Central Nevada Museum

Central Nevada Museum is a non-profit local history museum in Tonopah, Nevada. The museum focuses on the preservation of historical records and artifacts of several counties in Nevada, namely Nye and Esmeralda, as well as several mining towns such as Belmont, Gilbert, and Weepah.

Opening hours: Tuesday—Saturday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: history museum in Nevada, United States

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tonopah Public Library and Tonopah Post Office.

Tonopah Public Library

Library

The Tonopah Public Library in Tonopah, Nevada was the third public library in Nevada.The one story stone building was designed by John J. Hill and was completed in 1906. Tonopah Public Library is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Central Nevada Museum.

Tonopah Post Office

Post office

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Tonopah Main Post Office, also known as US Post Office–Tonopah Main, is the main post office in Tonopah, Nevada. Built in 1941, the post office was the first and only federally constructed post office in the city. Tonopah Post Office is situated 3,900 feet northwest of Central Nevada Museum.

Mizpah Hotel

Hotel

Photo: Raquel Baranow, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mizpah Hotel is a historic hotel in Tonopah, Nevada, U.S. It is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mizpah Hotel is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Central Nevada Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tonopah.

Tonopah

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tonopah is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States. Nicknamed the Queen of the Silver Camps for its mining-rich history, it is now primarily a tourism-based resort city, notable for attractions like the Mizpah Hotel and the Clown Motel.

Central Nevada Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Nye, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.05996° or 38° 3′ 36″ north

Longitude

-117.22096° or 117° 13′ 16″ west

Elevation

6,181 feet (1,884 metres)

Open location code

85C43Q5H+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 284336266

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

5501572

Wikidata ID

Q107463195

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