Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs
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The Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is a government
al agency in the U.S. state
of Nevada
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The Department of Cultural Affairs headquarters
is located in Carson City, Nevada
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Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
al agency in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
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The Department of Cultural Affairs headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
is located in Carson City, Nevada
Carson City, Nevada
The Consolidated Municipality of Carson City is the capital of the state of Nevada. The words Consolidated Municipality refer to a series of changes in 1969 which abolished Ormsby County and merged all the settlements contained within its borders into Carson City. Since that time Carson City has...
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Division of Museums and History
The Division of Museums and History operates 6 facilities with one in development.- East Ely Railroad DepotNevada Northern Railway MuseumThe Nevada Northern Railway Museum is a railroad museum located in Ely, Nevada and operated by a historic foundation dedicate to the preservation of the railroad....
- Lost City MuseumLost City MuseumThe Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, was built by the National Park Service in 1935 to exhibit artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada...
, Overton - Nevada Historical Society, Reno
- Nevada State Museum, Las VegasNevada State Museum, Las VegasThe Nevada State Museum, located at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, in Las Vegas, Nevada is one of 6 Nevada State Museums operated by the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs. It is also known as Nevada State Museum & Historical Society...
- Nevada State Museum, Carson CityNevada State Museum, Carson CityThe Nevada State Museum in Carson City is one of 6 Nevada State Museums operated by the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs. The primary building of the Museum is the former Carson City Mint...
- Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson CityNevada State Railroad MuseumNevada Southern Railway is a railroad museum in Boulder City, Nevada operated by the Nevada State Railroad Museum which is an agency of the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs....
- Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City