About Clark County Museum
The Clark County Museum started from a memorabilia collection in 1905. One caring woman, Anna Parks, knew back then that Southern Nevada history was worth saving. Today, her collection is the backbone of the Clark County Museum. The Anna Roberts Parks Exhibit Hall displays a timeline of Southern Nevada from prehistoric times through the 20th century. The timeline shows how explorers, settlers, trappers and missionaries made their way to the Nevada desert in the early 1800s. Artifacts on display include a pair of sheep shears and a flintlock musket. An informative exhibit on mining towns chronicles the colorful past of towns like Searchlight, Potosi and Goodsprings.
Scattered throughout the Anna Robert Parks Exhibit Hall are interactive displays allowing guests to touch and hold various items - a branding iron, butter mold, chamber pot, fossils and much more.
A Gaming Exhibit traces the unique history of gaming in Las Vegas, giving visitors an idea of how the once desolate region has become the entertainment mecca it is known as today. Among the items on display are an 1898 Dewy slot machine (made primarily of wood), a roulette wheel, poker table and a modern video poker machine. But nothing speaks as loudly to the phenomenal growth Vegas has seen in the last century as the old black and white photos hanging from the walls depicting a much smaller and less populated downtown Las Vegas.
Outside the exhibit hall, the Mojave Desert Outdoor Educational Exhibit is filled with indigenous plants along winding paths. Also nearby is a Model 0-6-0 Steam Switch Engine, built in 1918 by Union Pacific Works and once used for passenger and freight trains. A performance area provides a venue for the many cultural events held at the museum.
Hours: Daily 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving day, Christmas day, and New Years day)
General Admission: children 3-17 $1.00, adults $2.00, seniors 50+ $1.00
Group Tours, please call for reservations and special rates.
Address: 1830 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, NV 89002-8502
Phone Number: 702-455-7955
Below Museum Administrator Mark Hall-Patton as seen on "Pawn Stars" and "American Restoration" on the History Channel.
