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The Nevada State Railroad Museum offers scheduled, guided tours for school, community, and adult groups.
Adult Tour Groups
Admission for adult tour groups is $8 per visitor (minimum of 12 visitors to qualify for group rate).
Please schedule your tour at least four weeks in advance. Tours are scheduled on a first-come first-served basis, and book quickly during summer months.
Motor car rides are available with advanced reservation March through October. Fee for adult group rate motor car rides is $6.
Handcar rides are available, weather permitting, at no charge.
For questions regarding the group tours at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, please contact the Museum Attendant II, Ryan Korson, at 775-687-6953 ext. 233 or rkorson@nevadaculture.org.
To book a group tour, click here.
School Field Trips
Schools and youth groups sponsored by non-profit organizations may book a field trip on weekdays (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).
The museum does not charge admission for children 17 years and younger. A limited number of adult chaperones are admitted free of charge.
Please schedule your field trip at least four weeks in advance. Tours are scheduled on a first-come first-served basis, and book quickly during summer months.
Motor car rides are available with advanced reservation March through October. Fee for school trip rate motor car rides is $3 for students and $4 for chaperones.
Handcar rides are available, weather permitting, at no charge for students in the 3rd grade and older due to height restrictions.
The maximum number of students for school tours is 60.
The following programs are a part of the field trip experience for grades K-5:
Kindergarten:
Trains and Forces: Students explore the concept of force, motion, push and pull. They learn about different pushes and pulls and how they are created using toy trains and ramps with various surfaces. Additionally, students will create miniature railroads using magnets to make their engines move.
First Grade:
Engineering the Perfect Train Car: Students will design and engineer their perfect train car using recycled materials. The students will be given certain design and engineering constraints, but the rest will be up to them.
Second Grade:
Engineering Bridges for Trains: Students will design and engineer small bridges using craft sticks, straws, and tape that will need to be sturdy enough to span a gap and hold a toy train. The students will learn about the different types of bridges and which ones are best for trains.
Third Grade:
Forces and Interactions: How Train Wheels Work: Using models of different types of wheels and rails, students will learn how train wheels work and stay on the track. Surprising geometry and engineering skills will be revealed.
Fourth Grade:
The Transcontinental Railroad and Nevada: Using our Transcontinental Railroad floor map, exhibits, and interactive programming, students will learn how and why the Transcontinental Railroad came to be and how it affected Nevada.
Fifth Grade:
Train Rolling Resistance: Students will learn about rolling resistance and why trains are more efficient than trucks when transporting freight through hands-on experimenting using model trains.
For questions regarding school tours at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, please contact the Curator of Education, Chenay Pointer, at 775-687-6953 ext. 224 or cpointer@nevadaculture.org.
To book a school tour, click here.
State Reimbursement for Transportation: All Nevada public schools are eligible for bus reimbursement to visit a state museum! However, funding is extremely limited, so make sure you book your tour as soon as possible. For more information on the reimbursement program, click here.
