Lost City Museum

Boulder Dam Park Museum
Reconstructed Anasazi Pueblos in Lost City Museum
Location: SR 169, W side
Overton, Nevada
NRHP Reference#: 96000126
Added to NRHP: February 22, 1996

The Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, was built by the National Park Service in 1935 to exhibit artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada. The museum is located in Overton, Nevada and operated as one of the six Nevada State Museums by the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs.[1]

The museum offers a reconstructed Anasazi building that is open to visitors.[2]

As of December 2010 the museum is being considered for closure due to a state budget crisis.[3]

History

The museum was established as a place to move the artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada which was going to be partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead as a result of building the Hoover Dam.

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