Susan and I went to Las Vegas for a week at the beginning of June to get away from the cold and snow we had been living in since last October. Besides dining, drinking, and hanging out by the Cosmopolitan pool we made reservations to tour the Neon Museum. I had been there five years earlier and Susan has wanted to go there ever since. We made 9:30pm reservations to tour the two-acre outdoor museum featuring more than 250 rescued signs and architectural landmarks from the city’s most celebrated properties dating from the 1930’s to the present day.
Since my last visit the museum has acquired more signs and many of those have been restored to their previous glory. The museum has also earned accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, a program that assesses current professional standards and achievement of stated mission and goals as well as best practices. The change is apparent, not only in the more academic presentation of the history and technology, but in the training of the docents and guides in the historical significance of the signs and their properties.
While you can tour the museum in the daytime, the signs are best observed at night. Of all the things to do in Las Vegas, this is one of my favorites. It is worth a visit to see this living historical artifact of Las Vegas located at 770 Las Vegas Boulevard North.
All images were taken with Fuji X100f with 23mm f2.0 lens in RAW format, processed in Lightroom Classic CC 12.0.1