UNR Museum of People, Place, and Time

Name: UNR Museum of People, Place, and Time
Address: 1664 N. Virginia Street, Ansari Building Room 528, Reno, NV, 89557, US
Telephone: +17756826306
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UNR Museum of People, Place, and Time

The Museum of People, Place, and Time is University of Nevada, Reno's anthropology museum.

We feature object-based storytelling in collaboration with Nevada's communities. Find us in the Ansari Building, Room 528 at the University of Nevada, Reno!

09/02/2026

Yesterday, Ira Coffey (Paiute-Shoshone) visited Anthropology 449B—Lithic Artifact Analysis— to share his knowledge of flintknapping with students. He provided a hands on demonstration in the Museum. Events like this bring the campus and surrounding communities together to provide students with a range of learning experiences.

Ira's work is currently on display in the Museum, come visit to see it for yourself!

09/01/2026

We will be back to regular hours this week! The Museum will be open weekly Wednesday through Saturday from 12 to 5 pm.

If you are an educator and you're interested in booking a field trip please reach out to us at [email protected]

We hope to see you soon!

08/26/2026

Learn more about flintknapping, the art of making stone tools, from the makers featured in our exhibit!

Thank you to the makers and alumni for participating in the film and sharing their knowledge, photos, and expertise.

Featured participants: Jeanne Binning, Ira Coffey, Linsie Lafayette, Michael Lenzi, Joseph Lent, Steven Kulupeč Saffold, Daniel Stueber, Diane Teeman, and Madeline Ware.

Flintknapping demo by Steven Kulupeč Saffold

Objects featured were created by the makers, including Mike Frank (

Written by: Geoff Smith, Jordan Pratt, Zoe Levit
Director: Gwedolyn Clancy
Cinematography: Sara Ewing
Editing: Dejanae Wethersby
Special thanks to Jared Longland, CJ Branch, and Digital Media

08/14/2026

Thanks for coming to visit!

For those interested in more information:
1) beaded basket by Bernie DeLorme (Western Shoshone; Acc. 000-22-2);
2) Pyramid Lake (Kooyooe Pa’a Panunadu) beaded basket by Rebecca Eagle Lambert (Paiute-Shoshone; Acc. 000-34-001);
3-7) baskets from the Huber Basket Collection. 3) pinecone basket (Mohawk; Acc. 82-107-558); 4) Tlingit basket (Acc. 82-107-464;
5) rattlesnake platter (maker unknown; Acc. 82-107-291);
6) woven hat (Klamath/Modoc; Acc. 82-107-255);
7) feathered basket (Pomo; Acc. 82-107-478).

Portions of the Huber Collection can be viewed online via our website!

08/06/2026

Behind the Scenes: Bottles from Virginia City's Chinatown (UNR-MPPT Acc. #86-04)!

Every bottle has a story. Shapes, seams, and colors can tell us when and how it was made, where it came from, and what it was for.

The bottles in this post all come from Virginia City's Chinatown (26ST34). The Chinese district in Virginia City boomed in ~1870 with over 500 residents. Portions of Virginia City's Chinatown were excavated by archaeologist Dr. Don Hardesty & his team in the mid 1980s.

Thank you to our intern Treasure Hunt for creating this post.

08/04/2026

Last Friday our Upward Bound Classic + Math & Science summer intern, Treasure Hunt, finished her internship by presenting a poster at the Upward Bound Showcase!

Treasure spent six weeks working with us, primarily in the museum’s repository. She learned about collections management strategies and helped with public outreach efforts.

One of Treasure’s main tasks was rehousing a legacy collection from Virginia City’s Chinatown (26ST35). Here you can see photos of some of the objects Treasure rehoused, including leather shoe fragments, ceramics, and glass bottles. You can also see one of the museum’s mascots - Peeps the Pika!

Thank you to Treasure for all of her hard work this summer!

Stay tuned later in the week for a post she created on her work in the museum.

07/07/2026

Today the Davidson Academy summer camp came to visit!

06/29/2026

We had a great time at the Archaeology Roadshow in Burns/Hines this weekend! We had lots of folks stop by the table to try out the puzzle and make their own stamped spear 🦣

Thanks to everyone who helped organize and put on the event!

06/23/2026

This Saturday, June 27th, we will be participating in the Archaeology Roadshow in Burns/Hines, Oregon!

The Archaeology Roadshow is a public archaeology event held in communities throughout Oregon.

🔥Join this year to learn about the Archaeology of Fire and Water!💧

📅 Saturday, June 27th, 2026
⏰10am - 3pm
📍Hines Park

🔍 Do you have an object you want to learn about? Bring it to the Roadshow! A panel of experts can help you learn more about it (no appraisals given).

06/12/2026

Earlier this week the Little Wolf Pack Explorers Summer Camp (UNR College Of Education & HD Child & Family Research Center) visited the museum! They toured the exhibit and helped us search the museum for our Great Basin animal friends: Lawrence, Burley, Everett, and Peeps 🐪🦣🐏🐿️*

Big thanks to our spring interns: Jacob, who helped design the activity, and Caroline Syzdek, who created cute drawings of our friends!

*unfortunately there isn’t a pika emoji…

Address

1664 N. Virginia Street, Ansari Building Room 528
Reno, NV
89557

Telephone

+17756826306

Website

https://linktr.ee/UNR_MPPT, https://www.unr.edu/anthropology/research-and-facilities/museum-of-people-place-and-time

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