Downtown Las Vegas

The Neon Museum

Two acres of the signs Las Vegas threw away.

The Neon Museum is where Las Vegas signs go when their casinos close. The Boneyard is a two-acre outdoor lot holding more than 250 rescued signs, among them the Stardust, the Golden Nugget, Binion's Horseshoe, the Moulin Rouge and the slipper from the Silver Slipper, arranged in a dense, walkable sprawl. A handful have been restored to full working order. Most are left exactly as they came down, rusted and cracked and enormous.

The visitors' center is itself a salvaged artifact: the lobby shell of the 1961 La Concha Motel, a swooping mid-century concrete structure moved here piece by piece in 2006.

Hours are unusual and worth checking before you go. The museum runs late-evening only through high summer and shifts to afternoon and evening the rest of the year. Evening admission costs more but is what most people want, because the restored signs are lit and Brilliant! projects animated light onto the unrestored ones.

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Visiting
Opens 8 PM
Monday – Sunday
3 PM – 11 PM
Last entry is one hour before close and the box office shuts an hour before that. Tours sell out; book ahead. The Boneyard closes when there is lightning in the area.
Typical visit
1 hour
Tickets
From $25