Churchill County Museum
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We're a local museum in Fallon, Nevada, with the aim of helping people forge meaningful connections to Churchill County’s heritage. Find out more at ccmuseum.org!
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It's almost that time once again. Our annual holiday open house will be Saturday, December 6 from 12-3 pm. As always, the wonderful Tintabulations will be joining us. The concert starts at 1, and there will be crafts and light refreshments. Join us for a free afternoon of family holiday fun!
Today is National Rural Health Day! For such a small community, Fallon has a surprisingly rich history of medicine. Check out our Morris and Loring Drugstore counter to learn a bit about healthcare in the early 20th century!
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today is National Rural Health Day! For such a small community, Fallon has a surprisingly rich history of medicine. Check out our Morris and Loring Drugstore counter to learn a bit about healthcare in the early 20th century!
We’re in the middle of Geography Awareness Week, & we wanna share a really neat resource. This is TopoView, a database where you can drop a location point and see every official USGS survey map of the area. Take a look and see how this (or any other) area has changed!
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November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We’re in the middle of Geography Awareness Week, & we wanna share a really neat resource. This is TopoView, a database where you can drop a location point and see every official USGS survey map of the area. Take a look and see how this (or any other) area has changed!
If you visited after our last #nativeamericanheritagemonth post and saw the pictures in our Carson Desert exhibit, most of them were also used in this book! Published in 1977, Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes shows traditional toolmaking step by step. Available from us here: bit.ly/47UMgys
Survival Arts Of The Primitive Paiutes by Margaret M. Wheat (paperback) – Store – Churchill County Museum
This is the story of the Indian people who were living in the western part of Nevada when the thin line of prospectors and pioneers crossed their land in 1849 enroute to the riches of California.…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you visited after our last #nativeamericanheritagemonth post and saw the pictures in our Carson Desert exhibit, most of them were also used in this book! Published in 1977, Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes shows traditional toolmaking step by step. Available from us here: bit.ly/47UMgys
It’s National Butter Day! When most people think of butter churns today, they think of the plunger-type ones. However, barrel churns like this one were also very common, and generally more efficient than plunger churns.
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s National Butter Day! When most people think of butter churns today, they think of the plunger-type ones. However, barrel churns like this one were also very common, and generally more efficient than plunger churns.
In this day in 1918, The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (TCID) organized to represent the water rights holders in Churchill County to the Federal government. They would take over managing the Newlands Project on New Years Day, 1927. (Photo: TCID board & attorneys in front of USRS HQ, 1920)
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In this day in 1918, The Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (TCID) organized to represent the water rights holders in Churchill County to the Federal government. They would take over managing the Newlands Project on New Years Day, 1927. (Photo: TCID board & attorneys in front of USRS HQ, 1920)
We've got some new crafts in the Discovery room! Stop by this weekend to make some thankful leaves, a bee, or your own model of the Woodliff building!
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We've got some new crafts in the Discovery room! Stop by this weekend to make some thankful leaves, a bee, or your own model of the Woodliff building!
It's almost that time once again. Our annual holiday open house will be Saturday, December 6 from 12-3 pm. As always, the wonderful Tintabulations will be joining us. The concert starts at 1, and there will be crafts and light refreshments. Join us for a free afternoon of family holiday fun!
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's almost that time once again. Our annual holiday open house will be Saturday, December 6 from 12-3 pm. As always, the wonderful Tintabulations will be joining us. The concert starts at 1, and there will be crafts and light refreshments. Join us for a free afternoon of family holiday fun!
November is national life writing month and family stories month, and everyday people’s stories are our bread and butter. Even if you don’t think you or your family members have done anything too interesting or impressive, consider writing these stories down.
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
November is national life writing month and family stories month, and everyday people’s stories are our bread and butter. Even if you don’t think you or your family members have done anything too interesting or impressive, consider writing these stories down.
As we mentioned earlier, we're closed today, but Scott wanted to further make note of Veterans day!
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As we mentioned earlier, we're closed today, but Scott wanted to further make note of Veterans day!
In honor of Veterans Day, the museum will be closed today. See you all tomorrow!
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In honor of Veterans Day, the museum will be closed today. See you all tomorrow!
Pumpkin Spice Lattes have been sold across the US since 2004, but did you know that premixed pumpkin pie spices predate it by almost 70 years? Though called pumpkin pie spice rather than simply pumpkin spice, you could buy this mix from the Ben-Hur company, which operated from the 20s to the 50s.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Pumpkin Spice Lattes have been sold across the US since 2004, but did you know that premixed pumpkin pie spices predate it by almost 70 years? Though called pumpkin pie spice rather than simply pumpkin spice, you could buy this mix from the Ben-Hur company, which operated from the 20s to the 50s.
This week for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth we suggest checking out our Carson Desert exhibit. Our diorama features a traditional Paiute home, boat, various baskets, and images showing how traditional practitioners make these structures and tools!
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This week for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth we suggest checking out our Carson Desert exhibit. Our diorama features a traditional Paiute home, boat, various baskets, and images showing how traditional practitioners make these structures and tools!
