Las Vegas Natural History Museum

The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is a private, nonprofit natural history museum that is located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1]^[2] The Museum opened on July 16, 1991, and is located across Las Vegas Boulevard from the Lied Discovery Children's Museum, as part of the downtown area known as the Cultural Corridor.

The exhibits focus on various subjects, from dinosaurs, marine life, as well as an Egyptian exhibit that opened in February 2010, focusing on the life of Tutankhamun.^[3]

Galleries

Treasures of Egypt
Las Vegas Founders' African Gallery^[4]
Englestad Family Prehistoric Life Gallery^[4]
International Wildlife Gallery^[4]
Marine Life Gallery^[4]
E. L. Weigand Foundation Wild Nevada Gallery^[2]^[5]
Geology Gallery
MGM/Mirage Young Scientist Center

References

^ "Las Vegas Natural History Museum". Las Vegas Natural History Museum. http://www.lvnhm.org/. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
^ ^a ^b "Las Vegas Natural History Museum". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/places/las-vegas-natural-history-museum/. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^ "Las Vegas Natural History Museum". vegas.com. http://www.vegas.com/attractions/off_the_strip/lvmuseum.html. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Las Vegas Natural History Museum". Nevada Commission on Tourism. http://museums.travelnevada.com/destination/las-vegas-natural-history-museum.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
^ "Las Vegas Natural History Museum". Fodor's Travel. http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/nevada/las-vegas/review-195275.html. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

External links

http://www.lvnhm.org/

Museums in the Las Vegas metropolitan area

Active	Atomic Testing Museum • Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum • Burlesque Hall of Fame • Clark County Heritage Museum • Erotic Heritage Museum • Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum • Imperial Palace Auto Collection • Las Vegas Gambling Museum • Las Vegas Natural History Museum • Liberace Museum • Lied Discovery Children's Museum • Lost City Museum • Madame Tussauds • Marjorie Barrick Museum • Neon Museum • Nevada State Museum • Nevada Southern Railroad Museum • Pinball Hall of Fame • Shelby Museum • Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art

Future	Mob Museum

Previous	Guinness World of Records • Guggenheim Hermitage Museum • Hollywood Movie Museum • Las Vegas Art Museum • Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art • Star Trek: The Experience

Downtown Las Vegas

Casinos	Main Street Station Plaza California Las Vegas Club Mermaids Golden Gate La Bayou Binion's Golden Nugget Fremont Four Queens Lady Luck Fitzgeralds Gold Spike El Cortez The Western

Business	World Market Center Symphony Park Las Vegas City Hall Clark County Government Center Las Vegas Premium Outlets Downtown gaming

Museums	Neon Museum Mob Museum Las Vegas Natural History Museum Lied Discovery Children's Museum

Attractions	Downtown Arts District Fremont East Fremont Street Fremont Street Experience Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse Neonopolis Mormon Fort

Medical facilities	Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

Future Projects	Smith Center for the Performing Arts World Jewelry Center The Charlie Palmer Hotel Symphony Park Resort Grand Central Hotel

See also: North Las Vegas