Clark County Museum

Nice quiet lottlw place. There is a bunch of things to see and it’s inexpensive. Extremely low traffic here.

Very informative ! Also the cashier was so nice, loved the place and had a lovely afternoon. Also they have a scooter for handicapped persons and you just need to leave your ID with cashier and it’s yours at no charge ! I only saw 2 scooters though, so go when they open if you need it. I
will be going back as I had such a nice time.

I took my 7 year old here yesterday and we had a great time. $ 3 total for both of us for admission and we spent about 3 hours walking through the park. A great mixture of interesting artifacts for children to touch, climb on and walk through and a wealth of information for adults as well.
Even on a hot summer afternoon we found that the museum was very well laid out with air conditioned rooms and shade trees along the way. Definitely a great afternoon adventure that didn’t break the bank. A lot of great photo ops along the way as well.

Can’t believe I took so long to actually visit this place. I live way on the other side of town by Summerlin and it was worth the «trip.» Still $ 2 to enter and at that price I felt like I was swindling the folks who run this place. You can tell the owner/​manager is passionate about what he does — buildings have been MOVED here so we can experience them. While the indoor exhibits offer a good deal of artifacts, info, and hands-​on items, Heritage Street is definitely the museum’s highlight: a series of homes from different periods in Clark County’s history lined up and generously shaded by large gorgeous trees. Quails and desert cottontails zip and dart throughout the grounds. You’ll see mannequins inside the homes and in the exhibits to help add to the «experience» but I don’t feel they detract, instead they add a an almost appropriate twist of kitsch and quirk. After all, Vegas has always had an element of kitsch in its public image.
I visited in early June, just as the valley was reaching 100 degrees so it wasn’t ideal strolling weather, but I plan to visit again once the cooler months approach. The gift shop also carried a good selection of books.

Great place for kids too see history with plenty of room to move and roam! The musuem includes a traditional musuem with exhibit space and gift shop but the best part is the relocated homes and buildings located around the expansive property including an old train depot, trains, motor home, wedding chapel, Indian huts and even a mini ghost town. We had 5 kids ages 4 – 8 and they all had fun exploring especially because they could move. The musuem also has a cool guide that challenges kids to find numerous objects to keep them engaged. There’s also a nature trail but we didn’t do this time. Plan at least 90 minutes to 2 hrs. We packed a lunch and then headed to a park just across boulder hwy. Admission is VERY reasonable just $ 2 for adults and $ 1 for kids.

Went Saturday 5−23−15. $ 2 to get in and it’s totally worth it! This was probably my third time here. My favorite part is all the little old houses. If you’ve never been here you have to come!!!

Looking to do something other than the usual Vegas Activities, I decided to check out some museums. There are quite a few in Vegas but this one caught my eye. $ 2 to get in, chance to walk around outside when it wasn’t too hot yet not hot enough to lounge by the pool, well why not? The place wasn’t too far off the strip if you have a car, which I did. Place was easy to find with plenty of parking.
The museum is set up with some old mining equipment, mining shacks and wagons, a train area, a small town that included one of the strips old school wedding chapels and a small inside museum. You can get through it fairly quickly or spend more time if you like to read the information provided at each location.
If you have kids, they would probably like it as you get to go in the train and homes and run around to burn off energy.
PS if you like watching building demolition, there is a cool video of all the hotel/​casino demos on the inside exhibit.

Went here for a field trip with my son’s class and we had a great time! Our tour guide, Bob, was so informational and thorough. He made the tour fun and interesting for not only the kids but also the adults. I really wished we had more time to explore and would love to come back. Big thank you to Bob!!! You were wonderful! :)

The Clark County Museum is located off of Boulder Hwy in Henderson. My husband has been telling me for years that we should go check this place out. He’s been there many times because he did his Eagle Scout project at the museum.
Entry is $ 2 and is kinda on the honor system. When you go inside the gift shop to pay make sure you grab a map and check out the museum part that is located inside. They have lots of Clark County history.
As you venture outside they have a train you can check out and a whole street of houses. They all are from different eras. They even have an old AirStream trailer. Also my favorite a 1946 Plymouth. So beautiful! The Clark County Museum even has an old print shop complete with printing press. I really enjoyed the wedding chapel they have too. The trees and benches they have really add to the whole experience. Makes it very relaxing.
All the Vintage items in all the houses were very cool. I did expect there to be more people to ask questions to. Definitely a lack of staff. But for two bucks it’s a great way to spend the afternoon. They do have odd house only open 9am-4:30pm.

Pretty cool little spot that’s kinda tucked away. It may not be on the mega scale of some of the museum’s out here but still has some cool tidbits about the area. They even have reconstructed and restored houses on display from different decades showing you how people back in the day lived. Inside the museum are some cool artifacts from the unique formation and history of Clark county. Parking is free and it’s 2 $ for an adult to get in. This is a great place to bring visiting family or anyone who wants to find out more about the vegas area.

Very interesting place to learn about the history of Clark county, and the price is right too.

What a gem of a museum! At $ 2 you’re getting a lot for your money. I’ve already been a few times just to be company to others who haven’t been here before. This museum is is no way perfect, the indoor part left a lot to be desired. It was small and cramped and the displays were just so-​so. Where this museum really shines in it’s outdoor exhibits, particularly the row of houses that have been brought over from various part of Vegas, Henderson and Nevada to transport museum goers to a slice of life in Clark County through the various decades. Each house is carefully decorated to display the time period from which it represents. Depending on the time of year, they even add holiday decorations and move the mannequins around to display holiday pastimes of the period. I truly felt transported as I stepped into these homes. Due to the trees and outdoor benches, if the weather is right, I would recommend bringing a picnic and grabbing a bite on the grass if you get peckish.
You’ll probably feel a bit of remorse leaving these homes to go back to your stucco-​cloned track house or bland predictable hotel room.
DEFINITELY the best deal on anything you’ll find in Vegas (well, Henderson).

