This museum also has a slot machine collection, after all, it is in Nevada's capital city. This collection shows the evolution of slot machines through the years.
There is also a "Creatures of Nevada" exhibit. It shows life size replicas of such denizens of the desert as Desert Tortoise, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Great Basin Rattlesnake and many others.
There is an exhibit about the history of the Stewart Indian School, which was once located on the south side of Carson city until its closure in 1981.
A particularly fascinating exhibit is a collection of photos from the early 20th century boom town of Goldfield, which reached its maximum size in 1906 in what has been dubbed as "Nevada's second mining boom." This mining boom was concentrated in the central part of the state and gold was the mineral that drew people from far and wide to that part of the state. I will have more to say on Goldfield later in this blog because I went through this town a few days after my visit to Carson City.
About 1 1/2 miles south of the state capitol building is the Nevada State Railroad Museum. This museum has 5 steam locomotives, several restored passenger coach cars and several freight cars on display from various time periods. Railroads played an important part of life in the late 1800s and were invaluable to mines and mining communities.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to both of these museums. They do an excellent job of interpreting the state's history.
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