Looking for something to do with the family this weekend? Curator Scott has a suggestion: Check out our discovery room! Here’s some highlights
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Looking for something to do with the family this weekend? Curator Scott has a suggestion: Check out our discovery room! Here’s some highlights
It’s National Fountain Pen Day! Check out this beautiful green example from 1915, courtesy of the Sarah Plants collection.
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s National Fountain Pen Day! Check out this beautiful green example from 1915, courtesy of the Sarah Plants collection.
A new month means new scavenger hunts! If you can find all the objects on your chosen sheet during your visit, you win a prize!
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A new month means new scavenger hunts! If you can find all the objects on your chosen sheet during your visit, you win a prize!
If you normally stay clean shaven but are taking part in #noshavenovember, you’re probably starting to get itchy enough you might be tempted to pick up one of these! Straight razors like this one were almost universal until about 1901, when the first safety razors appeared.
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you normally stay clean shaven but are taking part in #noshavenovember, you’re probably starting to get itchy enough you might be tempted to pick up one of these! Straight razors like this one were almost universal until about 1901, when the first safety razors appeared.
Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, let us help you celebrate national candy day! We’ve got our candy sticks along with some chocolate rocks. Picking some up would be a pretty sweet way to observe the holiday ;)
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, let us help you celebrate national candy day! We’ve got our candy sticks along with some chocolate rocks. Picking some up would be a pretty sweet way to observe the holiday ;)
November is Native American Heritage Month. Since we’re closed today, if you want to learn more about traditional local Native culture, consider picking up “In the Shadow of Fox Peak,” an in-depth ethnographic guide about Stillwater Paiute culture!
In the Shadow of Fox Peak: An Ethnography of the Cattail-Eater Northern Paiute People of Stillwater Marsh by Catherine Fowler – Store – Churchill County Museum
Churchill County Museum is proud to be one of the few places where you can still purchase new copies of In the Shadow of Fox Peak by Catherine S. Fowler, the most comprehensive ethnographic study of…
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November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
November is Native American Heritage Month. Since we’re closed today, if you want to learn more about traditional local Native culture, consider picking up “In the Shadow of Fox Peak,” an in-depth ethnographic guide about Stillwater Paiute culture!
Daylight Savings Time ends today, so we’re spending that extra hour catching some z’s. Be sure to check your clock before coming in today! (Photo from the Joyce McCarty collection).
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Daylight Savings Time ends today, so we’re spending that extra hour catching some z’s. Be sure to check your clock before coming in today! (Photo from the Joyce McCarty collection).
It’s November 1st or, as we like to call it, annual-member-sale-start-day! Okay, we don’t normally call it that. But between now and December 31st members get 20% off in our store. Join today and take full advantage!
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It’s November 1st or, as we like to call it, annual-member-sale-start-day! Okay, we don’t normally call it that. But between now and December 31st members get 20% off in our store. Join today and take full advantage!
On this day in 1939, Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” was broadcast. Modern historians now believe newspaper accounts of it causing “hysteria” were likely overblown, but it was still a chilling piece of radio drama. Stop by our 1930s house to hear a (less terrifying) recording from that year!
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On this day in 1939, Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” was broadcast. Modern historians now believe newspaper accounts of it causing “hysteria” were likely overblown, but it was still a chilling piece of radio drama. Stop by our 1930s house to hear a (less terrifying) recording from that year!
If you missed our fall lecture series this fall, good news: we got most of them on video! If you’re a museum member, this weekend you’ll be getting an email with a link where you can view edited versions of the 3 we captured. If you’re not a member yet, join today to get access!
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October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you missed our fall lecture series this fall, good news: we got most of them on video! If you’re a museum member, this weekend you’ll be getting an email with a link where you can view edited versions of the 3 we captured. If you’re not a member yet, join today to get access!
With everything going on, we almost forgot to mention that October is also National Archives Month! We have an extensive archive of newspapers, county records, and thousands of other documents donated to us throughout the years. If you want to see them, contact scott.gambino@churchillcountynv.gov
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
With everything going on, we almost forgot to mention that October is also National Archives Month! We have an extensive archive of newspapers, county records, and thousands of other documents donated to us throughout the years. If you want to see them, contact scott.gambino@churchillcountynv.gov
We want to give a MASSIVE thank you to Melina Nicolatus and the John C Kish foundation for their $15,000 gift towards restoring the Woodliff building! These funds will go towards much needed roof and siding repair, as well as beautifying the surrounding area.
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We want to give a MASSIVE thank you to Melina Nicolatus and the John C Kish foundation for their $15,000 gift towards restoring the Woodliff building! These funds will go towards much needed roof and siding repair, as well as beautifying the surrounding area.
It’s National Pumpkin Day! Enjoy this picture from 1982 of some kids with their adorable decorated pumpkins!
October 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s National Pumpkin Day! Enjoy this picture from 1982 of some kids with their adorable decorated pumpkins!