September 17: Junior Interpreter Tour for families with children, 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., $5 per person.
September 17: Nevada Artist-in-Residence Program sponsored by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council. Details to be posted here soon.
September 19: Sunset Photo Tour, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., $75 ($60 for Nevada locals, seniors 65+, students, veterans or active military members with valid I.D.)
September 24: My Las Vegas! Storytelling Event, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tell your family’s story at the Neon Museum at this program facilitated by master storytellers Liz Mangual and Bob Kanegis of StoryConnection. Share your family’s stories about Las Vegas and create a “story bundle” keepsake to fill with special memories, drawings, poems or objects. Space is limited and registration is required. All ages are welcome. Free.
October 15: Junior Interpreter Tour for families with children, 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., $5 per person.
October 27: Sunset Photo Tour, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., $75 ($60 for Nevada locals, seniors 65+, students, veterans or active military members with valid I.D.)
November 7, 22: Sunset Photo Tour, 4 to 5 p.m., $75 ($60 for Nevada locals, seniors 65+, students, veterans or active military members with valid I.D.)
December 7, 20: Sunset Photo Tour, 4 to 5 p.m., $75 ($60 for Nevada locals, seniors 65+, students, veterans or active military members with valid I.D.)
Nevada Artist-in-Residence Program sponsored by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council. Details to be posted here soon.
Other programs will be announced in the coming months. For inquiries, call (702) 387-6366 or go to www.neonmuseum.org/happenings.
Photo credit: The Neon Museum
Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic, arts and cultural enrichment. It has been named “Best Museum” by Las Vegas Weekly, one of “Sin City’s Best Retro Sites” by MSN, “No. 1 Las Vegas Museum Sure to Entertain and Educate” by USAToday’s 10best.com, “One of the Top 10 Coolest Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do” by Forbes.com, one of the “Top 10 Historic Spots in Las Vegas” by Vegas.com; one of “15 Most Fascinating Museums in the U.S.” by VacationIdea.com; and earns a consistent 4.5 out of 5 rating on TripAdvisor. In addition to an approximately two-acre Neon Museum campus, which includes the outdoor exhibition space known as the Neon Boneyard, the museum also encompasses a visitors’ center housed inside the former La Concha Motel lobby as well as nine restored signs installed as public art throughout downtown Las Vegas. Public education, outreach, research, archival preservation and a grant-funded neon sign survey represent a selection of the museum’s ongoing projects. Both the Neon Boneyard and the La Concha Visitors’ Center are located at 770 Las Vegas Blvd. North in Las Vegas. For more information, visit www.NeonMuseum.org.