Historic Fourth Ward School Museum .. PO Box 4 537 South "C" Street Virginia City, NV 89440 Storey County phone: (775)847-0975 link: http://www.fourthwardschool.com Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - 10-5 Saturday -10-5 Sunday -10-5 Exceptions -Closed November 1 -- April 30 Staff: Barbara Mackey (Executive Director) [fws@reno.quik.com] Focus : The Fourth Ward School operated from 1876-1936 as a public school for the children of miners on the Comstock Lode. Today it is a museum open to public from May 1 -- October 31. Collections: Collections include Comstock photographs, textbooks, teachers register's dating from 1904- 1936 and school photographs. Access to holdings: Open to the general public Online Catalog In-house inventories or collection guides Subject Areas Covered: Education Other Types of Materials: Books/Serials Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets) Maps Oral Histories Organizational Records Photographs 00000040

Julia C. Bulette Red Light Museum .. 5 C Street Virginia City, NV 89440 Washoe County phone: (775)847-9394 Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - 10 - 6 Saturday - 10 - 6 Sunday - 10 - 6 Exceptions - Staff: James Edwards (President) Access to holdings: Open to the general public Subject Areas Covered: FolkLife Prostitution Women Women's Groups Other Types of Materials: Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets) Photographs 00000030

Mark Twain Bookstore .. PO Box 449 Virginia City, NV 89440 Storey County phone: (775)847-0454 link: http://marktwainbooks.com Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday -10 to 5 Saturday -10 to 5 Sunday -11 to 5 Exceptions - Staff: Joe Curtis (Owner) [mtwain1861@reno.quik.com] Focus : Althouugh primarily a retail establishment for Nevada historical materials, and not a public entity, the Mark Twain bookstore does provide fee-based research on their collections. Collections: Collections include Sutro letters and documents, historical photographs of Nevada, and 19th century business directories from Northern Nevada. Access to holdings: Open to the general public Subject Areas Covered: Business and Industry Geology Mining Nevada -- Early Settlers Railroads Other Types of Materials: Books/Serials Ephemera (clippings, pamphlets) Maps Organizational Records Photographs 00000041

Nevada Gambling Museum .. 50 S. C Street P.O. Box 158 Virginia City, NV 89440 Storey County phone: (775)847-9022 Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - 10am - 6pm Saturday - 10am - 6pm Sunday - 10am - 6pm Exceptions - Very snowy winter days Staff: Angelo Petrini (Owner) [deltasaloo@aol.com] Joan Petrini, co-owner and manager Collections: Display of antique slot machines, tables for gaming, early gambling devices, cheating devices, etc. Access to holdings: Open to the general public Subject Areas Covered: Gaming Other Types of Materials: Other gambling equipment 00000028

The Way it Was Museum .. 113 N. C Street P.0. Box 158 Virginia City, NV 89440 Washoe County phone: (775)847-0766 Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday - 10 - 5 Saturday - 10 - 6 Sunday - 10 - 6 Exceptions - very snowy winter days Staff: Angelo Petrini (Owner) [deltasaloo@aol.com] Charlotte Smith Collections: A collection of all manner of mining equipment from Comstock tools, ore cars, hoists, working models of square-set timbered mines, diagrams, stamping, tools used in smelting/separating ores, etc. Collection also includes about twenty fashion dolls (30'') displaying fashions recreated from Godey's Ladies Books. Access to holdings: Subject Areas Covered: Engineering Mining Railroads Water Women's Groups Other historical fashion displays Types of Materials: Photographs equipment and scale models 00000029