Museums

An 8,000 square foot exhibit hall displaying artifacts from the Smithsonian Institute and Lawrence Livermore Labs. Interactive displays and films of the history of the Nevada Test Site and the effects of the Atom Bomb on history. View an actual piece of the Berlin Wall and touch pieces of the World Trade Center. The Smithsonian provides traveling exhibits in the gallery.

The Las Vegas Art Museum presents to its community and to Las Vegas visitors a continuous schedule of ambitious fine-arts exhibitions worthy of the growing international stature Las Vegas now enjoys as a cultural tourism destination.

Through its interactive exhibits, educational programs and preservation of its collections, the museum strives to instill an understanding and appreciation of the world’s wildlife, ecosystems and cultures. One of the West’s largest exhibits of animated dinosaurs and excellent displays of plant and animal life in the Southwest with live specimens. The Marine Life Gallery has aquariums of fish, eels and even a 3,000 gallon live shark tank while the Snake Pit houses a pair of Burmese Pythons. The Wild Nevada Gallery includes plants and animals indigenous to Southern Nevada and the Mining Nevada has a large display of the minerals and rocks. Out of Africa displays feature rhinos, hippos, zebra, lion and cheetah among others and the Treasures of Egypt display artifacts in a 4,000 square foot exhibit.

Home to a rare piano collection, antiques, jewelry, customized autos and elaborate costumes from the entertainers private collections. Of particular interest are the harpsichord once played by Frederic Chopin and a Grand owned by George Gershwin.
On display is the piano-shaped ring made of 260 diamonds and other rhinestones weighing in at 115,000 carats or 50.6 pounds!

Over 22,000 square feet of both temporary and permanent hands-on exhibits exploring the arts, sciences and humanities. Enjoy “Desert Discovery”, the “Stringless Music Station” the science towers “Weather Station” and “It’s Your Choice” interactive displays.

A state agency educational institution whose purpose is to advance the understanding of the history, pre-history and natural history of Nevada with emphasis on Southern Nevada. It collects, researches, exhibits, interprets and preserves Nevada heritage. On display are artifacts, flora and fauna, history and geology of Southern Nevada including a 15,000 to 20,000 year old resident, the Columbian Mammoth. More current is a photo exhibit highlighting the notable neon of Las Vegas and the history of the Flamingo hotel with founder, Bugsy Siegel.

The first permanent non-native settlers in the Las Vegas Valley were a group of Mormon missionaries who built an adobe fort along Las Vegas Creek in 1855. They successfully farmed the area by diverting water from the creek. Today, the park includes a remnant of the original adobe fort which serves as a visitor center with interpretive displays.

The Arts Factory Las Vegas is a collection of artists, architects, photographers, graphic designers, & galleries all gathered under one roof. Extensive collection of African art, animation cels, cartoon art and American art. Collection spans from the 1940's to 1980's.

The gallery presents world class exhibits of artwork and objects from internationally acclaimed museums and private collections ranging from Picasso to Warhol to Faberge.

Over 300 antique classic cars including celebrity, race, muscle and world leaders’ cars. The largest collection of Duisenberg’s assembled in Auburn, Indiana are on display. If you see one you like, you can purchase it, but remember the most expensive in the collection is $5 million!

Located near the famed Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Shelby Automobiles has weekday tours of the Shelby museum and Cobra production facility. The museum is always changing and includes some of the most famous cars ever produced from the first Cobra CSX2000 to prototypes of the wickedly fast Series 1 and later creations.

Showcases 13 whole body specimens as well as more than 260 organs and partial body specimens. Nine rooms are dedicated to different parts of the body including muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory and digestive systems.

An exact replica of the tomb discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, the museum provides guests with the unique opportunity to peer into stone chambers including the treasury, burial chamber, annex and antechamber.

Featuring more than 300 artifacts as well as replicas from the famous ship, the exhibit displays passenger’s personal items, gaming chips, jewelry, ship tools, currency and dinnerware. However, it’s the Big Piece that really stands out, the piece of the ship’s hull weighing more than 15 tons and measuring more than 26 feet long. It took over 48 hours to bring it inside to the display area. Replicas include a piece of the main staircase, the promenade deck and sleeping quarters of first and third class sections.

Located on the second floor mezzanine above the baggage claim area, the museum depicts aviation pioneers and local aviation history from the first flight in 1920 to the introduction of jets.

The Trick Art Museum - the latest addition to the Stratosphere - features Japanese art techniques that transform flat paintings into "living" three-dimensional artwork. This interactive museum allows people to see, touch and photograph the paintings.

Large scale displays of the Masters with rotating exhibits. Past exhibits have featured Chagall, Renoir, Rothko, and Van Gogh.

The most inspired images of the past, and the certain classics of the future: S² Art Group captures them all in fine art lithography. Several Las Vegas Gallery locations, The Venetian, Mandalay Bay and others.

Founded in 1969 the museums holdings include Pre-Columbian objects, Latin American, Mexican, Guatemalan, Bolivian and Navajo textiles, Hopi and Paiute basketry and Navajo jewelry representing the Southwestern Indian culture from early times to present. Geology, history and archeology of the area, live animals, fossils and traveling exhibits are also on display. Fascinating wildlife and fragile ecosystems of the area are on display including live snakes, lizards and desert tortoise. Home to the Donald Baepler Xeric Gardens.

Southern Nevada’s past is presented on the streets of the museum with a collection of historic homes restored to recreate the lifestyles of important periods in local history. The Pueblo style exhibit center is home to displays and artifacts from the ice age to the gambling and entertainment age, as well as traveling and special theme exhibits.

The factory has a series of pipes and tanks that holds 20,000 and 35,000 gallons of chocolate. Exit the factory and chocolate store to the botanical gardens of Forrest Mars and the many species of cactus.

The museum tells the story of the Boulder Dam Project. The three-dimensional and interactive displays and exhibits describe the great social and economical forces surrounding the 1929 Stock Market Crash and Depression that drove citizens to the isolation of the Nevada desert where men could find work…building the Dam, in 120 degree heat and all the dangers.

Built in 1935 by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts that were being excavated from the Pueblo Grande near the site. These Anasazi Indian sites were being threatened by the waters of Lake Mead and the newly built Hoover Dam. Programs include the ongoing archaeological research on the remaining Lost City sites and changing exhibits.

Ride the original train tracks used to bring supplies to Hoover Dam as you listen to history about Boulder City, the town responsible for building the dam. Ride in an open air car or an enclosed 1911 Pullman coach. The ride is 7 miles round trip and takes 45 minutes to complete along the El Dorado Valley, past the McCullough and River Mountains and along diverse desert plant life.