REID PUBLIC HISTORY INSTITUTE
RESEARCH + COLLABORATION + PRESERVATION + EDUCATION
UNLV students from a range of disciplines collaborate with museums and archives across the Vegas Valley to learn through onsite projects and many hours of hands-on training.
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Assessing storage techniques alongside curators trained in material culture analysis
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Learning rehumidification techniques from Nevada State Musuem archivist, Kassidy Whetstone
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Getting hands-on with the history of Vegas's thriving sports scene
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Studying "Best Practices" for archival costume collections
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Cleaning and rehousing acidified images at the LVCVA's incredible archive alongside archivist Kelli Luchs.
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Understanding collection management needs through hands-on assessment
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Using archivial collections to conduct research and produce public-facing and peer-reviewed scholarship
Original Furniture Returned to Walking Box Ranch
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Las Vegas is one of the best-known cities on Earth, driven by the most pressing issues of our time: climate change; race and equality; water, energy, and resource extraction; immigration; and the creation of community in a fast-changing, multicultural world.
THE INTEGRATION OF “THINKING & DOING” IS AT THE HEART OF PUBLIC HISTORY
The Reid Public History Institute researches, interprets, and presents the history of Las Vegas, Southern Nevada, and the American West.
Mission Statement
Uniting research in environmental history, Western history, historic preservation, and public history in support of stewardship, preservation, and education in the Intermountain West.
