Museums

Washoe County – Includes Reno & Washoe Valley

	Website links and photo galleries	Description
	The National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection)	This museum includes most of the Harrah collection as well as a wide variety of vintage automobiles from other sources.
	Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center	Part of the University of Nevada System and located on the UNR campus. The center includes a domed theater, an exhibit hall, classrooms & a science store
	Nevada Historical Society	Located on the UNR campus, the Historical Society includes permanent collections as well as changing exhibits related to the history of Reno and the Truckee Meadows.
	Wilbur D May Center and Wilbur D May Arboretum	The center & arboretum are part of San Rafael Park. The museum includes collections from Wilbur May’s world travels. There is also an arboretum

Storey County - Virginia City

	The Comstock Firemen's Museum	The museum has a collection of fire equipment and artifacts. Exhibits include horse drawn fire wagons, uniform insignia, & emergency lights and sirens
	Western Historic Radio Museum	The collections include vintage radio equipment of all sorts including military & commercial equipment.
	The Fourth Ward School Museum	Exhibits of the original school and the history of the Comstock
	Mark Twain Museum photos	The museum in Virginia City no longer exists. It is now a bookstore. Many original artifacts and pieces of its original history are still on display.

395 North – From Reno to Burns, OR includes the Northeast corner of CA.

	Ft Crook Museum – Fall River Mills, CA Photo gallery	The museum was built in 1962 and is run by the Fort Crook Historical Society. It is located near the site of the original fort which was built in 1857, to protect travelers on the Shasta - Yreka Road and the Lockhart Ferries.
	Modoc County Historical Museum – Alturas, CA	The museum has collections of pioneer and local Indian tribe artifacts as well as natural history exhibits & paleontological exhibits

Ft Crook Museum – Fall River Mills, CA

Photo gallery

The museum was built in 1962 and is run by the Fort Crook Historical Society. It is located near the site of the original fort which was built in 1857, to protect travelers on the Shasta - Yreka Road and the Lockhart Ferries.

Modoc County Historical Museum – Alturas, CA

The museum has collections of pioneer and local Indian tribe artifacts as well as natural history exhibits & paleontological exhibits

395 South - Carson City, the Minden/Genoa/ Gardnerville area & south to Lone Pine

	Nevada State Museum	Permanent collections include Coin Press No. 1, an underground mine tour, and the Silver Service from the USS Nevada Battleship.
	The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada	A play based learning experience, the museum includes exhibits and a science workshop. You can hold birthday parties at this museum.
Mammoth Consolidated Mine – Mammoth Lakes, CA Photo gallery		Mammoth Consolidated mine operated betwen 1927 and 1933. It is located in the mountains above Mammoth Lakes
Manzanar Historic Site – Lone Pine, CA photo gallery		Located 9 miles North of Lone Pine off Hwy 395 Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.

U. S. 50 – South Lake Tahoe, CA to Baker, NV

	Churchill County Museum, Fallon NV	Artifacts from pioneer crossings of the 40 mile desert and a steam roller used to construct the Lahontan Dam
	Northern Nevada Railway, Ely NV	See & ride on historic trains. The Museum provides hands on experiences and you can even spend the night in a caboose or bunkhouse
	Tahoe Historical Society Museum – South Lake Tahoe, CA	This museum includes a completely furnished miners cabin as well as all sorts of interesting artifacts and displays from the early days of the Tahoe Basin.

Interstate 80 – Reno to Wendover

	Humbolt Museum - Winnemucca, NV	This museum includes a 1880's store, an 1899 Eastlake style home as well as collections of remains from the ice age and Indian artifacts
	Trail of the 49er's Interpretive Center – Wells, NV	The Trail of the 49ers consists of artifacts, documents and animal displays along with a period covered wagon

US 89 – Tahoe to Lassen

	Western Pacific Railroad Museum - Portola CA	This is a living museum. Many of the trains still run. The building housing the exhibits and gift shop is still a working train repair and maintenance shop.
	Plumas County Museum – Quincy CA	Includes a collection of baskets woven by the area's original Mountain Maidu Indians & collections of the mining & timber industries in Plumas County.

Special RV related museums

	Baker Heritage Museum – Baker City, OR -\|- photo galleries & other information	Baker City was the birthplace of Wally Byam. The museum has a collection of Wally Byam memorabilia donated from the estate of Helen Byam Schwamborn
	RV/MH Hall of Fame – Elkhard, IN	Probably the premier RV museum, it includes a Hall of Fame, a museum, events center. & library

Museums . Nv Dept Cultural Affairs Museums Division http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/

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