The exhibit asks visitors to picture themselves as a lone drop of water, powerless to choose where it falls and hoping to make it to the ocean without becoming contaminated by pollution ...
On a November evening in 1991, John Gleeson received a late-night phone call that would reshape not only his upcoming trial but also, as many have said, the power structure of the Mafia ...
While couples celebrate Valentine’s Day today in Las Vegas, the downtown Mob Museum will be marking the 94th anniversary of one of the most notorious gangland murders in organized crime history. The holiday is also the anniversary of one of the most ...
Nearly a year ago, the original sign for The Plaza was found sitting in storage, where it had been gathering dust since its removal from the hotel’s east wall during a major renovation in 2011. Someone posted a picture on social media, tagging the Neon Museum in hopes it could save the historic sign. Coincidentally, the museum’s top executive ...
From a detailed history of how organized crime in the U.S. took root within impoverished immigrant communities in the late 19th century and early 20th century to numerous interactive exhibits, the museum can keep patrons busy for hours.
The horn of a 1906 Edison standard phonograph is pointed toward the glass of a display case in a side gallery of the Clark County Museum. Surrounded by multicolored cylinder records, the phonograph is just one part of the museum’s “Obsolete Objects” exhibit ...
Although Downtown Las Vegas has no shortage of entertainment options, community-oriented educational spaces are harder to come by. An unlikely player is quietly filling that void ...
The days of gangsters running around downtown Las Vegas might be over, but mob history enthusiasts can now take advantage of a new VIP package. The Mob Museum has partnered with ...
For those looking to explore some Las Vegas museums on the cheap this weekend, Bank of America is offering some options. As part of its Museums on Us program, the bank is offering ...
After spending five of his childhood years in a polio ward, Gianni Russo figured he needed to live his life to the fullest to make up for lost time. It would be hard to argue that Russo — a colorful holdover from ...
Shannon Smith knew this would be unlike any home he'd ever sold. Prospective buyers peppered him with questions: Did anyone get murdered here? Are there diamonds and cash hidden in the walls? Are there bodies buried in the yard? "I don't know. Buy the house and see," he'd tell them. "Get some metal detectors. Knock down the walls." Smith, a 39-year-old real estate agent and broker, said ...
The “How We Mourned” exhibit aims to educate future generations on how Las Vegas and its millions of tourists reacted to the largest mass shooting in modern American history ...
“We want to make sure this stuff survives so that as people in the future want to study it and want to learn about (how) the whole world mourned with us, they'll ...
A long line of homemade wooden crosses honoring the 58 victims of this month’s mass shooting will be moved from the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign to the Clark County Museum in Henderson next month, officials announced Friday.