There’s a lot to see at this museum. You have an indoor exhibits and an outdoor historic area with houses in the 30’s. A blast of the past history of Nevada. Only $ 2 for adult, that’s quite a good deal.

We got more than we expected to see! This museum is very well taken care of and thoughtful displays really engage you. We loved learning about and seeing the history from the start to more modern living in the area. They covered everything from geology, lifestyle, and events of the area. We would recommend everyone to go see it and explore the trains, houses, outdoor garden, and artifacts persevered from the mining history.

A+ for this museums local historical content. It takes you on a time line adventure from the extinct wolves that used to prowl and the native tribes way of life on to the gold rush mining and then to the industrial beginings that followed.
When you leave the indoor exhibits you are taken through a trail that shows examples of the native dwellings on to the first old west pioneers shacks and a wooden jail general store and then over to some examples of the railroads and then the first type of combustion engine vehicles at the end of the trail is a 1940’s barn. Turn the corner to an actual relocated train station with some train cars that you can explore.
The next area is a retro small neighborhood that has actual historic homes that were donated that show the progression of domestic life. From a general store/​home and newspaper print shop. There are 30’s 40’s and 50’s examples of working class all the way up to the well-to-do’s of those era’s. The houses are soo awesome and look like you’re in Leave it to Beaver, I Love Lucy and a Cary Grant movie. The end of the block has a famous little wedding chappell that kind of wraps up the time warp as it was around since the 60’s all the way up to the millennium.
All this just for 2 $! We all love this museum! Everytime is just as fun.

A good deal at $ 2. There is a mini-​town that is frozen in time; you can see houses, trailers, and a print shop from decades ago.
The displays automatically play audio tapes with information as you enter the houses. Also, they have air conditioning hooked up so you can relax in the A/​C as you look at the displays.
There is a large outdoor area that I mostly skipped because the temperatures were 105+ the whole time I was in Vegas.
There is a nice gift shop and the employees are very friendly and helpful.
Inside (when you get overwhelmed by the heat, go into the air conditioning) there is a nice museum display covering some aspects of the area.
There are bathrooms and a cold water fountain inside the main building where you pay for admission.
I am not sure why there are trains here, but if that’s your thing, they have that too.
It’s in the middle of nowhere but if you leave Vegas tor a trip to the Hoover Dam or Grand Canyon, it’s on the way.
Good for kids and history buffs.

2 bucks. Awesome. Would recommend anyone that lives in Vegas to visit at least once. It is a great place to explore from exhibits to old railroads to houses circa 1920 and 40s. The houses all had air conditioning running which makes hot days more manageable. We really enjoyed the houses. There was a bomb shelter in one and they had a cool display on the atomic bomb testing and some advertising for supplies. Guess I’m kinda a nerd. Wouldn’t want to be there at night with all the manaquins in the houses. Kinda like horror movie style.

Great place to come and learn about early Nevada days, and to see actual
Homes (that part is really cool). Altho I agree w other Unilocalers that think the mannequins are creepy.
Admission is so inexpensive, you can’t beat that for what you’re getting.

Las Vegas can be an incredibly frustrating place. The Strip sucks up so much money that the rest of the metropolitan area often looks like it’s feeding on the crumbs.
The Clark County Museum is one such place. It’s an incredibly plucky museum on the outskirts of Las Vegas that is very clearly operating on a shoestring budget. Don’t let that dissuade you from visiting, though, because this museum does a better job of painting a long gone Las Vegas than casino moguls do constructing their modern faux kingdoms.
There is an assemblage of old buildings, machinery, artifacts, and other memorabilia with a heavy sprinkling of mannequins. Oh, yes, mannequins. This penny-​pinching museum has mannequins of various eras (and many bad wigs and hairpieces) that are used to help tell the stories. It’s sincere and all very quaint but it’s also quirky and notches up the entertainment value.
The Mayberry-​like tree-​lined main street is lined with old houses, a park, a camping trailer, print shop, and a marriage chapel. If Las Vegas ever looked this good, what went wrong when time moved forward? Urban planners could take a lesson from this street.
Enter the various buildings and you’ll see the museum’s handiwork at creating tableaus to take you back in time. It’s all wonderful because there are period details at every turn. (It must be fun to play house here.) While most of the mannequins will elicit giggles, there is one in the Goumond house that’s a bit dramatic: a man is sitting in the living room. His facial expression looks like he has received some devastating news. It’s like a scene from a film noir movie.
The craziest building is definitely the groovy chapel. It’s campy inside: mannequins are attending a wedding. If this represents vintage Las Vegas then I can conclude that the locals had many bad toupees. Who knew? (At least the wedding couple looks good. Whew!)
There’s much more on display in the main museum building and it’s just as worthwhile and entertaining. If the Clark County Museum can do this well on a $ 2.00 admission charge and skimpy funding, I can only imagine what they could do if they were endowed like a normal museum.

Some people might get mad at me for saying this, but the Clark County Museum really needs to charge a higher admission fee. At $ 2 per adult, it’s a bargain at twice the price!
On my recent trip to Las Vegas, I hoped I’d get a chance to come here. I love museums, and I have seen Clark County’s director, Mark Hall-​Patton, on various TV shows over the years. You really get the sense that he’s knowledgeable and passionate about Nevada history.
The museum is made up of a main building with indoor exhibits, along with homes and other buildings that line a few streets nearby. The gift shop is small but cute. The woman working there was so sweet and friendly.
Highly recommended for kids and adults alike.