Garrett Barmore is the museum curator at the W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum, a research and education museum with a collection of over 100,000 objects. Garrett was hired in 2013 to professionalize and modernize the 111-year-old museum located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. He is focused on maintaining the historic character of the museum, while updating its capabilities.
Garrett received his Master’s degree in museology at the University of Washington. Garrett helps small museums grow, improve community support, and meet professional standards. He is also very passionate about Nevada History particularly pertaining to Nevada’s mining heritage. Garrett is the unofficial historian of the Mackay School of Earth Science and Engineering.