Frances Humphrey Lecture Series: Frémont’s “Lost” Cannon (The “real” one?)

 01/26/2023  |  06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
  NSM-Carson City  |  Registration Required

Frances Humphrey Lecture Series

The Nevada State Museum’s Frémont Cannon has been missing for seven years now but is back on display. The cannon left the museum with the Finding Frémont exhibition in 2015 and traveled to four Frémont’s “Lost” Cannon (The “real” one?) other museums in Oregon and Nevada. Curator Gene Hattori welcome’s the cannon’s return with a public presentation on this rare mountain howitzer and its controversial association with explorer Lieutenant John C. Frémont as part of the Frances Humphries Lecture Series on Thursday, January 26th, 2023 at 6:30 pm. The museum is located at 600 N. Carson St., Carson City. This lecture will be presented in person and on Zoom. Admission is $10 for adults, members and children age 17 and under are free.

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