Deco Reno

Enjoy lunch at the Café Musée ($; lunch Tue-Sat, brunch Sun). From your patio table, you'll get a good perspective on the two-year-old museum's dark exterior, inspired by Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

Parrish planner

Nevada Museum of Art (10-5 Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 10-8 Thu; $10; 160 W. Liberty St., Reno; www.nevadaart.org or 775/329-3333)