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Roll back the clock to 1907 and explore this original gateway to the heritage of the Nevada Northern Railway.

It’s not every day that you unearth a city. But when we did, it was a cultural treasure.

Thanks to an abundant selection of rare photographs, mining and mineral artifacts stemming from the mighty Comstock Lode, visitors to The Way It Was can revel in an amazing window of the area’s rich Western heritage.

Nestled in the heart of Reno’s Midtown District, The Discovery Museum is Nevada’s largest children’s museum and hands-on science center, connecting a curious public with scientific inquiry and innovation.

It took more than a heroic effort to build Hoover Dam in the 1930s; it also took a railroad. The Boulder Branch Line, set up in 1931 to haul all the project’s building materials, lives on in the 21st century as the Nevada State Railroad Museum.

The Hawthorne Ordnance Museum delights fans of all things military history in multiple artifact-packed rooms that showcase the town’s important role as the world’s largest ammunition depot.

Mostly made up of Bill Harrah’s private collection, discover the automobile through the ages at the National Automobile Museum in Reno.

The W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum at the University of Nevada in Reno is more diverse than its name may imply.

Dig into fascinating stories of the Bullfrog Mining District, Rhyolite, Beatty, and much more at this artifact-packed little institution, which retains an amazing collection of historical photos, books, and documents.

Discover the Pahrump Valley’s fascinating stories through displays highlighting the region’s fossils, Indigineous peoples, early pioneers, and even the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository project. Then step outside to tour entire buildings filled with artifacts and other area ephemera.