The Las Vegas Natural History Museum Celebrates 33 Years In Las Vegas With 50% Off Admission
You know, we’re always looking for fun things to do with the family during these hot summer months, and The Las Vegas Natural History Museum has always been one of our favorite spots to take our son during the summer! Best of all, you can beat the desert heat and enjoy a variety of air-conditioned activities, all while being entertained AND educated! Seriously, if you’ve never been to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, you should check it out! It’s totally a local gem that offers so many exhibits – with many of them being interactive! Plus, if you go this weekend, you can save some money because the museum is celebrating a birthday!
The Las Vegas History Museum Turns 33
According to an article by News 3, the museum is set to celebrate 33 years in the Las Vegas valley. This Saturday, July 13th, guests can enjoy a 50% discount on admission. Plus, the museum will be offering free ice cream donated by Anderson Dairy. There is also going to be a raffle to win special prizes and more.
The celebration will be between the hours of 10am and 3pm and tickets can be purchased at the door or via the museum’s website.
Where Can You Find The Las Vegas Natural History Museum?
The museum is located just north of the heart of downtown Las Vegas, at 900 Las Vegas Boulevard. It’s not far from Cashman Field, so if you’re familiar with the stadium, you’re familiar with the location.
I remember going to the museum on field trips when I was an elementary student in the 90s. Since opening in 1991, the museum has been a staple for providing hands-on environments to learn. Their exhibits range from everything from the prehistoric era to the present day.
Exhibits That My Family Loves
If any of your little ones loves Dinosaurs, they’ll love the museum’s life-sized replicas! Kids can practice being a paleontologist by digging for fossils, and the museum also features a 35-foot long T-Rex that moves and roars.
There is also a marine life gallery with life-sized recreations of sharks and other aquatic creatures hanging from the walls and ceilings. And according to the museum’s website, they have a 3K gallon tank with live sharks and stingrays.
If ancient Egypt fascinates you, you’ll want to check out the “Treasures of Egypt” exhibit. There, you’ll find replica tombs and artifacts and you’ll be able to learn about how people lived during that era.
And finally, for anyone who wants to learn about STEM, the museum also features an interactive area designed for younger attendees to perform hands on experiments
The Poop Museum And 6 Weird Nevada Attractions You Must Visit
1. The Clown Motel: Tonopah, Nevada
The Clown Motel is just plain weird. And it is said to be haunted – which is not hard to believe. I have been to it, but refuse to stay, because it is like something out of the X-Files the Scully and Mulder would have even avoided, But it is quite the tourist attraction. At least check out the weird gift shop.
2. The Middlegate Shoe Tree: Dayton, Nevada
It’s a tree with a bunch of shoes hanging over branches. The story is that a couple got in their first fight as newlyweds, they had an argument right near the tree, and one left the other walking home, without shoes. They patched things up, but made an anniversary tradition out of going back each year to throw a shoe on the tree. It’s interesting. In Dayton, Nevada, about 50 miles from Fallon Nevada, on The Loneliest Road In America.
3. The Car Forest: Goldfield, Nevada
The call it the Free Range Art Gallery. There are dozens of cars, vans, and trucks half-buried, or sticking straight up out of the ground, and even on top of each other. These are the canvas, and they are really colorful, and festive. It’s a really cool sight to see, in the living ghost town of Goldfield.
4. Seven Magic Mountains: Las Vegas, Nevada
The Seven Magic Mountains were supposed to be a temporary exhibit, but they have been up since 2016. About 20 minutes outside of Las Vegas are seven fluorescent colored, 11 story rock towers. They have become a bit of have become something of a cult classic, and they are a GREAT photo op. A really cool sight to see!
5. The National Atomic Testing Museum: Las Vegas, Nevada
There were over 900 atomic tests in Nevada. And people would take buses to see the testing. It was a huge draw for Las Vegas, and people came in from everywhere. People would bus out to the test site, put their goggles on, have a cocktail, and enjoy watching the mushroom clouds in the sky. It was quite the attraction on Las Vegas in the 50’s. The Atomic Testing Museum, though, is quite amazing, and full of history. A huge, actual, nuclear reactor, a backpack nuke, and personal atomic weapons. Yikes! But the Oppenheimer era was fierce in Las Vegas.
6. Little A’Le’Inn: Rachel, Nevada
The Little A’Le’Inn is just as kitschy as you would imagine! You can stay there, eat there, and shop. All a play on the Area 51 test site, that is not too far down the road. And all part of the heyday of the Las Vegas atomice times. Do NOT try to trek on over to Area 51, and think you’ll get past anything. Lights go on, and guards swarm in from nowhere! Just keep close to the Inn.
