Family Fun Saturday at the Nevada State Museum

Make a bookmark or card with animal track designs or an animal mask to take home. Learn about wild animal diversity in Nevada.

Discover the difference between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Find out what can be learned from animal tracks and scat.

To kick off our Dia de los Muertos celebration this year I will lead a craft making Facebook Live event at 10 a.m. Saturday as part of the Nevada State Museum Family Fun Saturday. We will be making tissue paper flowers that are used to decorate Dia de los Muertos Altars.

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why: Because Santa Claus is coming to Carson City!

While visiting the Nevada State Museum on Dec. 8, join us for Pines Are Fine.

Make a holiday wreath and a pine needle angel to decorate your tree or packages. Make a table top holiday tree out of a pine cone.

Make paper poppies to help the Nevada State Museum in Carson City commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. We want to fill the Dema Guinn Concourse with paper poppies on Nov. 10th to commemorate the end of WWI.

Learn how to identify wildflowers. Discover the parts of all flowers. Explore the unique features of local wildflowers in a lab setting. Find out why poppies are a symbol of remembrance.

Welcome to the weekend, Carson City. Now that we are in November, thoughts turn to the holiday season. That means craft fairs. St. Paul’s Lutheran Family on Saliman welcomes you to their annual Craftique Open House. You’ll find the Young at Heart Seniors Club hosting a faire at the Douglas County Community Center. The Carson Nugget’s Sierra Room will be home to several artisans, vendors, and crafters during today’s wine walk. There’s quite a bit more, and plenty that doesn’t involve shopping, so take a look and have a great time.

SATURDAY:

Make a pine needle angel to decorate your holiday tree and craft a holiday wreath out of cones this Saturday at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City.

The clock is ticking for last minute shoppers. Luckily, Carson City has great options for everyone on the list. Telegraph Square in downtown will be hopping with a Santa parade, vendors, and a pirate ship, in addition to great shops. The Brewery Arts Center is hosting a weekend-long art sale with one of a kind options throughout the campus. Art is a great gift, and making it is even more fun. Carson City Pottery is holding an open house today; a gift certificate for a pottery class is perfect for all skill levels.

SATURDAY:

“Family Fun Saturdays” returns to the Nevada State Museum in Carson City with “Fun with Rock Art and Coyote Stories” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. Guests will be challenged to look at images of Nevada rock art and ask how it fits into understanding American Indian culture and archaeology, what it is, where it came from and how it can be protected.

Discover fungi, amazing organisms that are neither plants nor animals. Learn their symbiotic role in recycling nutrients and energy, how some are used for food and medicine, but others can be dangerous.

Make a cute mushroom craft to take home; view an exciting animated PowerPoint presentation.

No reservations needed. All ages welcome. Contact Deborah Stevenson: dstevenson@nevadaculture.org or 775-687-4810, ext.

Family Fun Saturday at the Nevada State Museum on Dec. 13 features a special holiday program, Pines are Fine. All ages welcome to the event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Make a pine needle angel to decorate your holiday tree and craft a holiday wreath out of cones; choose easy crafts for younger audiences. Learn how to tell a pine from a fir or spruce by looking at their cones and needles. Discover one of our state trees, the Pinyon Pine, a plant collected during John C. Frémont’s 2nd expedition.

In partnership with Friends of Nevada Wilderness and the U.S. Forest Service, “Family Fun Saturdays” returns to the Nevada State Museum in Carson City with a program to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act Saturday, Sept. 13.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., guests will explore how to set up a tent, leave no trace, name that animal, be safe and find directions using a compass. Visitors will learn skills to help plan their own camping trips to Nevada’s wild lands this fall.

Looking for a fun, educational activity to enrich your Saturday? Discover Family Fun Saturdays at the Nevada State Museum.

Saturday, May 17 features Exploring Topographical Maps and the Fremont exhibit, from 10 am - 3 pm for ages ten and up. Discover how to read a topo map to plan hikes, understand the flow of water, and appreciate the rugged Nevada landscape; construct a hill using contour layers and learn how to read a compass.

Nevada State Museum presents something new for the April 5 Family Fun Saturday:
Great Basin Young Chautauqua Celebrates Nevada’s Sesquicentennial, a program for all ages featuring young costumed performers depicting historical characters and modern personalities with ties to Nevada:
John C. Fremont (Max Johnson)
Jedediah Strong Smith (Alex Johnson)
Wild Horse Annie (Danielle Shumard)
Eilley Orrum Bowers (Katie Fralick)
Mark Twain (Aaron Tucker)
Sarah Winnemucca (Jordyn LaPlante)
June Carter Cash (Genna Kirgin)
Janis Joplin (Jillian Kirgin)

Enjoy Family Fun Saturday at the Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson Street in Carson City. Make a twined basket to take home using techniques similar to those used for thousands of years in the Great Basin.

Hurry! Class size limited to 10 children, ages 10 and up, with a parent or adult guardian. This 3-hour class will include breaks and a short introduction to Nevada's wetlands. Free for museum members! Non-members must pay $10 per basket kit plus the regular adult admission fee of $8. Advanced registration required by Jan. 10. Contact dstevenson@nevadaculture.org or call 775-687-4810.

Join in on family fun at the Nevada State Museum Discovery Lab on Saturday, Sept. 8. This month's program features Beastly Encounters: Animals of Nevada from 1-3:30 pm. Observe skulls, scat, tracks and feet and make a bookmark with animal tracks to take home. Free with regular paid admission: $8 for adults; free for museum members and children 17 and under. Nevada State Museum, is located at 600 N. Carson Street, Carson City. Contact Deborah: dstevenson@nevadaculture.org or 775-687-4810, ext. 237.