The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History was founded as the Museum of Natural History by Richard H. Brooks in 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Brooks was then the director of the Desert Research Institute (DRI). The museum was owned by DRI until the ownership was transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1969. The museum's primary operations included exhibitions that displayed artifacts and artworks of the archaeology, history, and geology of Southern Nevada.

Originally founded in 1965, the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada is a government agency maintains and administers public mass transit throughout Southern Nevada, with a focus in the Las Vegas Valley. The agency creates transit plans and programs to adhere to approved air quality standards, improve the quality of life of users, and meet the demands of Southern Nevada’s changing demographics.