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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Children's Museum of Northern Nevada
Category: Museums - Tahoe Attractions & Activities
Address: 813 N Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701
Intended to be a source of fun, education, and discovery for young people, this facility presents colorful, wide-open spaces in which kids can explore and learn experientially. Exhibits are as basic as dress-up and as instructional as provoking interest in the scientific premises behind mirrors, gravity, and emergency medicine. Other displays...
Category: Museums - Tahoe Attractions & Activities
Address: 12593 Donner Pass Rd, Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee, CA 96161
Within a much-loved park that offers fishing, hiking, camping, and lake access is this museum that charts local history. It addresses the logging industry, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the presence and legacy of Native Americans, and the feats of local settlers. However, its most prominent draw is a focus on the Donner Party, the...
Category: Museums - Tahoe Attractions & Activities
Address: 130 W Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, CA 96145
Set in a wooded grove, this gracious log structure replicates the original gatekeeper's house, which burned down in the early 80s. The gatekeeper's job was to regulate water flow out of the lake, and the museum notes his role, along with many other facets of local history. Artifacts and ephemera relating to logging, geology, skiing, tourism, the...
Category: Museums - Tahoe Attractions & Activities
Address: 600 N Carson St, Carson City, NV 89710
Originally built in the late 19th century as a US Mint, this museum is a treasure trove of local history. Not only does it showcase how the mint once functioned and stamped coins, but it houses re-creations of a mine and a ghost town. You can also learn about the state's history, trace the Native American experience, and marvel at the skeleton of...
Category: Museums - Tahoe Attractions & Activities
Address: 2180 S Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701
Train aficionados are passionate about the early era of American rail transportation, and this museum's focus on western routes and equipment keeps them mesmerized. The draw is cars and locomotives from Nevada, especially those from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. In all, the collection presents more than 60 restored components; their survival,...
Sierra Nevada Children's Museum
Category: Museums - Tahoe Attractions & Activities
Address: 11711 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee Kidzone, Truckee, CA 96161
Young, impressionable minds get plenty of opportunity to absorb the workings of the world at this engaging facility. Interactive exhibits permit them to practice the concepts they learn while playing, laughing, and socializing. Arts and crafts promote creativity, the computer center teaches manual dexterity and problem-solving, and story time...
Category: Museums - Tahoe Attractions & Activities
Address: 560 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, CA 96145
One of Tahoe City's oldest buildings – it remains where it was built in 1908 – this picturesque cabin was home to one of the area's first year-round families. Constructed by a father and son, it was unusual in that it featured indoor plumbing. In 1979, the cabin was restored and named to the National Register of Historic Places. Today, it...
