'Trailblazing Nevada' exhibit unveiled Wednesday at State Capitol in Carson City
A much fitting and all-new museum experience inside Battle Born Hall at the State Capitol in Carson City called “Trailblazing Nevada” was unveiled Wednesday at a public reception headed by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
The event celebrated a months-long renovation of Battle Born Hall made possible by $700,000 in funding from the NV150 Foundation.
Joining Sandoval in the ceremony was former Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, who served as chairman of NV150 Commission, the entity that produced Nevada’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2014. Bud Hicks of the NV150 Foundation and Peter Barton, administrator of the Nevada Division of Museums and History.
Seattle-based Pacific Studio, working with staff of the Nevada State Museum, created the new exhibits, which celebrates both Nevada’s wide-open and free spirit and its ingenuity that helped shape the state and the nation.
Located inside the former Senate Chambers on the second floor of the capitol, Battle Born Hall is 2,000 square feet and the new exhibit is presented in five exhibit areas that lead visitors on a tour from prehistory, to the mining boom, to statehood, to early Carson City through the 20th Century and looks ahead to the new Nevada of the 21st Century. It includes panels on many of the people and events that defined Nevada in its history.
Each exhibit area also includes interactive interpretive experiences designed to align with 4-grade curriculum to enhance learning.
In addition, as part of the Battle Born Hall celebration, a commemorative special edition “Battle Born” medallion was minted on the Nevada State Museum’s historic Coin Press #1.
The Battle Born Hall is now open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Guided tours of the capitol with docents from the Nevada State Museum take place on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
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