Take the kids to The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada | Things to Do in Carson City, Nevada
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The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada is a long-standing festive museum that focuses on the importance of play and how children can explore, imagine, create, and learn through play.

The museum offers a play-based learning environment that features a variety of exhibits and displays that are dedicated to teaching children about the wonders of art, science, and skills used in everyday life as they explore, discover, and play with other children. Significant exhibits at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada include a train simulation, Jamieson’s Country Café and Grocery Store, a schoolhouse, the Capitol Building, a wildlife exhibit, a pre-school dinosaur play area, climbing tubes, a rotating climbing wall, Carson City Jail, a hospital room, and an airplane teeter-totter.

Address: 813 N Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701, Phone: 775-884-2226

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Enjoy breathtaking natural scenery at Lake Tahoe Learn about local history at the Nevada State Museum See an exhibit at the Nevada State Railroad Museum Explore Bowers Mansion Regional Park Admire works by local artists at the Brewery Arts Center Take the kids to The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada Go for a hike in Dayton State Park Go on a guided hang gliding tour with Hang Gliding Tahoe Join a Night Star Party at the Jack C. Davis Observatory See houses dating back to the early 1860s along the Kit Carson Trail Have lunch at Red's Old 395 Grill Take a tour of The Foreman-Roberts House Museum Go bird watching in the Scripps State Wildlife Management Area Visit the Shoe Tree Brewing Company Take a scenic train ride on Virginia and Truckee Railway Plan a picnic in Washoe Lake State Park Relax on the beach at Skunk Harbor Admire Kings Canyon Waterfall Have fun at Casino Fandango Relax at The Fox Brewpub Stay at Max Casino

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