the lab serves as an area for our visitors to stop by and see these students, and Dr. Rowland, work on their research projects just a few feet away and to ask them questions about what they're up to, questions about fossils, and so much more!
Community is so important to us because this museum was created off the dedication of a small group of volunteers and has been sustained by not only our current team of 20 people, but by our dedicated volunteers of all ages, our members, and our donors. Much of our collections on display have been donated by various generous people who might've grown up going to the museum or who have a strong emotional connection and want to see it thrive. Whatever the reasons may be, our little non profit museum is funded, taken care of, and sustained through the countless visitors from all over the world, our dedicated team and volunteers, and all our sponsors. Watch the video below to hear more, and afterwards think about planning a visit to the museum soon.
To read the full article, click the link below. Thank you Jordan Gartner for covering our museum!
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