exhibits

Audio Tour

Jacobson Interpretive Center|

An audio tour of the Nevada State Railroado Museum’s exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad is now available.  Click here for the audio tour.  Please note it is optimized for mobile phones.  You can also listen to the audio tour in our app.  Search for “Nevada State Museums” in the Apple App Store or on your Android device.  After downloading the app, click on the “Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City” page to find our audio tours.

Other Exhibits

THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MADE

CARSON CITY, Nevada – The completion of the transcontinental railroad in the spring of 1869 changed America forever, dramatically reducing the time and cost … Read More

Featured Exhibit|Jacobson Interpretive Center|
COMMUNICATION EXHIBIT

Until recent times, trains ran according to published Timetables, which were carefully devised to keep trains from running into each other. With this exhibit … Read More

Permanent Gallery|
401 EDWARDS MOTOR CAR

Motor Car No. 401 was built in October 1926 by the Edwards Railway Motor Car Company of Sanford, North Carolina for the Tucson Cornelia … Read More

Changing Gallery|