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News & Events
Museum to Resume Operations Five Days Per Week
Starting January 21, 2021, the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, will be open five days per week! The museum’s hours will be Thursday through Monday, 9:00am to 4:30pm. The museum will remain closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Ironhorse Rail Camp, June 10-13 2021
Click to register or find out more information. Attendees will explore the basics of railroad operations during the Ironhorse Rail Camp. Attendees will begin the camp in the classroom learning about railroad safety rules and will have to pass a safety test. After the classroom activities individuals will gain hands-on experience preparing the equipment for […]
New Podcast to Debut in 2021
Which question about Nevada railroad history, technology, historic preservation, or the museum’s collections would you like NSRM to explore? The Nevada State Railroad Museum is starting a podcast in 2021 to answer questions about railroading from the public. Museum staff and volunteers will investigate your questions and work to find the answers. Submit your questions […]
New Chapters Discovered in Nevada Suffrage and Railroad History presentation now online
On July 2, the Nevada State Railroad Museum and the Nevada Women’s History Project collaborated on a presentation regarding Nevada’s suffrage movement and its connection to the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Watch the presentation here:
ONLINE EVENT: New Discoveries in Nevada Suffrage, Railroad History
On February 7, 1920, Nevada Governor Emmet Boyle signed a resolution ratifying the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States following a special session of the Nevada Legislature. Nevada became the 28th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote. To commemorate this historic occasion, the Nevada Women’s […]
Audio Tour of the Museum Now Available
The Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, has just added an audio tour of the Jacobsen Interpretive Center, featuring our sesquicentennial exhibit on Transcontinental Railroad. Click here to find it (it’s optimized for mobile phone users). You can listen to it on our app! Search “Nevada State Museums” in Apple’s App Store or on Android […]
Railroad museum accepts full-sized replica of V&T’s first locomotive
CARSON CITY, Nevada – The old saying that legends never die might also be said about old locomotives. Many of those iron horses, long lost to time or the scrap heap, live on through historic photographs, artwork and the hearts and minds and skillful hands of railroad buffs. That is certainly the case with the […]
‘The Transcontinental Railroad: What a Difference it Made’
CARSON CITY, Nevada – The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost for people and goods to move across country and accelerating the western expansion of the industrial revolution. This spring, the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City will unveil a major […]
