AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo recently visited the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas. The Nevada State Museum & Historical Society opened to the public in November 1982. At the time of its completion, the building at 700 Twin Lakes Drive in Lorenzi Park was the largest structure of its kind in Nevada built expressly as a museum. The Museum in Lorenzi Park had three major galleries: Biological Sciences, Geological Sciences and History/Prehistory. The museum also included a changing exhibit gallery, various corridor exhibitions, a research library, and collection storage. With 70,000 square-feet of exhibit, library, collection storage, and public space, the new Nevada State Museum at the Springs Preserve is double the size of the former location at Lorenzi Park.
Welcome to the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas 
Stardust time capsule 
Postcards of Las Vegas Hotel-Casinos no longer with us 
Explorer John Fremont known as the “Pathfinder of the West” 
A theodolite is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes. 
The traditional use has been for land surveying, but they are also used extensively for building and infrastructure construction, and some specialized applications such as meteorology and rocket launching.[ 
19th-century Howitzer cannon that accompanied American explorer and politician John C. Frémont on an expedition to the American West and Nevada in the mid 19th century. 
Steve Wynn built The Mirage 
Businessman Kirk Kerkorian built three hotels: The Westgate, Bally’s and MGM Grand 
Antique slot machines 
Showgirl outfit 
Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman 
Antique Keno cage spinner 
Visit the Nevada State Museum at 333 S. Valley View Blvd
NSMLV is located on the campus of the Springs Preserve, just across the street from Meadows Mall. For more information, go to https://www.lasvegasnvmuseum.org/