EP #192 MAKING HISTORY COOL- PAWN STARS HISTORY EXPERT MARK HALL-PATTON

Mark Hall-Patton retired in 2021 as the Museums Administrator for the Clark County museum system, where he oversaw the Clark County Museum, the Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum, and the Searchlight History Museum.  He had been with Clark County for twenty-eight years, and was previously the Director of the San Luis Obispo County Historical Museum in California.  He worked for both public and private non-profit museums, and continues to consult with start-up and established museums and museum boards. He is a MAP surveyor for the American Alliance of Museums, and the author of four books, over 450 published articles, and 85 monographs on local and regional history.  He has also written and produced 48 local history videos.  In 2009, he hosted a live interview program on CCTV television in the Vegas valley, and is regularly seen on the History Channel’s Pawn Stars as a visiting expert.  He has also appeared on American Restoration, United Stuff of America, America Facts and Fallacies,10 Things You Don’t Know About American History, Vegas PBS, TMZ Sports, CSPAN 3, Mysteries at the Museum, Hoarders, ABC’s 20/20, PBS, the Arte channel in France, and the BBC Radio World Service. In addition to 14 years as a Board member of the Nevada Museums Association, where he served as President from 2000-2002 and 2008-2010, he has served on the California Association of Museums and Western Museums Association boards.  He is a member of the board of the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, and the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame.  He has been in the museum field for over 40 years.  He holds a BA in History from the University of California at Irvine, and did graduate work in Museum Studies at the University of Delaware. In 2022 he was honored as a Distinguished Nevadan of the Year by the Nevada System of Higher Education. He is married to Dr. Colleen Hall-Patton, professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at UNLV, and they are the parents of Joseph Hall-Patton and Ellen Messenger-Patton. Be sure to check out my new audiobook SUCCESS LEAVES CLUES (THE 7 P'S THAT CAN SHIFT YOUR REALITY) Thank you to our sponsors Findlay Volvo Las Vegas Samaritans Feet Pinks4Cancer Cardenas Law Group Squeeze Dried PAUL MITCHELL HAIR CARE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR STEP BLING SHINE SERUM-The #1 seller of over 15 years and the only product to be endorsed by my MAMA! MORE KELLY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MADDOX CARDENAS