Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History

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. The museum's mission was to "collect, preserve, study, and exhibit those objects that will serve to illustrate the story of man and nature in this region." In 2011, the museum changed its focus and became the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.

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"About Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art." University of Las Vegas, Nevada. Accessed September 30, 2019. https://www.unlv.edu/barrickmuseum/about.

"History Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art." University of Las Vegas, Nevada. Accessed September 30, 2019. https://www.unlv.edu/barrickmuseum/history.

Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History Records, approximately 1939-1995. UA-00096. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Richard Brooks." Las Vegas Review-Journal, Legacy, July 31, 2011. Accessed September 30, 2019. https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=richard-brooks&pid=152817944.