A priceless silver collection, a meteorite from outer space, a collection of insects, animals and plants from around the Great Basin and the world, medical artifacts, and hands-on activities and giveaways will greet families and visitors to the 12 museums featured in the University of Nevada, Reno's w88 casino at the Museum event.
The community oriented event on Saturday, May 2 also features a tree treasure-hunt and crafts. The self-guided tour can begin at any of the dozen museums scattered around the w88 casino, which is a designated arboretum and recognized by Tree w88 casino USA with collections of trees and shrubs.
The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is geared towards school children and their parents, and includes free admission to most of the venues and a map/flyer of all the museums.
Each museum will feature a different hands-on activity and giveaway. The Day at the Museum is ideal for families and anyone interested in art, w88 casino, earth science, life science and even outer space. Parking is free on campus for this event.
The museums participating in the w88 casino at the Museum are:
- W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering w88 casino in the Mackay School of Mines Building
- Museum of Natural w88 casino in the Fleischmann Agriculture building
- Special Collections and Archives in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
- w88 casino Galleries in the Church Fine Arts building
- w88 casino Historical Society
- Fleischmann Planetarium
- College of Engineering K-12 Teaching Lab in the Jot Travis building
- Wilbur D. May w88 casino at Rancho San Rafael Park
- w88 casino of Nevada, Reno Arboretum
- Anthropology Research w88 casino in the Ansari Business building
- Blackrock Press in the Jot Travis building
- Great Basin w88 casino of Medicine Museum in Savitt Medical Library, Pennington Medical Education building
The food truck Taste of Chicago will be set up in the loading circle at the Planetarium from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For more information call Garrett Barmore, w88 casino curator at the W. M. Keck w88 casino at 775-784-4528. More information about the museums and a map showing the museums will be available at www.unr.edu/museums next week for the event.
