Las Vegas Natural History Museum

City Natural History Museum North Of Downtown, Known For Its Animatronic T. Rex And Its Egyptian Treasures Gallery · Las Vegas, Nevada

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a modest, family-oriented museum on Las Vegas Boulevard North, just north of downtown, that opened in 1991. It is best known for its life-size animatronic dinosaurs, led by a large Tyrannosaurus rex that moves and roars, and for a gallery of Egyptian treasures built around replicas of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Other rooms cover Nevada's wildlife and habitats, marine life including sharks, mounted animals from around the world, and a hands-on room for young children with fossils, specimens and simple activities. Admission is inexpensive and the whole museum can be seen in one to two hours. It is not a major research museum, and older children and adults with a strong interest in natural history may find it small and dated in places; its strengths are younger children, a scorching or rainy day, and its location beside the Neon Museum and the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort, a short drive from Fremont Street and the rest of downtown.

900 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101, United States

NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: the museum opens during the day, roughly from 10 am to 4 or 5 pm, possibly every day or with a weekly closing day, and is closed on major holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas; last admission is usually 30 to 60 minutes before closing. The traps that ruin a visit are arriving late in the afternoon with too little time, turning up on a holiday or a private-event day, walking back to Fremont Street after dark, and finding a gallery or live tank closed for maintenance. Confirm current times before relying on them.

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