The Neon Museum
Non Profit Museum Of Historic Las Vegas Signs The Neon Boneyard, Entered Through The Restored La Concha Motel Lobby · Las Vegas, Nevada
The Neon Museum is a non-profit museum dedicated to preserving the signs of Las Vegas, and its heart is the Neon Boneyard, an outdoor yard north of downtown where more than two hundred retired signs from casinos, motels, wedding chapels and shops stand, lean and lie in the desert sun. Founded in 1996 to rescue signs being thrown away as old resorts were demolished, it opened the Boneyard to the public in 2012. Visitors enter through the lobby of the La Concha Motel, a 1961 swooping concrete shell designed by the architect Paul Revere Williams, which was moved in pieces from the Strip and restored as the visitor centre. Letters from the Stardust, the Moulin Rouge sign, the giant Hard Rock guitar and signs from Binion's and the Golden Nugget tell the story of the city's design, from hand-bent neon tubes and incandescent bulbs to backlit plastic. Daytime visits show the colours and the craft; night visits light some signs. A separate North Gallery has held a light show, and restored signs stand along Las Vegas Boulevard. Tickets are timed and sell out.
770 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101, United States
NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: the Boneyard runs timed slots daily from late morning or midday into the late evening, with the latest slots at night, and it has closed on some major holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas; seasonal changes shift the sunset slots. The traps that ruin a day are arriving in the evening without a ticket when slots are sold out, booking a midday summer slot on shadeless gravel at 110 F, assuming a North Gallery show is included or running, walking up from Fremont Street after dark, and arriving late for a timed slot. Confirm current times before relying on them.