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Central Nevada Museum, Tonopah, NV
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Central Nevada Museum

Small local history museum in Tonopah covering mining, ranching, frontier life, and Western Shoshone heritage in Nye and Esmeralda counties.

Tonopah, NV

About Central Nevada Museum

Run by the Central Nevada Historical Society, this Tonopah museum displays artifacts and records from Nye and Esmeralda counties and nearby mining towns. Exhibits cover regional mining, ranching, and pioneer days, along with the Western Shoshone people and the area's plant life and natural history. Visitors can also see an outdoor Tonopah Army Airfield exhibit and use a public research library that draws genealogists and history researchers.

  • #local history
  • #mining
  • #ranching
  • #Western Shoshone
  • #research library

What's around here?

The closest stops to Central Nevada Museum, ordered by straight-line distance.

  • Sightseeing

    Tonopah Historic Mining Park

    Under $25

    A former mining area in Tonopah, Nevada, now run as a museum and historic site by a nonprofit foundation.

    0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Stay
    Quirky Fun

    The Clown Motel

    No admission fee

    Sleep in a clown-themed room, browse thousands of clown figures in the lobby and walk to the old cemetery.

    1.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Stay

  • Sightseeing

    Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park

    Check prices

    A well-preserved 1876 Italianate courthouse in the ghost town of Belmont, central Nevada.

    41 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

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