Trying to pick our favorite signs in the Neon Museum is a bit like trying to pick a favorite child. Sure there may be qualities you favor about each, but that doesn’t make one more special than the other. With about 120 signs in the boneyard to choose from, it’s particularly challenging to narrow it [...]
Las Vegas is world-famous for its vivid, glittering lights. After my visit to downtown’s Neon Museum this week, I have a deeper appreciation of the old-school signage that first lit up the town. New visitors center makes experience more convenient Up until last week, there really wasn’t an easy way to drop by and check out the museum’s boneyard of vintage [...]
Las Vegas’ unique Neon Museum will throw open the doors to its Visitors Center on Oct. 27 in an event years in the making. Neon signs, introduced in Las Vegas in 1929 at the Oasis Café on Fremont Street, enjoyed their heyday between the 1930s – 1980s. But as LED and LCD screens began taking [...]
Mosey down to these Vegas museums While Las Vegas may not be a metropolitan city, many are surprised at just how much history, culture and other unique attractions you can find in town. With a number of museums and educational exhibits both on and off the Las Vegas Strip, you’ll learn a lot and have fun [...]
This Week on the Vegas Minute: Danielle Demski visits the Neon Museum.
Las Vegas’ historic signs get a second life By Renée LiButti Vegas.com The handsome metallic hustler who once stood on the roof of Doc ‘N’ Eddy’s Pool Hall is perpetually leaning in to take a shot. Gold coins are forever falling from the hands of the steel Coin Castle king, who formerly ruled over [...]
