Las Vegas Attractions

Museums in Las Vegas

hen thinking of Las Vegas, most people think Las Vegas as offering only showgirls, casinos, and Elvis impersonators, but Las Vegas has so much more to offer than sex and gambling ( thus the name “sin city”) So next time you're in Vegas, take some time out from all of the fanfare and noise of the casinos and simply enjoy the quiet beauty of fine art.



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Art Encounter
3979 Spring Mountain Road
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.227.0220
Fax: 702.227.3353
Fine Art Museum featuring the works of many local and global contemporary artists. Art Encounter also features custom framing and art appraisal services.

Atomic Testing Museum

755 East Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.794.5161
Museum
hours of operation: 9am-5pm
explore the history of nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Experience the excitement of a simulated atomic test.

  
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Boulder City, Hoover Dam Museum
1305 Arizona Street
Boulder City, Nevada
Tel: 702.294.4380
Hours of operation:
Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm,
Sun 12pm - 5pm
Discover the conditions surrounding the history of building the Hoover dam, during the Stock Market crash in 1929. When America was in its’ worst economical depression in history. The building of the Hoover Dam was one of the only places in the Untied States where men could be sure to get employment. Through the Boulder City Project, thousands of Americans relocated, with what little they had at the time, to go to Nevada to find work. It was hard work, low page, in the hot (sometimes 120 degrees) weather. Learn how these people survived in the deserted hot area and lived, through the museums artifacts and voice recordings from the people who survived the Great Depression at The Hoover Dam.

Bodies...The Exhibition
Luxor Public Relations
3900 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Tel: 702.262.4000
Fax: 702.262.4825
Hours of Operation: 10 am - 10 pm
Situated inside of The Luxor hotel and Casino, Bodies… The Exhibition is a fascinating display of the human body. Real human bodies on display give guests a unique up-close approach to viewing the human body from inside, as well as Bodies…The exhibition promotes healthier lifestyle choices.


Barrick Natural History Museum, Las Vegas
(Located on the University of Las Vegas Campus)
4505 Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada
Tel: 702.895.3381
The Barrick museum is committed to collecting, preserving, researching, interpreting and exhibiting items that demonstrate the natural history of Southern Nevada and neighboring regions. The Barrick museum is an important learning tool for the students of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The museum also teaches a public audience as thousands of adults and children tour the museum each year.

Bluestone Gallery
2240 Village Walk Drive Suite 132
Henderson, NV
Tel: 702. 458. 9979
Hours of Operation:
Monday -Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sundays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Featuring paintings of "Jazz Greats" and European artists and local artists, impressionist Jerry Blank along with paintings of wines and floral paintings by realist LONA. They are both are local artists from the Las Vegas area often are in the gallery to meet guests, personally.

Bernard K. Passman Gallery

3311 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 1177
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.791.3376
Fax: 702.791.3378
Museum, Gallery
Bernard K. Passman is a master sculptor of black coral, creating various items from the black coral which is only found in the Caribbean; Mr. Passman sculpts things such as jewelry to decorative carvings. A truly unique art.

  
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CSN Planetarium
3200 East Cheyenne Avenue, Community College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.651.4759
CSN planetarium is Southern Nevada's only public planetarium, featuring a domed screen and a 3 hemispheric video projection system. This projection system together with the domed ceiling create outstanding realistic views.

Casino Legends Hall of Fame
3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Tropicana Resort and Casino
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.739.2222
Featuring the most notorious gamblers of the 20th century, the Casino Legends Hall of Fame displays over 10,000 items.

Centaur Art Galleries

3200 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Suite 1040, Fashion Show Mall
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.737.1234
Fax: 702.737.5491
Art Museum
Featuring Great impressionist masterpieces from the 19th and 20th centuries.


  
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Elvis –A- Rama Museum and Gift Shop
3401 Industrial Road
Las Vegas, NV
(702) 309-7200
hours of operation: 10am-6pm
Gift and memorabilia shop featuring souvenirs and gifts remembering Elvis Presley.

Erotic Heritage Museum

3275 Industrial Road
Las Vegas, NV
(702) 369-6442
Discover the history of the American Sexual Revolution.
The Erotic Heritage Museum features fine arts from the American Sexual Revolution era, also featuring art classes and lessons for visitors or locals 18 and older along with contemporary artists.

  
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First Friday
Arts District Area
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702 .678. 6278
Hours of Operation: only on the first Friday of every month.
Displaying fine art from more than 100 national contemporary artists, First Friday is a fine arts exhibit visitors will appreciate, as the streets downtown in Las Vegas transform into one big block party. Featuring local bands, fire-breathers, ice sculptors and the streets themselves become an art canvas for chalk drawings and decorating for all visitors, both young and old.

