New director chosen to lead Nevada State Museum in Carson City

The Nevada Division of Museums and Historical past is happy to announce that Josh Bonde, Ph.D., has been chosen to function director of the Nevada State Museum in Carson Metropolis.

Dr. Bonde begins his new function on July 11, 2022. He succeeds Myron Freedman, the museum director since 2017 and now the administrator of the Nevada Division of Museums and Historical past.

“The Nevada State Museum is poised to enter an thrilling new period below Dr. Bonde,” Freedman stated. “His experience in Nevada’s pure historical past suits extraordinarily properly with the museum’s collections.”

A local Nevadan raised in Fallon, Dr. Bonde is a member of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone.

He attended the College of Nevada, Reno, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology earlier than finishing a Grasp of Science in Earth Sciences from Montana State College in Bozeman, and a Ph.D. in Geoscience on the College of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Dr. Bonde is keen about academic outreach and telling the tales of all Nevadans.

“I’m honored to take the helm of such a culturally necessary establishment,” says Bonde. “The Museum is a gem in our group. I bear in mind going by way of the underground mine as a toddler, and I stay up for persevering with the custom of inspiring visitors of all backgrounds with our shared historical past transferring ahead.”

A geologist and paleontologist by career, Dr. Bonde and his colleagues just lately described the primary dinosaur species distinctive to Nevada—a small two-legged plant consuming animal named Nevadadromeus schmitti.

Dr. Bonde has served as educational school on the College of Nevada, Las Vegas and was Director of Conservation and Analysis on the Las Vegas Pure Historical past Museum. He additionally co-founded and served as Analysis Director of the Nevada Science Middle.

He’s been a board member for the Southern Nevada Conservancy, the Geological Society of Nevada, and the McCaw Faculty of Mines. Former Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Dr. Bonde to the advisory council for the Tule Springs Fossil Beds Nationwide Monument.

Dr. Bonde was acknowledged in 2020 as a “40 Below 40” award recipient by Las Vegas Weekly for his work conserving Nevada historical past.

When he isn’t within the workplace, Dr. Bonde spends his time mountaineering, cooking, tenting and fishing together with his spouse and fellow paleontologist, Becky, and their blended household of six kids.

The Nevada Division of Museums and Historical past preserves, shares and promotes the understanding and celebration of Nevada’s pure and cultural heritage for the enrichment of all generations. Seven state museums are below its umbrella: the Nevada State Museum, Carson Metropolis; Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas; Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson Metropolis; Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder Metropolis; East Ely Railroad Depot Museum; Nevada Historic Society in Reno; and the Misplaced Metropolis Museum in Overton. The Nevada Division of Museums and Historical past is a part of the Nevada Division of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

The Nevada State Museum is on-line at carsonnvmuseum.org and will be adopted on Fb, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.