Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas

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| name = Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas

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| former_name =Nevada State Museum and Historical Society

| established = 1982{{cite news|title=Museum on the move|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2007/feb/13/museum-on-the-move/|access-date=18 September 2011|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|date=13 February 2007}}

| location =309 S. Valley View Blvd. (on the campus of the Springs Preserve) Las Vegas, Nevada 89107

| type =General or Multi disciplinary (several subjects)

| accreditation = The American Alliance of Museums

| key_holdings = Ichthyosaur replica (Nevada’s state fossil) and a 13-foot articulated mammoth skeleton

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| director = Hollis J. Gillespie

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| curator = Dr. Richard Gawne, Ph.D., Curator of Natural History; Josef Diaz, Curator of History & Material Culture; Maggie Gaspar, Curator of Library, Manuscripts & Photographs; Jordan Canal, Curator of Learning & Community Engagement; Melanie Coffee, Curator of Collections

| owner = Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs

| publictransit =RTC Bus #104 (Valley View/Torrey Pines), Meadows Mall stop; RTC Bus #207 (Alta/Stewart), Valley View @ Meadows stop

| car_park =Parking is free at the museum

| website = http://nvculture.org/nevadastatemuseumlasvegas/

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The Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas is located on the campus of the Springs Preserve, in Las Vegas, Nevada and is one of seven Nevada State Museums operated by the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The name was changed from the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in 2008 when the museum moved from Lorenzi Park, Las Vegas to the Springs Preserve campus.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Minutes/Assembly/GA/Final/1149.pdf|title=MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Seventy-Fourth Session|date=May 7, 2007}} The museum houses items from the development of Las Vegas as well as the natural history of the area.{{cite web |url=http://museums.travelnevada.com/destination/nevada-state-museum-las-vegas.nv |title= Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas |access-date=2008-09-22 }} The museum is open Thursday through Monday, 9 am to 4 pm, closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.