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.
Address: 3785 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109 - Privacy Policy