Neon Museum, Neon sign museum in Las Vegas, US.
The Neon Museum is a place in Las Vegas, Nevada, dedicated to preserving old electric signs that once hung outside casinos and businesses. Its main area, known as the Neon Boneyard, holds over 200 pieces arranged outdoors in various states of repair.
The Neon Museum grew from a late-1980s effort by the Allied Arts Council, whose Neon Park plan stalled for lack of resources. On September 18, 1996, the Las Vegas City Council approved $150,000 in redevelopment funds, and the museum was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1997. Its first project, the restored Hacienda Horse & Rider sign, was relit on November 13, 1996. YESCO transferred signs from its storage lot to the Neon Boneyard starting in 2001.
The collection shows a small slice of how Las Vegas grew over the decades, told through signs that once marked hotels, restaurants, and gambling halls. Many of these pieces carry names still remembered today, even though the buildings themselves have disappeared.
Brilliant!, the night show designed by Craig Winslow, runs 30 minutes and uses projectors to relight signs that no longer work, set to vintage and contemporary music. The Boneyard is outdoors and reached on guided tours; the site sits on North Las Vegas Boulevard north of Fremont Street, near Cashman Field.
The visitor center is the former lobby of the La Concha Motel, designed by Paul Revere Williams. In 2006 the shell-shaped building was cut into eight pieces and moved 3.5 miles north along Las Vegas Boulevard. The move and restoration cost nearly $3 million and helped unlock about $6.5 million for the site.
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