Enjoy free admission to the Museum. 

Be our guest and enjoy free access to the Museum’s galleries. Please note, there will be no Hands ON! programming or activities today as the Museum hosts the three-day triennial Art + Environment Conference.

Second Saturdays are sponsored exclusively by the Nightingale Family Foundation.

1-2 Weekly Membership volunteer assembling membership acknowledgment mailing.Set-up 9:15am; volunteer occupies room 9:30 am – approx.. 11:00 am.

Join author Jennifer Raiser and photographer Sydney Erthal for a celebration of the new book Burning Man: Art on Fire. Every August, tens of thousands of participants gather to celebrate artistic expression in Nevada’s barren Black Rock Desert. This vastly inhospitable location, called the playa, is the site of Burning Man, where, within a 9-mile fence, artists called Burners create a temporary city devoted to art and participation. Braving extreme elements, over two hundred wildly ambitious works of art are created and intended to delight, provoke, involve, or amaze. Burning Man: Art on Fire is an authorized collection of some of the most stunning examples of Burning Man art. Experience the amazing sculptures, art, stories, and interviews from the world’s greatest gathering of artists. Get lost in a rich gallery of images showcasing the best examples of playa art with over 200 photos.

DamNation’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature. (87 minutes, unrated)

The rebuilding of Ground Zero is the most architecturally, politically, and emotionally complex construction project in recent American history. 16 Acres is the inside story of how and why this historic project got built. At the heart of the story is the dramatic tension between noblest intentions, the desire to “get it right,” and the politics, hubris and ego that is the bedrock of New York City. (92 minutes, unrated)

The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and was almost immediately overshadowed by the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened less than a year later. A dull workhorse next to a glamorous star, it seemed the Bay Bridge would never outshine its sister to the north. Artist Leo Villareal’s light installation on the Bay Bridge changed that almost overnight. Impossible Light provides an inside glimpse at how a small team of visionaries brought The Bay Lights to reality. (70 minutes, unrated)

Burning Man, the debaucherous arts festival, isn’t your average family vacation destination. Bryant Boesen, a reckless party animal, decides to rip his nearly retired parents from their routine and throw them into the adventure of a lifetime: a parental coming of age story. (82 minutes, unrated)

Explore the cultural and environmental challenges facing Australia’s remote region known as Paruku. Learn about the multidisciplinary perspectives brought to bear on the region’s fragile environment by artists, scientists, and its indigenous Aboriginal inhabitants.

Just what was Nevada like as Territory became State? Join historian Ron James for an examination of 1860s Nevada, as he takes us on a historical tour of what it means for us to call ourselves ‘Battle Born.’

Celebrate the opening of The 36th Star with Nevada State Archivist Jeff Kintop, who discusses the significance of historic objects highlighted in the exhibition.