  
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Gallery of Fine Arts at the Bellagio
3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV
Tel :702. 693.7871?
hours of operation: 10am-7pm
For fine arts, no museum is as luxurious as the Gallery of Fine Arts at the Bellagio. The Bellagio is one of the most lavish resorts in Las Vegas, and its gallery displays the same affluence. The Gallery of Fine Arts always display phenomenal masterpieces from some of the world's most renowned artists, from Monet to Picasso and others.

Guggenheim Hermitage at the Venetian
3355 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702. 414.2440?
hours of operation: 9:30am-7:30pm
The Guggenheim Hermitage at the Venetian is a rather new museum featuring contemporary masterpieces from the world-renowned Guggenheim and Hermitage collections. The art itself stunning, but the is a spectacular architecture of the building is a work of art, alone and undeniably worth seeing

The Goldwell Open Air Museum

3008 Mason Avenue
Las Vegas, NV
Tel:702) 870-9946?
Museum
hours of operation: open 24/7
Goldwell Museum is a 7.8 acre outside sculpture museum near the alleged ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, featuring life-size sculptures recreating Da Vincis’ “The Last Supper” and a 25 foot high ‘pink woman’.

  
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Las Vegas Art Museum
3065 South Jones Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89146-6780
Tel:(702) 360-8000
Visit the Las Vegas Art Museum (LVAM); the oldest art museum in the state of Nevada. The Las Vegas Art Museum concentrates on modern-day art, presenting progressing global artists. Guests can participate in a lecture or an art class that the museum offers.

Liberace Foundation and Museum
1775 E. Tropicana Ave.
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: (702) 798-5595
hours of operation: 10am-5pm
Museum, nonprofit organization
Featuring Liberace's pianos, cars, and entertainment memorabilia

Las Vegas Natural History Museum
900 Las Vegas Blvd N
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: (702) 384-3466
hours of operation: 9am-4pm
Museum, Aquarium

Lied Discovery Children's Museum
833 Las Vegas Boulevard North
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: (702) 382-3445
A museum with a focus on real experiences for children to discover science, arts, music nature and more. Lied Children’s’ Museum features many various interactive demonstrations for children of all ages to explore.

Lost City Museum

721 S Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton Nevada
Tel: (702) 397-2193
Hour of Operation: 8:30 to 4:30 daily
A beautiful display of artifacts collected after the Hoover Dam was completed and the Anasazi Indian tribes were losing their homes due to the water backed up by the dam.
The museum is currently under the supervision of the state.

  
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Madame Tussauds Las Vegas
3377 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702. 862.7800
Hour of Operation:
Wax Museum featuring amazing life-like wax models of many popular celebrities, politians and singers. These Figures are more human than human, with their creator including every single detail.


 
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Neon Museum
821 Las Vegas Boulevard North
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702. 38.6366
Hours of operation: M-F 11am-5pm

 
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Out of This World Paranormal Museum
3019 Mcleod Dr
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.457.1377
Museum, psychic services
Owned by paranormalist/psychic Mike Kurban

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Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art
450 Fremont Street
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.382.2926?
Hour of Operation:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday – 12pm - 5 p.m.
Closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Museum and Art School

Springs Preserve

333 South Valley View Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV
Tel: 702.822.7700
Fax: 702.822.8453
Hours of Operation: Daily From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
museum
180 acres dedicated to remembering and sharing the history of Las Vegas.

  
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Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
3900 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Tel: 702.492.3960
Hour of Operation: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m
Located inside of The Luxor Hotel and Casino, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition features more than 300 objects and reproductions from the famous ship, the Titanic. The artifacts that were discovered and are on display at the exhibit are only preserved not restored, so as to present them to visitors in the same condition, exactly as they were discovered.
Visitors to the exhibit are given a boarding pass of one of the real passengers on the Titanic, before they start the journey through the exhibit. Printed on the back of the boarding passes are the age and the itinerary details of that person. When visitors come to the end of the tour, they will discover if the original passenger survived the Titanic by searching for their name on a wall memorial.
Aside from the passenger personal effects there are also numerous replicas of the Titanic ship. The Grand staircase of the Titanic is the most impressive and popular replica. The Grand Staircase replica was recreated as closely to the original as possible, using iron and bronze and includes the stain glass dome. Another incredible replica is of the promenade deck, which includes a starry sky and the sounds of waves. It also has a replica of the iceberg that inevitably sunk the “unsinkable” ship.

 

 

 

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