Step into the past at the...
Clark County Museums
Clark County Museum 1830 South Boulder Highway   (702) 455-7955
Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum McCarran International Airport (702) 455-7968
Searchlight Museum 200 Michael Wendell Way Searchlight, NV (702) 297-1055
1830 South Boulder Highway  (702) 455-7955 Daily 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 7 days a week General Admission: adults $1.50, seniors and children $1 ALL GROUP TOURS: Please call for reservations and special rates Museum memberships are also available Mapquest map and directions
for a larger view click on image Museum Entrance Giles/Barcus House Heritage/Goumand House Beckley House Babcock Wilcox House Donald Reynolds Printshop Mobile America Esslinger Barn Boulder City Depot
Click here to view a map that will take you to the Museum's points of interest. Then click on each point to view more information. Points of interest include: Heritage Street, a unique collection of historic homes, restored to recreate the lifestyles of important periods in local history. Revisit the news at a replicated 1900's newspaper print shops.  Railroad buffs will enjoy touring the 1932 Boulder City Depot and see a real 1918 Union Pacific steam engine and walk through an old-time Crummy, (railroad talk for caboose). Enter a mining exhibit filled with mineral specimens, wander through a resurrected ghost town and half-mile nature trail...visit a pueblo of the ancient ones. No matter what your age... the Clark County Museum is a place where you can explore the rich and colorful history of Southern Nevada.
Upcoming Events
October 28 & 29 Ghosts & Goblins of Nevadas Past 4:30 7:30 p.m., $2.00 per person Come to the Museum for a safe, spooky Halloween party aimed at kids ten and under! Trick or Treat at the historic houses on Heritage Street. Take a tour of the haunted Ghost Town.   Enjoy carnival style games, a 1950s Spook Alley, treats, and entertainment. Dress kids for success at our Costume Contests theres one every half hour!
November 15, 2005 to January 15, 2006 Heritage Street Holidays Visitors will step into holidays past on the Clark County Museums Heritage Street, where the restored historic homes will be bedecked in vintage trim from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, with trees, ornaments and household decorations. Museum-goers will be given a set of period recipes, available at each home.
Friday-Sunday, December 9-11, 4:30 to 8:00 p.m. Holiday Trains Around the Tree Museum visitors are invited to three nights of extended Museum hours to take an evening walk through holidays past. The highlight is a special exhibit of working model trains on display in the Depot, plus the locomotive will be ablaze with lights, the historic homes will be decorated, the gift shop will offer wonderful items for holiday gift shopping and there will be free refreshments in the main Exhibit Center.
Current Exhibit
	Through January 2, 2006   "Whistle Stop to Windfall: 100 Years in Las Vegas" Exhibit Whistle Stop to Windfall: 100 Years in Las Vegas is a  year-long centennial exhibit featuring historic photographs, posters, memorabilia, clothing, artifacts and recreated scenes which bring Las Vegas to life, from its founding in 1905 as a tiny railroad town to the present. Visitors to the exhibit will enter through a 1905-style tent saloon complete with bar. When Las Vegas officially began on May 15 with a public auction of lots, the railroad restricted the sale of liquor to Block 16. Block 16 became a famous red light district with gambling and prostitution although illegal, readily available. The exhibit also features sections on hotels, education, law enforcement, the wedding industry with a model wedding chapel, the annual Helldorado celebration, the first volunteer fire department, a section on unique Las Vegas individuals with a chance to cast a vote for the viewers favorite, and an interactive Las Vegas Trivia game. Pioneer Anna Roberts Parks, the towns first female funeral parlor owner, is also featured. Anna arrived in Las Vegas in 1911 at the age of 22, and in the early 20s went to mortuary school in Los Angeles before returning to open Palm Mortuary. As well as a successful businesswoman, she was an avid collector of historical and Native American artifacts. After her death, her collection became the basis for todays Clark County Museum. The Clark County Museum is a function of Clark County Parks and Recreation, which is accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $1.50 for adults and $1 for seniors and children. The museum also features a modern exhibit hall with a timeline exhibit about southern Nevada from pre-historic to modern times and a collection of restored historic buildings that depict daily life from different decades in Las Vegas, Boulder City, Henderson and Goldfield.
Heritage Street
Click here for a map that will take you to many of the points of interest. Then click on the points to view more information.
Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum
McCarran International Airport For information call (702) 455-7968 Mark Hall-Patton, Museum Administrator
L ocated in McCarran International Airport, the Cannon Aviation Museum shows the history of aviation in southern Nevada, from the first flight in 1920 through the introduction of jets. The Museum focuses on the history of commercial and general aviation. The Museums main exhibit is located above baggage claim with additional exhibits in ticketing, at the A and B gates, Terminal 2, North Las Vegas Air Terminal and the general and corporate aviation terminal operated by Signature Flight Support. The exhibit is updated frequently. Donations are welcome. Park south of the airport on Sunset Road and tune your FM radio to 88.5 to follow the conversations between the pilots and flight controllers during take-offs and landings.
More aviation museum information Click here for information about a very special aviation artifact Click here for the story of the first airport in Las Vegas Historical aviation photographs
Searchlight Museum
200 Michael Wendell Way Searchlight, NV (702) 297-1682 Monday through Friday, 1- 5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Admission is free.
The Searchlight Heritage Museum, a satellite of the Clark County Museum, reports the history of the mining boom town of Searchlight, which once surpassed Las Vegas in population. The story of Searchlight mining and railroad heritage and its many colorful pioneer citizens is told through photos, artifacts, exhibits, and an outdoor mining park. The Museum is housed in the Searchlight Community Center in Searchlight, Nevada, 60 miles south of Las Vegas on Highway 65.