Featuring American history, culture, natural history, science, and technology exhibits with items of special interest for kids. (17th Century). Specializing in mining-related relics. Highlights include the fossil specimens.
Activities: Tours, Historical Reenactments
Open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Closed on Saturday, Sunday)
Admission Free
Located in the Mackay School of Mines Building at the University of Nevada, Reno, the W.M. Keck Museum houses an outstanding collection of minerals, ores, fossil specimens and photographs, in addition to mining related relics. There is a special emphasis on early Nevada mining history with samples from famous mineral districts such as the Comstock Lode, Tonopah, and Goldfield. The museum is also home to some of the spectacular Mackay Silver Collection, created by Tiffany & Co., for John Mackay and completed in 1878.