Friends of Nevada State Museum Las Vegas

Friends of Nevada State Museum Las Vegas Friends exist to promote & advocate for museum, to raise funds to enhance museum, & to provide volunteers. We also share museum news & events.

Our FB page promotes Friends events, as well as our ongoing projects, achievements; we share museum news, too. To promote the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas by sharing time, funds, expertise and enthusiasm ...
.. the Friends of Nevada State Museum Las Vegas began meeting in May 2016 to organize itself, led by the group’s founding president, Mary Savage. In June 2016, members adopted a set of by

-laws and a board of officers was formed. The group incorporated in early July 2016, and received its tax-exempt 501c3 status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service later the same month. The first issue of its newsletter, the Friends Folio, came out Aug. 1, 2016, and comes out monthly. To get on our mailing list, send your request to [email protected].

04/15/2026
01/04/2026

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The first Friends meeting of 2026 will be held on Thursday, January 15 at 2:30pmat the museum. Doors open at 1:30pm and as always, everyone iswelcome.

The first meeting of the year is important for several reasons:
1. We will elect a new slate of officers
2. We will vote on new bylaws and guidelines for the next year
3. The museum will discuss events for 2026
4. We will review our financial outlook for 2026
5. Rick Gawne, Natural History Curator, will discuss some of his ongoing projects.

The meeting is in 2 1/2 weeks sowrite the date down and plan to attend.

The final Friends meeting of 2025 will be held on Thursday, December 18, at 2:30pm in the Events room at the Nevada Sta...
12/05/2025

The final Friends meeting of 2025 will be held on Thursday, December 18, at 2:30pm in the Events room at the Nevada State Museum. Doors are open at 2 PM. In addition to refreshments and goodies, the program will consist of:

1. A tour of the new incubator room paid for by the Friends
2. A downstairs collections tour focusing on items obtained by the
Friends for the Museum, particularly the new saddlebags
3. Discussion on the Friends future for 2026

It will be an interesting and informal meeting. Join us for a relaxing hour.

The next Friends meeting will be held on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025, at 2:30 pm at the Museum. All members and the pu...
10/26/2025

The next Friends meeting will be held on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025, at 2:30 pm at the Museum. All members and the public are invited to hear Sean Neiswenter, Associate Professor-on-residence, School of Life Sciences at UNLV. Sean's research focuses on the classification, conservation, and natural history of mammals. His expertise is conservation biology.

Living in the desert is physiologically challenging. The continued development in Clark County poses a number of additional issues for native species. Sean will discuss some of the conservation research he has been conducting on a quintessential desert rodent, Chaetodipus penicillatus, the desert pocket mouse.

Join us to learn about these tiny mammals who share our home area. Be ready for a very different and thought provoking discussion.

Get ready for the holidays! Mark your calendars now!
10/18/2025

Get ready for the holidays! Mark your calendars now!

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C/o Nevada State Museum/309 S. Valley View Boulevard 89107
Las Vegas, NV
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