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The Neon Museum: Traveler Reviews


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #23 of 575 attractions in Las Vegas
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Attraction type: Museum, Specialty museum
Address: Corner of Fremont St. and Fourth St., Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel: 702-229-5366
Fax: 702-477-7751

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Great trip down Memory Lane ...

The Neon Museum

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4 of 5 stars
TO_Trips   52 contributions
Toronto
Apr 10, 2009
7/7 found this review helpful

Came across this surfing the Web. A non-profit group is collecting old signs from Vegas. A few have been restored and are on display on Fremont Street. The collection includes hundreds and hundreds of old signs, dominated by all the pieces of the HUGE Stardust sign that used to sit across from Wynn. Unfortunately, many of the old Vegas signs were lost when properties were demolished or imploded before this group got together. They plan to display more of the signs, including the Stardust, in a park-like setting. They have relocated the lobby from the old La Concha motel that used to be on the Strip just south of the Riviera. "Googie" architecture. That was quite a feat of engineering since they had to slice it into eight pieces, move it, then reassemble it on the site of their proposed museum grounds. It will be the visitor center. They keep the location of the current exhibit, called the Boneyard, "secret". But if you look on Google Earth (or Google Maps Aerial) NORTH of Fremont Street along LV Boulevard, you can spot the eight pieces of the La Concha lobby AND make out the face of the huge, old Pirate that stood in front of Treasure Island before they rebranded as T.I. You MUST pre-register to get on one of the limited number of guided tours. Go the their website. Cost is $15. As an architect, I found this collection of memorabilia really fascinating!

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What a treasure!

The Neon Museum

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5 of 5 stars
luvmyminninegirl   18 contributions
Murfreesboro, TN
Apr 1, 2009

My mom and I were able to get advanced reservations for the tour. I am so glad we went. It was very neat to see all of old Las Vegas here in the boneyard. They plan on getting spots and refurbishing the signs for use one day!

Volunteer tour guide very knowledgable!

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Signs, signs, everywhere are signs

The Neon Museum

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5 of 5 stars
KLM1   154 contributions
Kitchener, Canada
Mar 5, 2009
3/3 found this review helpful

We visited the Boneyard, which is related to the Neon Museum. You have to contact them ahead, in order to reserve a tour date/time. The tour is 1.5 hours long, cost is $15 and totally worth it.

There were about 20 people in our group. The signs are in two parking lots, behind a secured fence. The girl from the museum who led the tour was so passionate about the signs, that she made them all very interesting. I can't believe how much you can learn about history from one sign.

There were some very old signs (i.e. the genie lamp from the old Aladdin), and newer signs (signs that were on the Stardust until it came down). The photo opportunities are great!

Eventually some of these signs will be restored and displayed along North Las Vegas Blvd. So be sure and visit the Boneyard now, while you can get close to the signs, before they are restored. It will be great to see them in their full splendour again!

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Best kept secret of Las Vegas - a must visit place

The Neon Museum

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5 of 5 stars
leeniecheesecake   2 contributions
Toronto, ON, Canada
Jan 16, 2009
2/2 found this review helpful

While in Vagas after Christmas we went to visit the Neon Musuem - the Boneyard. It was one of the best tours of the trip, and quite frankly one of the best tours I have taken on any vacation.

You need to email and book a tour in advance, when we went they were having an open house day, so there were more people there then they would have on a normal tour. (Normal tours have no more than 15 people). But it was a great experience.

We took the 2pm tour which was made up of mostly locals and a handful of tourists. Our tour guidewas fantastic, I belive his name was Matt, was extremely knowledgeable about Las Vegas then and now. He told wonderful stories about how the signs came to be, stories of the hotels the signs were at etc. as the group walked though the yard of signs. I'm certain that I learned more about Vegas on that tour then from any travel guide or Vegas table coffee book.

You could also tell how passionate our tour guide (and the group running the museum) was about talking about and showing these old signs. They are also working hard to restore some of the signs and are also creating an actual visitors centre. - Keep up the great work!!

I would encourage anyone who visits Vegas to book a tour...is extremely worth the trip. We made a day of going to the boneyard then spending time on Freemont Street before returning to the hustle bustle of the strip.

I can't wait to go again the next time we visit Vegas to see what other signs have been added to the collection and what ones have been restored.

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Really Fascinating

The Neon Museum

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5 of 5 stars
simmie17   81 contributions
wayne,pa
Dec 4, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

This was a highlight on our recent trip. The tour lasts about an hour, and requires a bit of walking. The old signs are very interesting, and the tour guide gives you a great history behind each of them, too. This is not just for photography buffs. Location is a bit out of the way, in not the greatest part of town. We got our taxi driver's info, and just called him when we were done. He took us on a mini tour of LV on our way back to the Bellagio, too! This tour is really worth it.

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Corner of Fremont St. and Fourth St., Las Vegas, NV 89101 Tel: 702-229-5366 Fax: 702-477-7751