Mobsters and Neon: The History of Las Vegas Told through the Mob Museum and Neon Museum

Located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, The Mob Museum is an immersive experience exploring the ongoing power struggle between organized crime and law enforcement from the Mob’s origination to today. Hear the facts, the fiction, and the gray area in between that showcase the events and characters that played an integral (and infamous) role in shaping Las Vegas into the city it is today.

Founded in 1996, The Neon Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying, and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic, arts, and cultural enrichment. On its 2.27-acre campus, The Neon Museum has an outdoor exhibition space known as the Neon Boneyard (“boneyard” is traditionally the name for an area where items no longer in use are stored); the North Gallery, home to the immersive audiovisual experience “Brilliant!,” which uses projection mapping technology to animate more than 40 nonoperational signs; the Boulevard Gallery outdoor exhibit and event space; and its Visitors’ Center inside the former La Concha Motel lobby. The museum collection also includes nine restored signs installed as public art in downtown Las Vegas.

Explore the unique history of how Las Vegas became Sin City through the city’s two most exciting museums.