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Inaugural Bullfrog Biennial arts festival

October 9, 2019 | Category: Blogs, Monthly Featured | Tags: albert szukalski, beatty, ghost town, goldwell, museum, rhyolite

Goldwell Open Air Museum Invites you to attend the Bullfrog Biennial at Goldwell Open Air Museum’s Red Barn Art Center. This event is free and open to the public. The Red Barn Art Center is located just southwest of the Museum in the historic Bullfrog Townsite near the ghost town of Rhyolite. The Bullfrog Biennial […]

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Museum hosts diversity and the Transcontinental Railroad lecture

January 8, 2019 | Category: Blogs, Monthly Featured | Tags: carson, lecture, museum, railroad, transcontinental railroad

The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad is one of American’s milestone achievements, but it took a multinational workforce to get it done. Many are familiar with the Chinese immigrants who labored for the Central Pacific Railroad, but they were just one of many immigrant groups who found work on the Pacific Railway. On Friday, […]

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Nevada Northern Railway Online Auction

May 25, 2018 | Category: Blogs | Tags: auction, cave lake, ely, ely's economy drug, engine, engineer, great basin, history, museum, Nevada, Nevada Northern Railway, nvmag, railroad, railroad reality week, train, White Pine Public Museum

Train buffs and history aficionados take note: the Nevada Northern Railway Museum is auctioning off railroad adventures and artifacts during its “Saving of the Green” online auction, which runs from March 17-31. Bidders can purchase once-in-a-lifetime experiences and relics at below-value prices while supporting an important piece of American history—the living, breathing, working Nevada Northern Railway Museum, […]