Things to do at the Churchill County Museum...

Other Events and Opportunities

Children experience hands-on pioneer activities outside the Museum

Docent Training

Would you like to help the Churchill County Museum spread the word about our county's history to visiting school children? If the answer is "yes," join us in becoming a docent for the museum!

Docents are the very special people who learn about the history of the area, and help interpret it for visiting groups of children and adults. No special educational requirement is needed, and we'll provide the learning materials. You provide a commitment of time, energy, and enthusiasm by being prepared to attend a short training course, and then volunteering for at least four hours per month.

Our children's tours include those that cover the full museum, tours that are focused to specific parts of the museum, and tours that travel to the schools. Some teachers request tours that include special hands-on activities and demonstrations.

Hidden Cave Tour Guides

Working in conjunction with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) personnel, Hidden Cave Tour Guides are trained to give weekday tours to school groups. Cave guides need to be able to attend a training course, walk groups up a ¼ mile dirt path on the side of a hill, to turn on the generator to light the cave, and to take the group inside.

Hidden Cave tours are a popular field trip for local and out-of-town groups!

What becoming a docent of Hidden Cave tour guide will do for you:

Improve your self-confidence
Allow you to learn about our local history
Make you feel good teaching today’s children about the past

The crowd enjoys cake and ice cream after the 2008 Annual Meeting celebrating the museum's 40th anniversary.

Teacher In-Service Training

Each fall, Churchill County Museum staff members offer a 7-week, 2 hour per week course for employees of the Churchill County School District on a variety of history-related Churchill County and Fallon subjects. At the end of the 7 week time period, employees earn one in-service credit.

Churchill County Museum Association Annual Meeting and Ice Cream Social

In keeping with the guidelines laid out in the CCMA bylaws, the Association holds an annual meeting at the museum every June. The meeting features board member elections, musical entertainment, raffle drawings, and ice cream sundaes.

For further information and details on any of these subjects, please contact the Churchill County Museum at education@ccmuseum.org or call 775-423-3677.

In February of 2008, a Native American Art Show was on display in the Dodge-Fitz Changing Exhibit Gallery.

Changing Exhibits in the Dodge-Fitz Changing Exhibit Gallery

Construction of the changing exhibit gallery was recently completed and numerous changing exhibits are planned. Consult the “Current Events” calendar on this website for specific dates and exhibit details.