RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Over a dozen museums on UNR’s campus and in the local community are opening up their doors to the public for free on Saturday, October 19th. From 10 am to 4 pm. “We are so excited to bring this event back after five years. Day at the Museum is back for UNR,” said Cynthia Scholl, an Educational Coordinator at Museum of Natural History.
Experts will teach you about art, history, earth science, life science, and outer space.
“Active areas of research are about pollinators in Nevada, bee diversity, and bumble bee behavior. We have a really large set of tropical insects and a lot of researchers who study those. A super active plant collection where we are naming all of the plants in Nevada and the counties that you can find them in,” stated Scholl.
If you are feeling brave, you can even hold reptiles. “Sometimes the snakes, the live animals, are a joy for me. We have endangered fish, and endangered toads that only live in one valley in Nevada,” said School. “Those are some things that bring me a lot of joy.”
A list of all of the museums that you can visit:
🪐Fleischmann Planetarium
💎W. M. Keck Museum
🐍Museum of Natural History
🐝The Biggest Little Pollinator Garden
🎨The Lilley Museum of Art
🖼Sheppard Contemporary and University Galleries
🌳University of Nevada, Reno Arboretum
📷Special Collections and University Archives
🔍Shared History Gallery
📚Nevada Historical Society
🐒Anthropology Research Museum
🗺️Jon Bilbao Basque Library
🧭Wilbur D. May Museum (northwest of campus)
🏛Nevada State Museum (tabling on the Quad)
There is a scavenger hunt and bingo card that you can fill out along your journey.
“We have some really fun Bingo prizes tomorrow. If you visit four museums in a row or get a blackout, you can get some really awesome prizes. More information about that is on the website,” added Scholl.
Free parking is available in any of the garages and non-metered parking zones around the University of Nevada, Reno campus.
For access to an interactive map of our museum locations, visit maps.unr.edu and find the “Day at the Museum” category under “Campus Events” on the main home screen.
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